January 22-25, 2018 DoubleTree Hilton Portland, OR Sunday, January 21 9:00AM ATNI Youth Forum: Culturally Based Leadership Training - Ross Island/Morrison 1:00PM 2:00PM 4:00PM 5:00PM 7:00PM NW Tribal Educator Alliance Strategic Planning - Sellwood Volunteer Convention Packet Assembly - Halsey Convention Registration Event Foyer ATNI Executive Board Meeting - Hawthorne Committee Chair Meeting - Broadway Monday, January 22 7:00AM Registration Open Convention Foyer 8:00AM 8:30AM 9:10AM Tradeshow: Exhibits Open Continental Breakfast Sponsored By: The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Coffee Break Sponsor - Salish Sun Partners Call to Order: ATNI President Leonard Forsman, (Suquamish) Post Colors Invocation: Jon George, The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Roll Call: ATNI Secretary Jeanie Louie (Coeur d Alene) Financial Report: ATNI Treasurer Sharon Goudy (Yakama) Welcome Remarks Ted Wheeler, Mayor, City of Portland Cheryle Kennedy, Chairwoman of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde State of ATNI Leonard Forsman, ATNI President 9:30AM 9:50AM 10:10AM 10:50AM 11:10AM 11:20AM Derek Kilmer D-WA 6 th District Get Out the Vote Strategy Julie Johnson (Lummi), Native American Caucus, WA State Democrats Nicole Willis (Umatilla), City of Seattle Office of Intergovernmental Relations ATNI Programmatic Updates Organizational Update Terri Parr (Coeur d Alene) Energy Direlle Calica (Warm Springs) Economic Development Corp Amber Shulz-Oliver (Yakama/Wasco descendant) Natural Resources - Joel Moffet (Nez Perce) Climate Change Don Sampson (Umatilla) Washington Carbon Tax Initiative - Fawn Sharp, President Quinault Oregon Carbon Clean Energy Jobs Bill - Carina Miller (Warm Springs) Ending Misappropriations in Public Schools Larae Ellenwood (Nez Perce) & Nia Williamson (Nez Perce), P.P.S. Cleveland High School National Congress of American Indians Update
11:35AM 11:50AM NOON 1:15PM 5:15PM Secretary s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC) Update Brian Cladoosby, Chairman of the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Robert Miller (Eastern Shawnee) Professor, Sandra Day O Connor College of Law, Arizona State University. Reservation Capitalism: Economic Development in Indian Country LUNCH ON YOUR OWN Committee Meetings Session 1 Telecom - Sellwood Energy - Weidler Veterans - Halsey Transportation Madison Natural Resources/Land Broadway Economic Development - Washington Indian Child Welfare - Lincoln Law & Justice - Morrison Youth Hawthorne Philanthropy Grant Health Ross Island Afternoon Break Sponsored By: The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Committee Meetings Session 2 Education - Sellwood TERO - Hawthorne Gaming Ross Island Trust Reform - Morrison Culture and Elders Lincoln TANF - Washington Housing - Madison Drug Abuse/Prevention - Halsey Taxation Weidler Tourism - Grant Tuesday, January 23 8:00AM Registration Convention Foyer Tradeshow 8:00AM Continental Breakfast Coffee Break Sponsored By: University of Washington Office of Minority Affairs, Diversity & Tribal Relations 8:30AM General Assembly Call to Order Mel Sheldon, Jr. (Tulalip) ATNI 1st Vice President Invocation: Valerie Switzler, The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Roll Call: Taylor Aalvik (Cowlitz) ATNI Assistant Secretary 8:50AM Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (D-WA Dist 1) 9:05AM Legislative Updates: Brian Gunn (Colville) Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville John Dossett, NCAI Legal Counsel 9:35AM 9:50AM 10:10AM 10:20AM We Are Still In U.S. Action on Climate Change is Irreversible Keith Harper (Cherokee), Kilpatrick Townsend Addressing the Latest Attacks on the Indian Child Welfare Act Matthew N. Newman, Senior Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund (NARF) AMERIND Risk Geoffrey C. Blackwell (Muscogee Creek), Chief Strategy Officer and General Counsel Bureau of Indian Affairs, NW Regional Office Update Twila Stange, Acting NW Regional Administrator 2
