The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold a business meeting and oversight hearing tomorrow.

The committee will consider the nominations of Cynthia Chavez Lamar, Barbara Jean Ells and Debra Downing Goodman to serve on the board of trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development.

Immediately following the meeting, the committee will hold a hearing titled "Native Women: Protecting, Shielding, and Safeguarding Our Sisters, Mothers, and Daughters." The witness list follows:

Panel # 1
Mr. Tom Perrelli
Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice

Dr. Rose Weakee
Division of Behavioral Health, Indian Health Service

Panel # 2
The Honorable Donald W. Rodgers
Chief, Catawba Indian Nation

Ms. Carmen O'Leary
Director, Native Women's Society of the Great Plains

Panel # 3
Mr. Mickey Peercy
Executive Director, Choctaw Nation Health Services.

Ms. Sarah Deer
Assistant Professor, William Mitchell School of Law

The meeting and oversight hearing take place at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building.

Committee Notices:
BUSINESS MEETING (July 14, 2011)
OVERSIGHT HEARING on Native Women: Protecting, Shielding, and Safeguarding Our Sisters, Mothers, and Daughters (July 14, 2011)