Hoeven Pushing For Hearings On Reservation Abuse

Sen. John Hoeven is pushing for Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearings on child abuse and neglect on reservations.

 

 

 

 

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) - Sen. John Hoeven is pushing for Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearings on child abuse and neglect on reservations.

The senator is working with the committee chairman to schedule a hearing this summer or after the August recess.

Both Hoeven and North Dakota Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad are members of the panel.

A Bureau of Indian Affairs review earlier this year detailed problems in tribal social services programs on the Spirit Lake Indian Reservation in North Dakota.

Tribal Chairman Roger Yankton has cited staff turnover, high caseloads and inadequate federal funding for problems.

(File photo Senator John Hoeven)

 

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