Tribal Representatives + regional offices
indian affairs
Tribal Budget Advisory council Meeting
Central, Regional, and Tribal Representatives
Sheraton National Hotel
900 South Orme Street
Arlington, Virginia
May 19 – 21, 2008
Tribal Representatives + regional offices
Carl Artman, Assistant
Secretary - Indian Affairs
(202) 208-7163 office
(202) 219-5320 fax
Majel Russell
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs
(202) 208-7163 office
(202) 208-5320 fax
Debbie Clark, Deputy Assistant Secretary - Management
(202) 208-5185 office
(202) 219-2127 fax
George Skibine,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Policy and Economic Development
Director, Office of Indian Gaming
(202) 219-0240 office
(202)208-5320 fax
Jerry Gidner, Director - Bureau of Indian Affairs
(202) 208-5116 office
(202) 208-6334 fax
Kevin Skenandore, Acting Director
Bureau of Indian Education
(202) 208-6123 office
(202) 208-3312 fax
Sanjeev “Sonny” Bhagowalia
Chief Information Officer
(202) 208-0437 office
(202) 219-0611 fax
Gray Payne, Chief Financial Officer
2051 Mercator Drive
Reston, VA20191
(703) 390-6558 office
(703) 390-6304 fax
Mike Smith, Deputy Bureau Director - Field Operations
(202) 208-5116 office
(202) 208-6334 fax
Mary Jane Miller, Director -Office of Budget Management
(202) 208-6342 office
(202) 208-6635 fax
Jack Rever, Director -
Office of Facilities, Environmental, and Cultural Resources
(703) 390-6314 office
(703) 390-6304 fax
Pat Ragsdale, Deputy Director, Office of Justice Services
(202) 208-5787office
(202) 208-6170 fax
Christopher Chaney, Deputy Director, Office of Indian Services
(202) 208-2874 office
(202) 208-5113 fax
Vicki Forrest, Deputy Director Office of Trust Services
(202) 208-5831 office
(202) 219-1065 fax
Darren R. Pete
Director, Office of Congressional and Legislative for Indian Affairs
(202) 208-5610
Sharee Freeman, Director -
Office of Self-Governance
1951 Constitution Avenue, NW
355G
(202) 219-0244 office
(202) 219-1404 fax
Bob Middleton, Director - Office of Indian Energy & Economic Development
(202) 219-0740 office
(202) 208-4564 fax
Nedra Darling, Director - Office of Public Affairs
(202) 208-3710 office
(202) 501- 1516 fax
Michael Taylor, Director -
Division of Field Budget Operations
545 Marriott Drive
Nashville, TN 37214
(615) 564-6951 office
(615) 564-6534 fax
Robin Jaeger, Director -
IndianLandConsolidationCenter
(715) 682-0310 office
(715) 682-2324 fax
Office of Special Trustee:
Ross Swimmer, Special Trustee- Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians
(202) 208- 4866 office
(202) 208-7545 fax
Stephen McEntegart, Director Budget and Finance Administration
(202) 208-3014 office
(202) 208-4291 fax
rocky Mountain Region
Geri Small, President
Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council
P.O. Box 128
Lame Deer, MT 59043
(406) 477-6284 office
(406) 477-6210
Donna Buckles-Whitmer, Council Member
Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes
FortPeck Indian Reservation
Tribal Executive Board
P.O. Box 1027
Poplar, MT 59255
(406) 768-5155 office
(406) 768-5478
Ed Parisian, Regional
Director - Rocky Mountain Region
Bureau of Indian Affairs
316 N. 26th Street
Billings, MT59101
(406) 247-7943 office
(406) 247-7976 fax
Eastern Oklahoma Region
Jim R. Gray, Principal Chief -
Osage Nation
P.O. Box 779
Pawhuska, OK 74056
(918)287-5432 office
(918)287-2257 fax
Tom Gamble, Chief
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
P.O. Box 1326
Miami, OK 74355
(918) 542-1445 office
(918) 542-7260 fax
Mary Downing, Deputy Regional Director –Trust Services- Eastern Oklahoma Region
Bureau of Indian Affairs
P.O. Box 8002
Muskogee, OK 74402-8002
(918) 781-4600 office
(918) 781-4604 fax
PACIFIC REGION
Robert Smith, Chairman
Pala Reservation
12196 Pala Mission Road
PMB - 50
Pala, CA 92059
(760) 591-0926 office
(760) 742-1411 fax
Leslie Lohse, Tribal Treasurer
Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians
P.O. Box 398
Orland, CA95963
(530) 865-2010 office
(530) 865-1870 fax-
Hector Garcia, Self-Governance Coordinator
Karuk Tribe of California
(alternate)
P.O. Box 1016
Happy Camp, CA 96039
(530) 493-5305 office
(530) 493-5322 fax
Dale Morris, Regional
Director - Pacific Region
Bureau of Indian Affairs
2800 Cottage Way
Sacramento, CA 95825
(916) 978-6000 office
(916) 978-6099 fax
MIDWEST REGIOn
Darrell Seki, Sr.,
Treasurer - RedLake Band of Chippewa
P.O. Box 550
Red Lake, MN 56671
(218) 679-3341 office
(218) 679-3378 fax
Mark Montano
Vice – Chairman
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
Red Cliff Tribal Office
88385 Pike Road, Hwy 13
Bayfield, WI 54814
(715) 779-3700 office
(715) 779-3704 fax
Terry Virden, Regional Director - Midwest Region
BishopHenryWhippleFederalBuilding
One Federal Drive, Room 550
Ft. Snelling, MN 55111-4007
(612) 713-4400 office
(612) 713-4401 fax
Eastern Region
Brenda Fields,
Penobscot Indian Nation
12 Wabanaki Way
Indian Island, Maine 04468
(207) 827-7776 office
(207) 824-6042
Tricia Mora
Treasurer, USET
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana
P.O. Box 661
Chariton, LA 70523
(337) 923-4973 office
(337) 923-6848 fax
Eastern Region con’t.
Franklin Keel,
Regional Director -
Eastern Region
545 Marriott Drive, Suite 700
Nashville, TN37214
(615) 564-6700 office
(615) 564-6701 fax
southwest region
Dancy Simplicio, Lieutenant Governor, Pueblo of Zuni (not attending)
P.O. Box 339
Zuni, NM 87327
(505) 782-7021 office
(505) 782-7202 fax
Larry Morrin, Regional Director – Southwest Region
1001 Indian School Road, NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
(505) 563-3103 office
(505) 563-3101 fax
Great Plains Region
Ron His Horse Is Thunder, Chairman
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
P.O. Box D
Fort Yates, ND 58538
(701) 854-8500 office
(701) 854-8595 fax
Michael Jandreau, Chairman
Lower Brule Sioux
187 Oyate Circle
Lower Brule, SD 57548
(605) 473-5561office
(605) 473-5606
Alice Harwood, Acting
Regional Director -
Great Plains Region
Bureau of Indian Affairs
115 4th Avenue, SE
Aberdeen, SD 57401
(605) 226-7343 office
(605) 226-7446 fax
NAVAJO REGION
Joe Shirley, Jr., Navajo Nation President
P.O. Box 7440
Window Rock, AZ86515
(928) 871-7915 office
(928) 871-4025 fax
Lawrence T. Morgan, Speaker of Navajo Nation Council
P.O. Box 3390
Window Rock, AZ86515
(928) 871-7160 office
(928) 871-7255 fax
Omar Bradley, Regional Director - Navajo Region
Bureau of Indian Affairs
P.O. Box 1060
Gallup, NM 87305
(505)863-8314 office
(505) 863-8324 fax
NORTHWEST REGION
Ron Allen, Chairman-
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
1033 Old Blyn Highway
Sequim, Washington 98382-9342
(360) 681-4621 office
(360) 681-4643 fax
Rick Gay
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation
P.O. Box 638
Pendleton, OR 97801
(541) 966-2040 office
(541) 966-2149 fax
Stanley Speaks, Regional Director - Northwest
Region
Bureau of Indian Affairs
911 NE 11th Avenue
PortlandOR 97132
(503) 231-6702 office
(503) 231-2201 fax
Alaska region
Loretta Bullard
Kawerak, Inc.
P.O. Box 948
Nome, AK 99762
(907) 443-5231 office
(907) 443-4452 fax
Gloria O'Neill
President and CEO
Cook Inlet Tribal Council
3600 San Jeronimo Drive, Suite 412
Anchorage, AK99508-2870
(907) 793-3411 office
(907) 793-3422 fax
Warren Heisler, Jr.,
Deputy Regional Director – Native Services
Bureau of Indian Affairs
P.O. Box 25520
Juneau, AK 99802-5520
(907) 586-7177 office
(907) 586-7252 fax
southern plains region
Elizabeth Blackowl
Pawnee Nation Council
Pawnee Nation of OK
P.O. Box 470
Pawnee, OK 74058
(918) 762-3621 office
(918) 762-6446 fax
Wallace Coffey, Chairman-
Comanche Nation of Oklahoma
HC-32 Box 1720
Lawton, OK 73502
(580) 492-4988 office
(918) 492-3796 fax
Dan Deerinwater
Regional Director -
Southern Plains Region
P.O. Box 368
Anadarko, OK73005
(405) 247-1614 office
(405) 247-5611 fax
WESTERN REGION
Waldo Walker, Chairman
Washoe Tribe
919 Highway, 395 South
Gardnerville, NV 89410
(775) 265-4191 office
(775) 265-6240 fax
Charles Vaughn, Sr., Chairman
Hualapai Tribal Council
P.O. Box 179
Peach Springs,AZ 86434
(928) 769-2216 office
(928) 769-2243 fax
Allen J. Anspach,
Regional Director
Western Region
Bureau of Indian Affairs
400 North 5th Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 379-6600 office
(602) 379-4413 fax
National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
Jackie Johnson, Executive
Director - National Congress of American Indians
(202) 466-7767 office
(202) 466-7797 fax
Joseph A. Garcia, Co-Chairman
Tribal Budget Advisory Committee
President – NCAI
Chairman, All Indian Pueblo Council(AIPC)
241 12TH Street, NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
(505) 881-1992 office
(505) 883-7682 fax
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