The purpose of the meeting was to begin the process of creating procedures and documents that could be instructive to both tribal communities and researchers about the conduct of genetics research involving American Indian and Alaska Native people and their communities. The meeting was not organized as a summit of representative genetics research issues, but was intended to be an intense round-table work session with discussion of tribal concerns, tribal expectations, the process of research, existing genetic studies, research codes, and existing genetics policies. No formal presentations were given.