Commissioner of Indian Affairs Morris Thompson announced today that representatives of each Area Office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs will meet in Albuquerque to discuss energy conservation on the part of the agency March 20, 21, and 22.
This is the second meeting of its kind. The first was held in Washington.
“Fuel shortages and fuel costs within the scope of the Bureau’s plant management unit will be the topic under discussion,” Thompson indicated.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs has Area Offices in Aberdeen, S. Dak.; Albuquerque; Anadarko, Okla.; Billings, Mont.; Juneau, Alaska; Minneapolis, Minn.; Muskogee, Okla.; Window Rock, Ariz.; Phoenix, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Sacramento, Calif.
It operates 200 schools in 17 states on Indian reservations and in remote areas throughout the country. Seventy-seven are boarding schools with a total enrollment of 36,000.
The meeting will take place at the Quality Inn Motel, 717 Central N.W. in Albuquerque.
