The Interior Department held the first tribal consultation session on a new government-to-government policy in Alaska on Wednesday.

Tribes are being asked about the Interior's existing tribal policy and how it should be changed. Meetings have been scheduled across the nation from now until January 2010.

The upcoming schedule follows:

Oregon - Wednesday, December 9
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon/1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Holiday Inn Portland Airport
8439 NE Columbia Blvd
Portland, OR 97220
(503) 256-5000

Washington, DC - Monday, December 14
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon/1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Westin Washington, DC
1400 M St NW
Washington, DC. 20005 (202) 429-1700

Relevant Documents:
Schedule of Department of the Interior Tribal Consultation Meetings (DOI December 2009)

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