Cabinet secretaries to visit Wind River Reservation in Wyoming

Wednesday, August 7, 2013  

Two Cabinet secretaries will visit the Wind River Reservation tomorrow during their trip to Wyoming.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Education Secretary Arne Duncan are speaking at the 4th annual Wyoming Native American Education Conference at Central Wyoming College in Riverton at 1pm. Riverton is a border town to the reservation.

Afterwards, Jewell and Duncan will go to the St. Stephens Indian School and then to the Arapahoe School. Both schools are located on the reservation, which is home to the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and the Northern Arapaho Tribe.

This will be Jewell's first visit to a Bureau of Indian Education school since she arrived at the Interior Department in April. She has previously called the Indian education system an "embarrassment" due to the failure of the federal government to provide adequate funds and services.

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Media Advisory: Secretary Jewell, Education Secretary Duncan to Visit Wyoming, Spotlight Education, Tribal Issues (DOI 8/7)