United Tribes InterTribal Council Summit X
"As Long As the Grass Grows and the Water Flows"
September 5-7, 2006
Bismarck Civic Center
Bismarck, North Dakota
AGENDA DRAFT
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
8:00 AM
Registration Opens - Bismarck Civic Center - Exhibit Hall
Registration Packet includes: Conference Binder, Shoulder Bag, 2 passes to 37th Annual United Tribes International Powwow
Registration Packet includes: Conference Binder, Shoulder Bag, 2 passes to 37th Annual United Tribes International Powwow
1:00 - 2:20
Opening Ceremony
Presiding Chair - Honorable Tex G. Hall, Chairman, Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation
Invocation - Tom Red Bird
Honor Song - Tatanka Nagi
Presentation of Colors - Brought-Brownotter American Legion Post #82
National Athem - Bobbie Rae Sage, Miss Indian Nations XIII
Introductions and Agenda Review - David M. Gipp, President-UTTC
Opening Remarks -
Presiding Chair - Honorable Tex G. Hall, Chairman, Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation
Invocation - Tom Red Bird
Honor Song - Tatanka Nagi
Presentation of Colors - Brought-Brownotter American Legion Post #82
National Athem - Bobbie Rae Sage, Miss Indian Nations XIII
Introductions and Agenda Review - David M. Gipp, President-UTTC
Opening Remarks -
Tex Hall, Chairman, Mandan, Hidatsa, & Arikara Nation
Ken Davis, Chairman, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Myra Pearson, Chairperson, Spirit Lake Tribe
Ron His Horse Is Thunder, Chairman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Jerry Flute, Chairman, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
John Hoeven, Governor, State of North Dakota
John Warford, Mayor, City of Bismarck (confirmed)
Ken LaMont, Mayor, City of Mandan
Kelvin Hullett, President Bis/Man Area Chamber of Commerce
Other officials and honored guests
Ken Davis, Chairman, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Myra Pearson, Chairperson, Spirit Lake Tribe
Ron His Horse Is Thunder, Chairman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Jerry Flute, Chairman, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
John Hoeven, Governor, State of North Dakota
John Warford, Mayor, City of Bismarck (confirmed)
Ken LaMont, Mayor, City of Mandan
Kelvin Hullett, President Bis/Man Area Chamber of Commerce
Other officials and honored guests
2:30 - 3:00
Keynote: Bruce Green, Greene, Meyer & McElroy, P.C.
3:00 - 4:00
Panel: Water Rights
Wayne Stenehjem, ND Attorney General
Mary Lee Johns, U.S. Army Corps of Engineer
Bureau of Reclamation
William Benjamin, BIA, Great Plains Regional Director
4:00 - 5:00
Presentation: Wind Energy - Bob Gough
Wednesday, September 6, 2006
8:00 - 8:30
Continental Breakfast
Presiding Chair - Honorable Ken Davis, Chairman, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Keynote Speaker: Tom Dowd, BIA, Office of Indian Education Programs
Presiding Chair - Honorable Ken Davis, Chairman, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Keynote Speaker: Tom Dowd, BIA, Office of Indian Education Programs
10:30 - 10:45
BREAK
10:45 - 11:15
Education Panel: K - 12/ P-16 Task Force
Ryan Wilson, President, NIEA
Roger Bordeaux, President, ACTS
Cheryl Kulas, Executive Director, NDIAC
Ryan Wilson, President, NIEA
Roger Bordeaux, President, ACTS
Cheryl Kulas, Executive Director, NDIAC
11:15 - Noon
Education Panel: Postsecondary Indian/Tribal Education
Ron His Horse Is Thunder, Advisory Board, WHITCU
Cheryl Crazy Bull, President, AIHEC & President, Northwest Indian College
Cynthia Lindquist, NACIE & President, Cankdeska Cikana Community College
Ron His Horse Is Thunder, Advisory Board, WHITCU
Cheryl Crazy Bull, President, AIHEC & President, Northwest Indian College
Cynthia Lindquist, NACIE & President, Cankdeska Cikana Community College
NOON
LUNCH
