Media Contact: Frank Quimby, (202) 208-6416 | Nedra Darling, OPA-IA Phone: 202-219-4152
For Immediate Release: March 3, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Tomorrow morning at 8:50 a.m., Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will speak to the Tribal Nations Legislative Summit of the National Congress of American Indians at the Weston Hotel in the District of Columbia. Later in the day, he will be the keynote speaker for a Council of Energy Resource Tribes summit on Native energy development and its place in America's future. The afternoon event will be held at the Dirksen Senate Office Building at 4:30 p.m. on Capitol Hill, and will include representatives from 53 tribes and Canadian First Nations.

Event 1
Who: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
What: Remarks to the National Congress of American Indians
When: 8:50 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, March 4, 2009
Where: Weston Hotel, 1400 M Street NW, Washington, D.C.
Where: Credentialed media are invited to cover the event.

Event2
Who: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
What: Remarks to the Council of Energy Resource Tribes
When: 4:30 p.m Eastern Standard Time, March 4, 2009
Where: Room 628, Dirksen Senate Office Building, 1st St. and Constitution Avenue, NE , Washington, D.C.
Where: Credentialed media are invited to cover the event.