NCAI mid-year session 2008: Agendas

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2008 NCAI Mid-Year Conference Agenda Highlights

Native Vote 2008
This year, America will pick a new President, decide the balance in Congress, and vote in important state and local elections. We want Indian Country’s voice to be heard! Native Vote will be a central theme at this year’s Mid-Year Conference.

- Native Vote Jam Session
- Native Vote Training
- Election 2008: Preparing for the Next Administration

Economic Development
Today’s economy is in a downturn and it’s time to take a look at its effect on Indian Country.

- Current Economy and its Impact on Indian Country
- Breaking in to the Tribal Procurement Process

Tribal Leader Scholar Forum
This is the only forum of its kind in the country where tribal leaders will have open discussions and interactive dialogue on policy issues of importance to them. Help us frame this year’s tribal leader scholar forum.

Draft Agenda in Brief

2008 Midyear Draft Agenda

2008 Midyear Youth Agenda

Pre-Meeting Agendas

Fed Recognition Agenda

Indian Tribal Energy

NCAI Meth Task Force Meeting

National Tribal Education Departments Luncheon and TEDNA Board of Directors Meeting

Committee Agendas

Economic, Finance & Community Development Committee

Human Resources Committee

Land & Natural Resources Committee

Litigations & Governance Committee

Veterans Committee

Subcommittee Agendas

Disabilities Subcommittee

Economic Development, Finance, & Employment AND Taxation Subcommittees
Education Subcommittee
Elders Subcommittee
Energy & Mineral Policy Subcommittee

Environmental Protection & Land use, Trust Lands, Natural Resources Agriculture Subcommittee

Health Subcommittee

Housing Subcommittee

Human, Religious & Cultural Concerns Subcommittee
Indian Child & Family Welfare Subcommittee

Jurisdiction & Tribal Government Subcommittee
Telecommunications Subcommittee

Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommitte

Tribal Gaming Subcommittee

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Mid-Year Speakers (Updated Daily)

Peter S. Adler, Ph.D.,President of The Keystone Center

Robert Alexander, Community Exhibitions, Community and Constituent Services, National Musuem of the American Indian

Terry Anderson, Executive Director, Property and Environmental Research Center

Neelum Arya, Director of Research and Policy, Campaign for Youth Justice

Dr. Eddie F. Brown, Co-Chair, NCAI Policy Research Center Advisory Council and Professor/Director, American Indian Studies, Arizona State University

Carrie Brown, Ph.D. Student, St. Louis University

Robin Butterfield, Senior Liaison, Minority Community Outreach, National Education Association

Diana Coho, Disaster Mitigation Specialist, DHS FEMA

Stephen Cornell, Director, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona

Jerilyn DeCoteau, Director of Policy, First Nations Development Institute

Dante Desiderio, Economic Development Policy Specialist, National Congress of American Indians

William Eadington, Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for the Study of Gambling and Commercial Gaming at the University of Nevada, Reno

Peggy Flanagan, Deputy National Field Director / Senior Trainer, Wellstone Action

Joseph Flies-Away, Judge, Hualapi Tribal Court

Joe Garcia, President National Congress of American Indians

Steve Golubic, Tribal Liaison, DHS FEMA

John Guevremont, Director of Governmental Affairs, Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

Dr. Patricia Hamrick, Psychology Post-Doc Resident, Washington State University

Debra Harry, Doctoral Candidate, School of Education, University of Auckland

Jacqueline Johnson, Executive Director National Congress of American Indians

Miriam Jorgensen, Associate Director for Research, Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona

Lt. Governor Jefferson Keel, First Vice-President, NCAI

Charles Kmet, Emergency Management Administrator, Tohono O'odham Nation

Sergio Maldonado, Sr., Director, Education Department, Northern Arapaho Tribe

John McCoy, Chair, National Caucus of Native American State Legislators

Christine McPherson, Director, Indian Child Welfare, Casey Family Programs

Arlan Melendez, Chairman and Chief Executive, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony

Anton Minthorne, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Peter Morris, Director of Strategy and Partnerships, NCAI Policy Research Center

Dr. Nick Parker

Ross Racine, Executive Director, Intertribal Agriculture Council

Addie Rolnick, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry

Tim Sanders, Emergency Operations Coordinator, Gila River Indian Community

Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy, Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer, First Nations Oweesta Corporation

Jim Stone, Yankton Sioux Tribe, Executive Director of InterTribal Bison Cooperative

Pat Sekaquaptewa, Director, Native Nations Law and Policy Center, University of California, Los Angeles

Chad Uran, Ford Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellow and Presidential Fellow, University of Iowa

Dr. Elizabeth A. Wabindato, Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point

Chris Walters, Fire Captain, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

Terry Williams, Fisheries & Natural Resources Commissioner, The Tulalip Tribes of Washington

Dr. Donald Warne, MD, MPH, President and CEO, American Indian Health Management & Policy, Inc.