Presiding Chair - Honorable Ron His Horse is Thunder, Chairman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Luncheon Speaker: Ms. Sara Garland (invited)
"U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs - Issues & Updates"
Presiding Chair - Honorable Ron His Horse is Thunder, Chairman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Luncheon Speaker: Ms. Sara Garland (invited)
"U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs - Issues & Updates"
1:15-2:30
Session: "Future of Tribal Sovereignty"
Tex Hall, Chairman, MHA Nation
Ron His Horse Is Thunder, Chairman, SRST
Myra Pearson, Chair, Spirit Lake Tribe
Melanie Benjamin, Executive Officer, Mille Lacs Tribe
Ken Davis, Chairman, TMBCI
B.J. Jones, Judge
Tex Hall, Chairman, MHA Nation
Ron His Horse Is Thunder, Chairman, SRST
Myra Pearson, Chair, Spirit Lake Tribe
Melanie Benjamin, Executive Officer, Mille Lacs Tribe
Ken Davis, Chairman, TMBCI
B.J. Jones, Judge
2:30 - 2:45
BREAK
2:45 - 4:00
Session - Tribal/State Relations Committee
Robert "Bob" Stenehjem, Chair & Majority Leader N.D. State Legislature
ND Tribal Chairs
Democratic Member of Committee
Robert "Bob" Stenehjem, Chair & Majority Leader N.D. State Legislature
ND Tribal Chairs
Democratic Member of Committee
4:00 - 5:00
Tribal College Perspectives on Wellness & Health: The United Tribes Model
Russell M. Swagger, UTTC Dean, Student & Campus Services
Russell M. Swagger, UTTC Dean, Student & Campus Services
6:00 PM
Intertribal Council Summit Reception
Keynote: Gerard Baker, Superintendent, Mt. Rushmore National Park
Miss Indian Nations Pageant Contestant Introductions
Thursday, September 7, 2006
8:30 - 9:30
General Session
Presiding Chair - Honorable Myra Pearson, Chairperson, Spirit Lake Tribe
Keynote: The F.Y. 08 Interior Budget/Remarks on Cobell Settlement
Mr. Tex G. Hall, Co-Chair, Tribal Budget Advisory Council
Presiding Chair - Honorable Myra Pearson, Chairperson, Spirit Lake Tribe
Keynote: The F.Y. 08 Interior Budget/Remarks on Cobell Settlement
Mr. Tex G. Hall, Co-Chair, Tribal Budget Advisory Council
9:30 - 10:45
Session - Perspectives on Cobell Legislation
ND Tribal leaders
Harold Frazier, Chairman, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
John Blackhawk, Chairman, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Rodney Bordeaux, President, Rosebud Sioux Tribe
10:45 - 11:00
BREAK
11:00 - 11:30
Session: - Economic Development in Indian Country
Mr. Robert Olson, Denver Regional Director, Economic Development Administration
Mr. Robert Olson, Denver Regional Director, Economic Development Administration
NOON
LUNCH
Presiding Chair - Honorable Jerry Flute, Chairman, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Statewide Political Candidate Forum
Presiding Chair - Honorable Jerry Flute, Chairman, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Statewide Political Candidate Forum
12:30 - 2:30
Session - Gaming Updates
Ernie Stevens, Jr., Chairman, National Indian Gaming Association
J. Kurt Luger, Director, GPIGA
Ernie Stevens, Jr., Chairman, National Indian Gaming Association
J. Kurt Luger, Director, GPIGA
2:30 - 2:45
BREAK
2:45 - 3:00
Review of resolutions and recap of issues
3:00 - 4:00
UTND Board review and approval of resolutions
4:00 pm
Powwow Ground Blessing
7:00 pm
Grand Entry - 37th Annual United Tribes International Powwow
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United Tribes Technical College is a nonprofit corporation owned and operated by the five tribes located wholly or in part in North Dakota. Tribal owners: Three Affiliated Tribes of Ft. Berthold, Spirit Lake Tribe, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.
United Tribes Technical College is a nonprofit corporation owned and operated by the five tribes located wholly or in part in North Dakota. Tribal owners: Three Affiliated Tribes of Ft. Berthold, Spirit Lake Tribe, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa.