April 2010: Arizona Field Hearing on Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act Photos
Navajo Nation Vice-President Ben Shelley greets Representatives Ann Kirkpatrick (D-1st-AZ) and Maxine Waters (D-35th-CA) at the Congressional field hearing on Native veterans housing issues in Window Rock, AZ on April 10, 2010.
Navajo Nation Vice-President Ben Shelley reads a prepared statement about properly honoring all Native American veterans.
Congressional Field Hearing Panel One (R-L): Aneva Yazzie, CEO, Navajo Housing Authority; Margaret Baha-Walker, Vice-Chairwoman, White Mountain Apache Nation; Angela Barney-Nez, Special Assistant to the President, Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President; and Fred Karnas, Senior Advisor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Members of the Navajo Nation Color Guard.
Fred Karnas, Senior Advisor to the Secretary,
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Mr. Karnas is the former Director of the Arizona Department of Housing.
Angela Barney-Nez, Special Assistant to the President, Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President. Mrs. Barney-Nez is a U.S. Army veteran.
Margaret Baha-Walker, Vice-Chairwoman,
White Mountain Apache Nation. Chairwoman Baha-Walker first addressed the Congresswomen and the audience in her native Apache language before sharing the struggles the Apache veterans have in acquiring adequate housing.
Aneva Yazzie, CEO, Navajo Housing Authority. Ms. Yazzie spoke of the many Navajo veterans who are living in overcrowded homes or are homeless.
NAIHC Executive Director Mellor C. Willie testifies on the Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act of 2009 at a special Congressional field hearing in Window Rock, AZ.
NAIHC Executive Director Mellor C. Willie with other members of the Congressional Field Hearing Panel Two.
A representative from the Arizona Department of Veteran’s Services also testified.
Mr. DiGirolamo from the AZ Dept. of Veteran’s Services.
Navajo Nation police on stand-by at the Congressional field hearing.
Vice-Chairwoman Baha-Walker and White Mountain Apache attorney with Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-35th-CA).
Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick (D-1st-AZ) with White Mountain Apache Vice-Chairwoman Margaret Baha-Walker and the tribe’s attorney.
Rep. Kirkpatrick with Navajo veterans.
Rep. Kirkpatrick speaking with members of the Navajo Nation Color Guard.
Rep. Kirkpatrick with the Navajo Nation Color Guard.
Rep. Kirkpatrick speaking with a Navajo veteran and his family.
Reps. Kirkpatrick and Waters asking all the veterans to gather on stage for a group photo.
Reps. Kirkpatrick and Waters pose with veterans at the Congressional field hearing on housing challenges for Native veterans in Window Rock, AZ on April 10, 2010.
Rep. Kirkpatrick gathers with veterans for a photo.
Rep. Waters shakes hands with a Navajo female veteran at the Congressional field hearing on housing challenges for Native veterans in Window Rock, AZ on April 10, 2010.
NAIHC and Rep. Kirkpatrick (L-R): NAIHC Region VIII Board Alternate Mike Chavez of Zuni Pueblo Housing Authority, NAIHC Executive Director Mellor C. Willie, Representative Ann Kirkpatrick and NAIHC Region VIII Board Representative Aneva Yazzie of Navajo Housing Authority.
