News Release

United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

On Wednesday, December 12, 2018 at 2:30 PM EST, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will hold a committee oversight hearing titled “Missing and Murdered: Confronting the Silent Crisis in Indian Country.”

DETAILS:

WHAT:         A committee oversight hearing titled “Missing and Murdered: Confronting the Silent Crisis in Indian Country”

WHEN:         2:30 PM EST, Wednesday, December 12, 2018

WHERE:       628 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Live video and written witness testimony for the oversight hearing will be provided here.

WITNESSES FOR HEARING:

Panel I

• MR. GERALD LAPORTE, Director, Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences, National Institute of Justice, Washington, DC
• MR. ROBERT JOHNSON, Assistant Director of the Criminal Investigative Division, Federal Bureau of Investigations, Pittsburgh, PA
• MR. CHARLES ADDINGTON, Deputy Associate Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of Justice Services, Washington, DC

Panel II

• THE HONORABLE AMBER CROTTY, Delegate, Navajo Nation Council, Window Rock, AZ
• MS. PATRICIA ALEXANDER, Co-Chair, VAW Taskforce, Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Juneau, AK
• MS. KIMBERLY LORING-HEAVY RUNNER, Missoula, MT