Oversight Hearing on “Examining Efforts to Maintain and Revitalize Native Languages for Future Generations.”

Date: August 22, 2018

Time: 2:15 PM

Location: Dirksen

Room: 628

Witnesses

The Honorable Jeannie Hovland

Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Testimony

The Honorable Jessie Baird

Vice Chairwoman

Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe, Mashpee, MA

Testimony

Ms. Namaka Rawlins

Director

Strategic Partnerships and Collaboration, Aha Punana Leo, Hilo, HI

Testimony

Dr. Christine Sims

Director

American Indian Language Policy Researcher and Teacher Training Center, Albuquerque, NM

Testimony

Ms. Lauren E. Hummingbird

Graduate, Tsalagi Tsunadeloquasdi

Cherokee Nation Immersion School, Tahlequah, OK

Testimony