Oversight Hearing on In Our Way: Expanding the Success of Native Language & Culture-Based Education

Date: May 26, 2011

Time: 2:15 PM

Location: Dirksen

Room: 628

Witnesses

Ms. Namaka Rawlins

Liaison

'Aha Punana Leo ! UH Hilo College of Hawaiian Language, Hilo, Hawaii

Testimony

Mr. Larry Lasley

Member

Meskwaki Settlement School Board, Tama, Iowa

Testimony

Mr. Alvin Parker

Principal

Ka Waihona O ka Na'auao Public Charter School, Waianae, Hawaii

Testimony

Mr. Kevin Shendo

Education Director

Pueblo of Jemez Department of Education, Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico

Testimony

Ms. Jana Harcharek

Director

lnupiaq Education, North Slope Borough School District, Barrow, Alaska

Testimony

Dr. David Beaulieu

Professor and Assistant to the Provost and Vice Chancellor

American Indian Programs, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Testimony

Dr. Shawn Kanaiaupuni

Ph.D., Division Director

Kamehameha Schools, Honolulu, Hawaii

Testimony