US Interior Heads at Crow Nation Friday

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BILLINGS, MONTANA - On Friday, July 15, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Deputy Secretary David J. Hayes will attend the first regional government-to-government regional tribal consultations regarding the Trust Land Consolidation component of the Cobell Settlement.

From the Medicine Mountain Summit

Later in the day, Secretary Salazar and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Mike Connor will visit Crow Indian Reservation to celebrate the recently approved Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement, which will ensure safe drinking water for the reservation as well as provide for the rehabilitation of the Crow Irrigation Project.

Secretary Salazar recently announced that, at the request of Chairman Black Eagle, the first $500,000 of the settlement funds appropriated by Congress have been released to the tribe and that $4.9 million of early funding for the settlement have been made available for future disbursement to the tribe.

Remarks at First Regional Tribal Consultation

WHO:     Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior
David J. Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Interior
Tribal Leaders from the Rocky Mountain and Great Plains regions

WHAT:     First Regional Tribal Consultation

WHEN:     Friday, July 15
8:15 am - 4:00 pm mdt

WHERE:   Holiday Inn Grand Montana Hotel and Convention Center
5500 Midland Road
Billings, MT 59101
(adjacent to the Crow Fair Rodeo Grounds)

Crow Indian Water Rights Celebration

WHO:     Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior
Mike Connor, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner
Del Laverdure, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs
Members of the Crow Nation

WHAT:     Crow Indian Water Rights Settlement Celebration

WHEN:     Friday, July 15
11:15 am mdt

WHERE:     Apsaalooke Center (Crow Nation Multi-Purpose Building)
Crow Agency, Montana

posted July 14, 2011 3:00 pm edt