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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2002

The following is a list of upcoming events related to Indian trust and/or the Department of Interior.

February 27
National Congress of American Indians, Winter Executive Council Session. Wyndham Hotel in Washington, D.C.
Today's Highlights:
10:00 a.m. - Assistant Secretary Neal McCaleb
Links: NCAI Web Site

House Interior Appropriations subcommittee hearing on fiscal year 2003 budget. Secretary of Interior Gale Norton. 10 a.m. B-308 Rayburn HOB.
Links: Committee Web Site

Senate Indian Affairs Committee hearing on Supreme Court decisions. 2 p.m. SD-106.
Panel I:
David Getches, Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder School of LawR Robert Anderson, Professor, University of Washington School of Law

Panel II:
Judge William C. Canby Jr., Senior Judge, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Panel III:
Chief Justice Robert Yazzie, Navajo Nation Supreme Court
Chief Justice John St. Clair, Wind River Supreme Court
Ron Allen, Chairman, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
Links: SCIA Web Site | Live Video | Live Audio

February 28
Closure of comment period on Bureau of Indian Trust Assets Management (BITAM). Send comments to: Office of the Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street, NW, MS 4140 MIB, Washington, DC 20240.

Proposed findings and conclusions due to U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth regarding contempt trial.

House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Bureau of Reclamation fiscal year 2003 budget. Secretary of Interior Gale Norton. 10 a.m. 2362-B Rayburn HOB.

Department of State, Department of Interior consultation on international activities affecting indigenous people. 1:15 p.m. Ashlawn North Room, Wyndham Hotel, Washington D.C.

March 5, March 7
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing on fiscal year 2003 budget. 10 a.m. SD-485.
Links: SCIA Web Site

March 14
House Interior Appropriations subcommittee oversight hearing on Bureau of Indian Affairs and Office of the Special Trustee. 10 a.m. B-308 Rayburn HOB.
Links: Committee Web Site

Relevant Links:
Indian Trust, Department of Interior - http://www.doi.gov/indiantrust
Indian Trust: Cobell v. Norton - http://www.indiantrust.com
Trust Reform, NCAI - http://130.94.214.68/main/pages/
issues/other_issues/trust_reform.asp