PARTICIPANTS: William Mendoza, Director, White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education
Keith Moore, Director, Bureau of Indian Education, U.S. Department of the Interior
Joyce Silverthorne, Director, Office of Indian Education, U.S. Department of Education
Tex Hall, Chairman, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation
Jefferson Keel, Lieutenant Governor, Chickasaw Nation, and President, National Congress of American Indians
Jo Ann Kauffman, member, Nez Perce

8:45 a.m. - White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaska Native Education director William Mendoza, Bureau of Indian Education director Keith Moore and Office of Indian Education director Joyce Silverthorne deliver opening remarks.

9 a.m. - Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation chairman Tex Hall and Chickasaw Nation lieutenant governor Jefferson Keel join tribal and community leaders to discuss a new education taskforce for tribal leaders.

12 p.m. - Senior Administration officials and Community leaders review public comments and elected tribal leaders discuss educational attainment for AI/AN students. (Note: CLOSED PRESS)

2:45 p.m. Closing session (Note: CLOSED PRESS)