Witnesses: Senate Indian Affairs Committee NAGPRA hearing

Tuesday, June 14, 2011  

The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will hold an oversight hearing this Thursday on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

The hearing takes place at 2:15pm in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Office Building. The witness list follows:

Ms. Anu Mittal
Director, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Natural Resources and Environment
Accompanied by: Mr. Jeff Malcolm, Assistant Director, U.S. Government Accountability Office, Natural Resources and Environment

Panel # 2
Ms. Peggy O'Dell
Deputy Director, National Park Service
Accompanied by: Mr. John "Jack" Rever, Director, Office of Facilities, Environment and Cultural Resources, Indian Affairs

Mr. Kevin Gover
Director, National Museum of the American Indian

Panel # 3
The Honorable Mark Macarro
Chairman, Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians

The Honorable Mervin Wright
Vice Chairman, Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe

Mr. Ted Isham
Cultural Preservation Manager and Tribal Historical Preservation Officer, Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Committee Notice:
OVERSIGHT HEARING on Finding Our Way Home: Achieving the Policy Goals of NAGPRA (June 16, 2011)

Senate Indian Affairs Committee plans hearing on NAGPRA (6/2)