[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 33975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-15812]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Indian Affairs


Tribal Consultation on Indian Education Topics

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is announcing that it will 
conduct tribal consultation meetings to obtain oral and written 
comments concerning potential issues in Indian Education Programs. This 
notice announces the dates and locations of the consultation meetings.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before August 2, 2001. 
The consultation meetings will be held on July 9, 12, 17, 19, 22 and 
25, 2001. Several dates and locations were scheduled to coincide with 
meetings of various Indian education organizations. All meetings will 
begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 3 p.m. (local time) or until all 
meeting participants have had an opportunity to make comments.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Office of Indian Education Programs, Attention: Mr. William Mehojah, 
Jr., MS-3512 MIB, OIE-32, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20240, or 
you may hand deliver them to Room 3512 at the same address. Comments 
may also be telefaxed to 202-208-3312. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION 
for locations of the consultation meetings.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kenneth Whitehorn or Georgia 
Braun, 202-208-4976.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meetings are a follow-up to similar 
meetings conducted by the Office of Indian Education Programs since 
1990. The purpose of the consultation, as required by 25 U.S.C. 2011, 
is to provide Indian tribes, school boards, parents, Indian 
organizations, and other interested parties an opportunity to comment 
on potential issues raised during previous consultation meetings or 
issues being considered by the BIA regarding Indian education programs.
    The potential issues which will be set forth in a tribal 
consultation booklet to be issued prior to the meetings are as follows:

(1) School Construction
(2) Consultation
(3) Realignment of Special Education Coordinators and Education 
Specialists
(4) Open Item

    A consultation booklet for the July meetings is being distributed 
to federally-recognized Indian tribes, Bureau Regional and Agency 
Offices, and Bureau-funded schools. The booklets will also be available 
from local contact persons at each meeting.

Meeting Schedule

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                  Date                            Location                Local contact          Phone numbers
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July 9, 2001...........................  Albuquerque, NM..........  Ed Parisian..............     (505) 753-1465
July 12, 2001..........................  Aberdeen, SD.............  Cherie Farlee............     (605) 964-8722
July 17, 2001..........................  Gallup, NM...............  Larry Holman.............     (505) 786-6150
July 19, 2001..........................  Phoenix, AZ..............  Joe Frazier..............     (505) 248-6544
July 22 and 25, 2001...................  Portland, OR.............  John Reimer..............     (505) 872-2743
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Written Comments

    Comments, including names, street addresses, and other contact 
information of respondents, will be available for public review at the 
address listed under ADDRESSES section during regular business hours 
(7:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. EST), Monday through Friday, except Federal 
holidays. Individual respondents may request confidentially. If you 
wish us to withhold your name, street address, and other contact 
information (such as fax or phone number) from public review or from 
disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, you must state this 
prominently at the beginning of your comment. We will honor your 
request to the extent allowable by law. We will make available for 
public inspection in their entirety all submissions from organizations 
or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as 
representatives or officials of organizations or businesses.
    This notice is published in accordance with the authority delegated 
by the Secretary of the Interior to the Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs by 209 DM 8.1.

    Dated: June 13, 2001.
James H. McDivitt,
Deputy Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs (Management).
[FR Doc. 01-15812 Filed 6-25-01; 8:45 am]
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