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Witness list for Senate Indian Affairs Committee trust reform hearing

Monday, July 6, 2015

Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn. Photo from SCIA / Flickr

Update; Vince Logan will not appear at the hearing as originally announced by the committee. Kevin Washburn will testify for the Obama administration.

Two Interior Department officials will testify at a trust reform hearing on Wednesday.

Assistant Secretary Kevin Washburn, the head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Vince Logan, the head of the Office of Special Trustee for American Indians are among the witnesses for the Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing. They will be joined by two tribal leaders as they discuss how to improve trust management programs at DOI.

The hearing takes place at 2:30pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building. The full witness list follows:

The Honorable Kevin Washburn
Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
The Honorable Vincent Logan
Special Trustee, Office of Special Trustee for American Indians, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
The Honorable Ernie Stensgar
Vice-Chairman, Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Plummer, ID
The Honorable Brenda Lintinger
Councilwoman, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana, Marksville, LA; and Secretary, United South and Eastern Tribes (USET), Nashville, TN

Committee Notice:
Oversight Hearing on "A Path Forward: Trust Modernization and Reform for Indian Lands" (July 8, 2015)