Media Contact: Nedra Darling, OPA-IA Phone: 202-219-4152
For Immediate Release: November 9, 2001
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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Neal A. McCaleb will be a keynote speaker at the Joint Fall 2001 Tribal Self-Governance Conference with the Department of the Interior and Department of Health and Human Services. The event will be held November 12-16 at the Quinault Indian Nation Resort in Ocean Shores, Wash. Topics of discussion will be self-governance and trust reform.

Assistant Secretary McCaleb will appear on Wednesday, November 14 starting at 9:15 a.m. (PT) before a projected audience of over 400 tribal representatives from 220 federally recognized tribes who operate programs in accordance with the Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994. The Act gives tribes the authority to administer programs and services previously managed for them by the federal government in ways that better address conditions unique to their reservations and communities. The conference is held biannually in the spring and fall.

WHO:

Interior Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Neal A. McCaleb.

WHAT:

Keynote speaker, DOI-DHHS Joint Fall 2001 Tribal Self-Governance Conference. Topics of discussion: self-governance and trust reform.

WHEN:

9:15 a.m. (PT), Wednesday, November 14, 2001.

WHERE:

The Quinault Indian Nation Resort, Ocean Shores, Wash. Phone: 888-461-2214. Approx. 139 miles from the Seattle-Tacoma Airport and 154 miles from the Portland Airport (see directions).

Driving directions from Seattle-Tacoma Airport:

  1. Go East on WA-518 to I-5 South (1.6 miles)
  2. Go South to Exit 104, US-101, merge right (46.7 miles)
  3. Stay on this road. It starts as 101, but will turn into WA-8 then to US-12 and then back to US-101 [from Exit 104 drive 6 miles, stay on road and it turns into WA-8. Proceed for 21 more miles and stay on road—it turns to US-12. Proceed for 21 more miles. You should be in Aberdeen, Wash.] (48 miles)
  4. It will then turn into US-101. Continue west for 4.6 miles (you’re now in Hoquiam, Wash.) and turn left on Emerson Street or WA-109 and proceed West for 14 miles.
  5. Take a left at WA-115 and go 550 feet to sign for Quinault Beach Resort. Turn right at sign.

Driving directions from Portland (OR) International Airport:

  1. Go East on WA-114 to I-201 (1.4 miles)
  2. Go Northwest on I-201 to I-5 North for 10 miles and it will merge onto I-5. Proceed North. (90.9 miles)
  3. Take Exit 88-B
  4. Drive Northwest on US-12 to Elma, Wash., take a left and merge onto Highway 12 (again). (26.6 miles)
  5. Drive West for 20 more miles and Highway 12 turns into Highway 101, and you will be in Aberdeen, Wash. Proceed to Highway WA-109 (20 miles)
  6. Turn left at Emerson Street (Hoquiam, Wash.) and proceed West for 14 miles. Take a left at WA-115 and go 550 feet to sign for Quinault Beach Resort. Turn right at sign.

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