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Subj: [PRESSLIST] ATTORNEY GENERAL LOCKYER CREATES OFFICE OF
NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS WITHIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Date:   02/28/2000 12:15:04 PM Pacific Standard Time
From:   OLSONT@hdcdojnet.state.ca.us (Tonya Olson-Digiorno)
To: PRESSLIST@JUSTICE.hdcdojnet.state.ca.us

 
(SACRAMENTO) * Attorney General Bill Lockyer today announced the creation of
an Office of Native American Affairs within the Department of Justice.  Two
Native American employees of the department, Olin Jones and Marcia Hoaglen,
were named to head the new office.

"California's Native American governments are important partners in our
state," Lockyer said.  "The Office of Native American Affairs will help
foster respectful government to government relationships with California's
sovereign Indian Nations."

Olin Jones, a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, was named as the
Director of the Office of Native American Affairs.  Jones has spent the last
decade working closely with Native American tribes on crime prevention issues
and improved access to health and welfare resources.  He has been a Program
Manager for the Attorney General's Crime and Violence Prevention Center since
1996.  From 1989 to 1996, Jones worked for the Governor's Office of Criminal
Justice Planning (OCJP) and served as a liaison to California's Native
American community.  At OCJP, Jones developed the state's first grant funding
program crafted specifically to benefit Native Americans on tribal lands.
Jones is a graduate of the University of North Dakota.

Marcia Hoaglen, a member of the Round Valley Tribes of Mendocino County, was
named Assistant Director for the Office of Native American Affairs.  Hoaglen
has been an advocate on behalf of Native Americans for nearly three decades.
Prior to joining the Department of Justice, she worked for the United Indians
of All Tribes Foundation and the Seattle Indian Health Board in Washington.
 From 1978 - 1982 Hoaglen  helped provide medical and dental services for
California's Indian Tribes as a staff member for the California Rural Indian
Health Board.  Hoaglen has worked for the Department of Justice for more than
twelve years.

The Office of Native American Affairs will be responsible for advising the
Attorney General on matters of importance to California's 107 sovereign
Indian Nations and the nearly 300,000 Californians of Native American
descent.  California's Indian tribes are sovereign nations that share common
interests with the state on a wide variety of issues, including:  water
quality, environmental protection, land-use decisions, public safety and the
administration of justice.

By working closely with California's Native American tribes, the office will
ensure that tribal governments are given the opportunity to cooperate with
the state on matters of mutual concern as well as serve as a liaison between
the department's legal and law enforcement divisions and tribal governments.
The office will also help the Department of Justice serve California's Native
American population who do not reside on tribal lands.

"There is much more to California's relationship with Indian tribes than
gaming," Lockyer said.  "We share a commitment to protecting the environment,
improved public safety on and off tribal land and numerous other quality of
life issues."

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