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Fax : 530-926-3397 Mar 02 10:54 PIT TOMMY GEORGE PIT RIVER TRIBE RIVER TRIBAL CHAIRMAN P.O. Box 835 TRIBE Burney, California 96013 KENNY CARMONY VICE-CHAIRMAN DIANE TAYLOR TRIBAL SECRETARY ATTARONT Floyd J. Buckskin GWEN WOLFIN Cultural Spokesperson TREASURER Phone: (530) 335-5165 or 926-3397 Fax: (530) 926-3397 I'M ELEVEN AUTONOMOUS BANDS MADESI March 1, 2000 ILLMANI The Honorable Lynn Cutler Senior Advisor for Native American Affairs The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Ms. Cutler: ITORTANI ASTARAWI The Pit River Tribal Chairman and Delegation have decided to postpone our trip to Washington DC. We will be in Washington on March 14th, 15th and 16th. We have postponed our trip in order to be able to talk to the same people that the geothermal companies that propose to affect the sacred Medicine Lake Highlands have talked to. The same people need to hear the Tribe's side. Because you have already been involved with the decision makers and the companies, the Tribe needs a meeting with you in a government-to-government consultation. APORIGE A decision on the geothermal projects is imminent, and the Pit River Tribal Membership recently reaffirmed its position relative to geothermal development in the Medicine Lake Highlands. The resulting resolution is here included. The Pit River Tribe has been misrepresented by the geothermal companies and by a couple of individual tribal members, a non-governmental part of the Tribe. It is crucial that we clarify our position. This can only be done in a face to face meeting. AJUMAWI ATSUGEWI