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Eastern Pequot and Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Indians of Connecticut Meeting Location Changed

Media Contact: Nedra Darling, OPA-IA Phone: 202-208-3710
For Immediate Release: July 26, 2000

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has changed the location of the public meeting scheduled for August 8-9, 2000, to address technical questions raised by state, local and tribal officials concerning the Department of the Interior’s March 31, 2000, proposed findings to acknowledge federal recognition of the Eastern Pequot Indians of Connecticut and the Paucatuck Eastern Pequot Indians of Connecticut.

The meeting location was changed to better accommodate the participants and observers. The meeting will be held at the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), 1776 ‘D’ Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. The meeting will start at 9:00a.m.

The meeting was requested on May 18, 2000, by the Connecticut Attorney General’s office. Comments on the proposed findings are due by September 27, 2000.

WHO: U.S. Department of the Interior

WHAT: Public meeting.

WHEN: August 8-9, 2000, at 9:00a.m.

WHERE: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1776 ‘D’ Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

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