Media Contact: Nedra Darling, OPA-IA Phone: 202-219-4152
For Immediate Release: December 2, 2009

Washington, D.C. – Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk today announced the schedule for the month of December for the Interior Department’s series of tribal consultation meetings to develop a Department-wide tribal consultation policy.

The December schedule of tribal consultation meetings is as follows (all times are local time):

Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Times: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon/1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Location: Hilton-Anchorage, 500 W 3rd Ave., Anchorage, Alaska, 99501 907-272-7411

Date: Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Times: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon/1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Location: Holiday Inn Portland Airport, 8439 NE Columbia Blvd., Portland, Ore., 97220 503-256-5000

Date: Monday, December 14, 2009

Times: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon/1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Location: The Westin Washington, DC City Center, 1400 M Street, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20005 202-429-1700

In addition, four meetings are scheduled during January 2010: Tuesday, January 5, Minneapolis, Minn.; Thursday, January 7, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Tuesday, January 12, Phoenix, Ariz.; and Thursday, January 14, Sacramento, Calif. Details on these will be provided when confirmed.

For more information, contact the Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs at 202-208- 7163.