Media Contact: Jessica Kershaw, Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov
For Immediate Release: September 17, 2015

WASHINGTON – Today, Thursday, September 17, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will lead a press conference call to discuss a landmark settlement with a nationwide class of tribes and tribal entities. Jewell will be joined by Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Kevin Washburn and U.S. Department of Justice Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer.

WHO: Sally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior

Kevin Washburn, Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs

Benjamin C. Mizer, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice

WHAT: Press conference call to discuss landmark settlement with tribes and tribal entities

WHEN: TODAY, Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. EDT

MEDIA: Members of the media who wish to join this call should dial 1-800-857-9677 and use the passcode INTERIOR.