Media Contact: Jessica Kershaw, Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov
For Immediate Release: October 27, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, October 28, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will deliver keynote remarks at the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) Annual Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.

As chair of the White House Council on Native American Affairs, Secretary Jewell will discuss the Obama Administration’s commitment to promote stronger, safer and more prosperous communities through tribal self-determination and sovereignty, as well as through strengthening the federal government’s trust relationship with American Indian tribes and Alaska Natives.

Jewell will also discuss ongoing educational reform efforts to ensure students attending schools funded by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) receive a high quality, academically rigorous, culturally appropriate education.

WHO

Sally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior

WHAT

Remarks at the National Congress of American Indians Annual Convention

WHEN

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

8:30 a.m. EST – Remarks at Hyatt Regency, Centennial Ballroom 4

9:00 a.m. EST – Media availability in the Harris Room, Hyatt Regency

WHERE

Hyatt Regency

Centennial Ballroom 4

265 Peachtree Street, NE

Atlanta, GA 30303

RSVP

Credentialed members of the media interested in covering the event are encouraged to RSVP HERE by October 27, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. EST

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