The Acting Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Praises the One Year Anniversary of Let's Move in Indian Country

Media Contact: Nedra Darling, OPA-IA Phone: 202-219-4152
For Immediate Release: June 8, 2012

WASHINGTON – Acting Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs Donald “Del” Laverdure today posted on the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs blog “The First Anniversary of Let's Move! in Indian Country Brings Together Renowned Panelists and the Positive Accomplishments in Indian Country’s Quest for Healthier Living and Eating.”

The Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs blog can be found at: http://www.bia.gov/WhoWeAre/ASIA/blog/index.htm

The Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs carries out the Secretary’s responsibility for managing the government-to-government relationship between the federal government and the 566 federally recognized American Indian and Alaska Native tribes with a combined service population of about 1.9 million American Indians and Alaska Natives. The Indian Affairs Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development provides assistance to tribal communities with managing and developing their renewable and non-renewable energy resources and helping them to expand job creation, workforce training and economic development.