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Echo Hawk to Keynote DOJ Symposium on Child Protection in Indian Country

Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk will give the luncheon keynote address at the U.S. Department of Justice's National Symposium on Child Protection in Indian Country being held March 9-11, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort at the Santa Ana Pueblo in New Mexico.

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Gidner Names Diane Rosen as BIA Midwest Regional Director

Bureau of Indian Affairs Director Jerold L. "Jerry" Gidner today announced that he has named Diane K. Rosen as Regional Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Midwest Regional Office in Ft. Snelling, Minn.

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Salazar Announces Plan of Actions to Develop a Department-wide Policy on Tribal Consultation Per President's November 5 Directive

Secretary Ken Salazar today announced the Interior Department's plan of actions, as directed by President Obama in his memorandum dated November 5, 2009, to implement Executive Order 13175, Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments....

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Reservation Economic Summit and American Indian Business Trade Fair

Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk today announced that the Deputy Assistant Secretary − Indian Affairs Del Laverdure will be the Featured Speaker in Las Vegas, Nev., at the 24th Annual Reservation Economic Summit (RES 2010).

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William Tandy Walker Named Regional Director for BIA's Southwest Regional Office

Washington, DC-Bureau of Indian Affairs director Jerold L. "Jerry" Gidner today announced that he has named William Tandy "Bill" Walker as the Regional Director of the BIA's Southwest Regional Office in Albuquerque, NM.

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Echo Hawk Names Bart Stevens as Acting BIE Director

Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk today announced that he as named Bartholomew "Bart" Stevens as Acting Director of the Bureau of Indian Education while the process for finding a permanent director continues.

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Echo Hawk Names Paula L. Hart as Director of the Indian Affairs Office of Indian Gaming

Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk today announced that he has named Paula L. Hart as Director of the IA Office of Indian Gaming.

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President's FY 2011 Indian Affairs Budget Focuses on Tribal Empowerment, Energy Development, Education and Public Safety

President Obama's proposed $2.6 billion budget request for Indian Affairs is a fiscally responsible plan that focuses strategic investments to empower tribal nations.

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All-American Rhodes Scholar Myron Rolle Visits Native American Schools in New Mexico and Arizona to Kick Off

U.S. Department of the Interior officials today welcomed college football All-American and Rhodes Scholar Myron Rolle to Isleta Elementary School at the Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico, American Indian Reservation to kick off the new Our Way to Health™ Program.

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Echo Hawk Announces Tribal Energy Transmission System Planning Workshops

Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk today announced that Indian Affairs Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development (IEED) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Trust Services, working in partnership with Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) are planning to hold a series of tribal energy transmission system planning workshops for tribal leaders and tribal resource managers.

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Salazar Meets with Secretary Duncan, Indian Education Officials to Develop Strategies for Improvements in BIA School System

As a follow-up to the Tribal Conference held at the Department of the Interior this past November, today Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan met with prominent American Indian educators to discuss the educational challenges and opportunities facing tribal communities and share strategies that have helped to advance opportunities for American Indian students around the Nation.

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All-American Rhodes Scholar Myron Rolle to visit American Indian schools in New Mexico and Arizona January 12-13 to Kick off our way to health program partnership with U.S. Department of the Interior

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Echo Hawk Announces Application Deadline for 2010 IA Tribal Energy Student Internship Program

Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk today announced that the Indian Affairs program to recruit and train American Indian and Alaska Native post-secondary students in the field of energy and natural resources management is accepting applications for twelve internships in its 2010 class.

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