Commissioner of Indian Affairs Morris Thompson announced today the appointment of Van A. Peters as Superintendent of the Stewart Indian School, Stewart, Nevada.
Peters, a member of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada, has been a school principal in Elko County, Nevada since 1972. He was previously a teacher and athletic director in Reedsport, Oregon.
A United States Army veteran, Peters earned both his B.A. and M.Ed. degrees from the University of Nevada.
Peters, 40, is a member of the Elko County Administrative Association and the Nevada Secondary School Administration Association.
Stewart Indian School, operated under the BIA's Phoenix Area Office, is a secondary school serving approximately 500 residential students.
