[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63940-63941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26372]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians


Tribal Consultation on Indian Trust Asset Management

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Office of 
the Special Trustee for American Indians, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Tribal Consultation Meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the Secretary, along with the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians, 
will conduct a meeting on Indian trust asset management. The purpose of 
the meeting is to discuss any proposed reorganization of the 
Department's trust responsibility functions to improve the management 
of Indian trust assets. Any tribe, band, nation or individual is 
encouraged to attend the meeting and to submit written comments.

DATES: The meeting will be held on October 23, 2002, in Billings, 
Montana.

ADDRESSES: The address for the consultation meeting, which will begin 
promptly at 9 a.m. and continue until 3:30 p.m., is Billings Hotel and 
Convention Center, 1223 Mullowney Lane, Billings, Montana. Telephone 
number is 406/248-7151.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aurene Martin, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary-Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street, NW., MS 4140 MIB, Washington, 
DC 20240, telephone 202/208-7163.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the meeting is to involve 
affected and interested parties in the process of organizing the 
Department's trust asset management responsibility functions. The 
Department has determined that there is a need for dramatic change in 
the management of Indian trust assets. Accordingly, the Department has 
already held seven (7) tribal consultation meetings on this matter 
across the country. However, based upon the comments received from 
those meetings and further inquiries from tribal entities, this 
additional meeting was felt to be in the best interest of consultation.
    Written comments may be submitted at the Billings, Montana, meeting 
or may be mailed to the address indicated under the heading FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT. Interested persons may examine written comments 
during regular business house (7:45 a.m.

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to 4:15 p.m. ET) in the Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian 
Affairs, Washington, DC, Monday through Friday, except for Federal 
holidays. Commenters who wish to remain anonymous must clearly state 
this preference at the beginning of their written comments. The 
Department will honor requests for anonymity to the extent allowable by 
law.
    These meetings support administrative policy on tribal consultation 
by encouraging maximum direct participation of representatives of 
tribal governments, tribal organizations and other interested persons 
in important Department processes.

    Dated: October 10, 2002.
Neal A. McCaleb,
Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs.
[FR Doc. 02-26372 Filed 10-15-02; 8:45 am]
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