AGRICULTURE SECRETARY TO VISIT PHOENIX AREA TUESDAY
             
                                              Release No. 0383.97
Media Advisory

                                   Jim Petterson (202) 720-4623
                                         jim.petterson@usda.gov
                                   Laura Trivers (202) 720-4623
                                         laura.trivers@usda.gov
                                                               
                                                               
AGRICULTURE SECRETARY TO VISIT PHOENIX AREA TUESDAY

Will Be Keynote Speaker at 11th Annual Indian Agriculture Symposium

     WASHINGTON, Oct. 24, 1997--Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman will
visit the Phoenix area on Tuesday, October 28 to give the keynote address at
the eleventh annual Indian Agriculture Symposium, sponsored by the
Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC).

     The IAC was chartered by 84 tribes in 1987.  Together, its membership
controls more than 80 percent of the 54 million acres owned by Indians and
Indian tribes in the contiguous 48 states and about half of the 44 million
Indian-owned acres in Alaska.  This symposium marks the group's tenth year
promoting the betterment of Indian people through the conservation,
development and use of their natural resources in agriculture.

     WHO:      Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman

     WHAT:          Keynote address at the eleventh annual Indian Agriculture
                    Symposium

     WHERE:    Sheraton San Marcos, One San Marcos Place, Chandler, AZ

     WHEN:     9 a.m., Tuesday, October 28, 1997

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