An Indian conference scheduled for June 27-28 on the Cornell University campus has been canceled. It will be rescheduled at a later date.

Titled "Indian Economic Futures: Leadership and Problem Solving," the meeting will be restructured at the request of Indian leadership to incorporate newly emerging events and trends related to issues of taxation and native nations.

"The wish has arisen for a more comprehensive planning process for a larger New York statewide Indian leadership conference," said Jane Mt. Pleasant, director of the American Indian Program (AIP) at Cornell. "At this time we are adjusting the format so that it might include smaller meetings."

Seneca, Oneida, Mohawk and Poospatuck tribal government leaders have requested specific sessions. A team of Cornell-based facilitators will help moderate these sessions.

"These issues are highly complex, involving Indian governments, both traditional and elective, and their regulatory relations with the Indian private sector now evident in all the communities," said JosŽ Barreiro, AIP associate director for extension. "As our involvement has been requested to help open communications pathways, we'll do what we can to facilitate focused, solution-oriented forums."

Cornell's American Indian Program co-sponsored an earlier conference, "Indian Economic Futures: Governance and State Taxation," in August 1996.