01/19/09 - 01/22/09
Arlington, VA
The National Congress of American Indians and the National Indian Gaming Association invites you to participate in a tribal leader's strategy session to develop a shared national strategy to engage the next Congress and Presidential Administration on issues of importance to tribal governments.
Dear Respective Tribal Leader,
The National Congress of American Indians and the National Indian Gaming Association invites you to participate in a tribal leader's strategy session to develop a shared national strategy to engage the next Congress and Presidential Administration on issues of importance to tribal governments. The strategy session will be held on Monday, January 19, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with lunch served. In the afternoon, both NCAI and NIGA will have board meetings, and you may wish to use this opportunity to hold your own organization's board meeting. We would greatly appreciate your organization's involvement in this important meeting.
The strategy session will precede the inaugural week's festivities, which we encourage your organization to take part in. For the tribal leader's strategy session, please RSVP to April Hale at 202-466-7767 or ahale@ncai.org. Below is a list of some inaugural week events, although there will be many important events held throughout the city.
All events below are held at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, unless otherwise stated.
Inaugural Week Events:
Monday, January 19, 2009
9:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Tribal Strategy Session on the Next Congress & New Administration | Hyatt Regency Crystal City | 1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | NCAI and NIGA board meetings | Hyatt Regency Crystal City | 11:00 a.m. – Midnight | Inaugural Ball Pow Wow | Hyatt Regency Crystal City |
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
8:00 p.m. | American Indian Inaugural Ball | Hyatt Regency Crystal City |
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. | American Indian Society of DC Inaugural Brunch | Hyatt Regency Crystal City | All Day | Time for personal meetings with Congressional Delegations | Capitol Hill |
- For American Indian Inaugural Ball tickets, please visit www.aiibdc.org/tickets.htm. Currently, the prices are $140 which includes the ball and brunch on Wednesday; $110 for the ball only; and $150 to purchase ball tickets at the door. Brunch tickets cannot be purchased at the door of the ball. Please contact the American Indian Society (AIS) of D.C. for more information on hotel accommodations at AIS.inauguralball@yahoo.com.
- There are a number of other inaugural gala events that week, please contact your D.C. state society for tickets, i.e. Arizona State Society, Oklahoma State Society, or California State Society.
- If you want tickets to the actual inauguration, you must request it from your Senate office and you will be placed on a wait list.
- Also, visit www.inaugural.senate.gov for official inaugural events information.
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