DOI updates schedule for tribal consultation meets

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Thursday, December 17, 2009

The Interior Department updated the schedule for its tribal consultation meetings in January 2010.

Tribes are being asked about the Interior's existing consultation policy and how it should be changed. The upcoming schedule follows:

Tuesday, January 5, 2010
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon/1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Bldg., One Federal Drive, Ft. Snelling, Minn. 55111
Thursday, January 7, 2010
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon/1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Embassy Suites Oklahoma City – Will Rogers World Airport, 1815 South Meridian, Oklahoma City, Okla. 73108
405-682-6000
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon/1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Embassy Suites Phoenix Airport, 1515 North 44th Street, Phoenix, Ariz. 85008
602-244-8800
Thursday, January 14, 2010
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon/1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Palm Springs Convention Center, 277 N. Avenida Caballeros, Palm Springs, Calif. 92262
760-325-6611

This meetings began on December 2 in Anchorage, Alaska. Two meetings were held on December 9 in Portland, Oregon, and on December 14, in Washington, D.C

More information can be found on the BIA's tribal consultation page.

Get the Story:
Press Release: January 2010 Schedule for DOI Tribal Consultation Meetings on a Department-wide Tribal Consultation Policy (BIA 12/16)