Tribal College Forum VIII

Northwest Indian College

August 18, 19, 20, 2009

Tentative agenda

August 18, 2009

8:55 Opening song and bring in significant flags

9:00 - 9:15 Open Prayer: Willie Jones, Sr.

Coast Salish Institute

9:15 – 9:30 Welcome: Cheryl Crazy Bull, President, Northwest Indian College

9:30 – 9:45 Mike Collins/Gene Napier, NativeView

Steve Pavlik Co-Chair

9:45 - 10:00 BREAK

10:00 – 12:00 Jhon Goes In Center/Daniel R. Wildcat moderate Elders’

Panel

Elder’s and Traditionalists: Defining Sacred Land and Sites

Juanita Jefferson (Lummi)

Oscar Kawagley (Yupiak)

Alan Pinkham (Nez Perce)

Tom Sampson (Tsarlit)

Will Tsosie (Navajo)

Vernon Masayesva (Hopi)

Russell Jim (Yakama)

Ione Quigley (Sioux)

Walter Lara (Yurok)

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

Luncheon speaker: Jhon Goes In Center

1:30 – 2:15 Keynote speaker: Suzan Harjo, Morningstar Institute

2:15 – 3:00 Billy Frank

3:00-3:15 BREAK

3:15 – 5:15 I. Student Sessions (1/2 hour each):

1. Student A TBD per Mike Collins

2. Student B, TBD per Mike Collins

3. Student C, TBD per Mike Collins

4. Student D, TBD per Mike Collins

5:30 – 6:30 Salmon Dinner by Coast Salish

7:00 NativeView Annual Meeting (all are welcome)

August 19, 2009

9:00 – 10:00 Dr. Nancy Maynard, NASA

Dr. Suzette Kimbal, USGS

Chris Redman, Bureau of Indian Education

Sharon Shin, Federal Geographic Data Committee

10:00 – 11:00 Breakout sessions:

1. ESRI, Dave Gadsden

2. FGDC, Sharon Shin

3. Frank Roberts Coeur d’Alene Tribal GIS Representative

11:00 – 11:15 Break

11:15 – 12:15 Video: “Healing Our Spirits.” Sharon Kinley,

Coast Salish Institute

12:30 - 1:30 Luncheon Keynote Speaker

Valerie Hauser from the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

1:30 – 3: 30 II. Student Sessions (1/2 hour each):

1. Student E TBD per Mike Collins

2. Student F, TBD per Mike Collins

3. Student G, TBD per Mike Collins

4. Student H, TBD per Mike Collins

3:30 – 3:45 Break

3:45 – 5:15 Poster/Exhibit session

5:30 - 6:30 Dinner on your own

7:00 Video/Movie night: “Healing our Spirits” and/or “The Land and the People are One.”

August 20, 2009

9:00 – 10:00 TCU Presidents’/College Leaders’ Panel

All presidents’ provide perspective on the role of Tribal Colleges in helping their tribes and nations in protecting sacred places

using new technologies

10:00- 11:00 Panel: Application of Geo-spatial Technology to Sacred Lands and Sites

1. Ione Quigley, Sinte Gleska University

2. Frank Roberts, GIS, Coeur d’Alene

3. Valerie Hauser Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

4. Dave Gadsen ESRI

5. Jolene Martinez

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15 – 12:00 Breakout Sessions

1. Faculty Applications of Geo-Spatial Technology: best practices and lessons learned, models for faculty who would like to start a

program at their college

2. Video presentation: “The Land and the People Are One”

12:00 – 1:30 Lunch

1) Luci Beach, Gwichin Steering Committee “Sacred Caribou Grounds”

2) Fran Mauer, Caribou Management Board "Geo-spatial Technology and the Porcupine Caribou Herd.”

3) Dr. Nancy Maynard, “Saami Reindeer Pastoralism in a Changing Climate”

1:30 – 3:00 Panel: Ethical Considerations and the Development of Protocol in the Use of Geo-spatial Technology to Sacred Lands Issues

1. Steve Pavlik

2. Tim Mentz, Standing Rock

3. Daniel R. Wildcat

4. Oscar Kawagley

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15 Final Elders’ Comments

Q&A by all

Feedback forms to Registration Desk for a prize in exchange!

4:30 Closing Ceremonies

All Partners:

Elders

Presidents/Leaders

Faculty/Students

NativeView

USGS/NASA/AIHEC/BIA/BIE/NCAI

Closing Song and/or prayer; Retiring of Flags

5:00 Departure