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Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform



As part of President Obama's commitment to fulfilling this nation's trust responsibilities to Native Americans, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today named five prominent American Indians to a commission that will undertake a forward-looking, comprehensive evaluation of Interior's trust management of nearly $4 billion in Native American trust funds.

The Designated Federal Officer for the Commission is Lizzie Marsters, Chief of Staff to the Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW., Room 6119, Washington, DC 20240; telephone (202) 219-7499; e-mail to Lizzie_Marsters@ios.doi.gov

Providing Comments to the Commission

The Commission recognizes that there are many important issues related to trust administration and management that impact tribes, individual Indians and tribal organizations.

The Commission welcomes your ideas, recommendations and possible solutions for trust management and administration to improve the delivery of trust services to Indian Country. To assist the Commission in its work, in addition to describing any problem or issue, we ask for your assistance by focusing your comments in the form of recommendations and solutions to improve Department's implementation of the Federal trust responsibilities.

For further information, contact: trustcommission@ios.doi.gov

Meetings of the Commission

All meetings are open to the public; however, transportation, lodging, and meals are the responsibility of the participating public. Click here to "View 2012 ITC Meeting" material:

  • See - Public Webinar - November 7, 2012
  • See - Public Meeting - September 13 & 14, 2012 - Bismarck, ND
  • See - Public Webinar - August 13, 2012
  • See - Public Meeting - June 11 & 12, 2012 - Albuquerque, NM
  • See - Public Webinar - May 16, 2012
  • See - Public Meeting - March 1 & 2, 2012 - Washington, DC


Public Meeting - February 12/13, 2013 - Seattle, WA

The Office of the Secretary is announcing the Secretarial Commission on Indian Trust Administration and Reform will hold a public meeting on February 12/13, 2013. The meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. on both days at the Hilton Seattle Airport, 17620 International Blvd., Seattle, WA 98188. The Commission will also host a public Youth Outreach Session the evening of February 11, 2013, on the University of Washington campus at the Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center (click on map and search by keyword by typing ECC). Members of the public who wish to attend the public meeting February 12/13, 2013, should RSVP by February 8, 2013 to trustcommission@ios.doi.gov.

Meeting Documents

Webinar participation instructions