Office of the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs

MEDIA ADVISORY

Assistant Secretary McCaleb and Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Principal Chief Beaver to Jointly Dedicate New
Eastern Oklahoma Regional Office Headquarters

WASHINGTON - On Tuesday, November 26, 2002, Interior Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs Neal A. McCaleb will be joined by The Honorable R. Perry Beaver, Principal Chief, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, in dedicating the new headquarters of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (BIA) Eastern Oklahoma Regional Office in Muskogee, Okla. The BIA will be the sole tenant of the two-story facility, which was built, and is owned, by the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma.

The Eastern Oklahoma Regional Office, which moved into its new space this fall, is leasing the 42,000-square-foot building from the Muscogee (Creek) Nation under a 12-year lease renewable in five-year increments.

Assistant Secretary McCaleb and Principal Chief Beaver will be joined by Jeanette Hanna, Regional Director, Eastern Oklahoma Region.

WHO: Neal A. McCaleb, Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior
            The Hon. R. Perry Beaver, Principal Chief, Muscogee (Creek) Nation
            Jeannette Hanna, Regional Director, Eastern Oklahoma Region, BIA

WHAT: Opening of the new BIA Eastern Oklahoma Regional Office headquarters building.

WHEN: Tuesday, November 26, 2002
              10:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon (CST)

WHERE: 3100 W. Peak Blvd., Muskogee, Okla.

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