NORTH DAKOTA
The Jamestown Sun
The Associated Press – GRAND FORKS, N.D.
Republican North Dakota Sen. John Hoeven is pushing the Senate Indian Affairs Committee to hold hearings about child abuse and neglect on American Indian reservations, according to his deputy chief of staff.
Hearings would be held in Washington, D.C., because more senators could attend and the discussion would draw national exposure, Ryan Bernstein told the Grand Forks Herald ( http://bit.ly/NnNa9p) for a story published Saturday.
“We’re working with the chairman, and we hope we can get that scheduled soon,” Bernstein said. “We’re hoping this summer, but if not, right after the August recess.”
Both Hoeven and Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad of North Dakota are members of the panel.
A Bureau of Indian Affairs review earlier this year detailed problems in tribal social services programs on the state’s Spirit Lake Indian Reservation.
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