Bodie Shaw (Warm Springs), Deputy Regional Director, Trust Services 10:40AM 11:05AM 11:20AM 11:35AM 11:45AM NOON 1:15PM 5:15PM 7:00PM 7:30PM Bonneville Power Administration Dan James, Deputy Administrator - Overview of BPA s new strategic direction and longterm financial plan. Lorri Bodie, VP Environment, Fish and Wildlife, Bonneville Power Administration Presentation on the tribal fish and wildlife 2017 achievements Ken Johnston, Manager Tribal Affairs, Bonneville Power Administration Overview of upcoming tribal affairs initiatives for 2018 Indigenous Food & Agriculture Initiative Regaining Our Future: Protecting and Expanding Tribal Food Systems in the 2018 Farm Bill Through the Farm Bill Coalition Toni Stanger, (Colville) Director of Tribal Governance, (IFAI) Office of Special Trustee (OST) Transfer to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Jim Cason (Invited) Department of Justice Pending Consultation Department s 7% Tribal set aside Funding Indian Trust Monitoring Association Dr. Michael Marchand (Colville) SPONSORED LUNCHEON Co- Sponsors Suquamish Tribe & Native Network Committee Meetings Session 1 Education - Sellwood Natural Resources - Broadway Drug Abuse/Prevention - Halsey Trust Reform - Morrison Gaming Ross Island Culture & Elders - Lincoln TERO - Hawthorne TANF - Washington Energy Weidler Housing - Madison Afternoon Break Sponsored By: The Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians Committee Meetings Session 2 Law & Justice - Morrison Indian Child Welfare - Lincoln Veterans - Halsey Transportation Madison Telecom Sellwood Health Ross Island Taxation - Weidler Economic Development - Washington ATNI Video Screening Night Wisdom of the Elders - Ross Island/Morrison Elder Wisdom: The People of Oregon s Interior The Upper Columbia United Tribes (UCUT) - Hawthorne/Sellwood United By Water, the journey of a people to reclaim their river culture, salmon culture and how canoes connect us all Wednesday, January 24 8:00AM Registration Convention Foyer Tradeshow 8:00AM Continental Breakfast Coffee Break Sponsored By: Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe/ 7 Cedars Casino 3
8:30AM 8:50AM 9:00AM 9:15AM 9:35AM 9:45AM 10:05AM 10:35AM 10:45AM 11:50AM Noon 1:15PM 5:00PM General Assembly Call to Order: Theresa Sheldon 2nd Vice President (Tulalip) Invocation: Tanna Engdahl, Cowlitz Indian Tribe Roll Call: Jeanie Louie ATNI Secretary (Coeur d Alene) Laura John (Blackfeet/Seneca), City of Portland Tribal Liaison Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) - Social Impact Bond Project Cris Stainbrook (Oglala Lakota), President, ILTF The Land Buy-Back Program for Tribal Nations Carolyn M. Drouin, Senior Advisor - Tribal Relations, U.S. Department of the Interior Coastal Fiber Loop and the Digital Divide in the Pacific Northwest Andrew Metcalfe, CEO of Native Network Oregon - Tribal History & Sovereignty Curriculum April Campbell (Grand Ronde), Indian Education Advisor, Oregon Department of Education (Invited) Seahdom Edmo (Shoshone-Bannock, Nez Perce, Yakama), Movement Building Director, Western States Center Being Trauma Informed The impacts of historical and intergenerational trauma have contributed to present day trauma- addictions, abuse, poverty, violence, negativity and more. These behaviors and conditions continue to plague tribal communities today. Jillene Joseph (Gros Ventre), Executive Director, Native Wellness Institute LoVina Louie (Coeur d Alene), Director, Miramn Wellness Center, Coeur d' Alene Tribe Cleora Scott (Crow), Swinomish Funding Director Indigenous Women s Resource Center Deborah Parker (Tulalip) Combatting Opioids in Native Communities Moderator Margo Hill (Spokane) Martina Whelshula (Colville) Harvard Strategic Plan to Combat Drugs on the Reservation Brian Cladoosby (Swinomish) Swinomish Heroin Treatment Center Jessica Leston, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board Paulette Jordan (Coeur d Alene) - National Opioid Crisis Litigation in Indian Country Burke Museum Seeking input into the Expansion Paulie Olsen (Yakama), Tribal Liaison, Burke Museum Lunch On Your Own Wednesday afternoon Breakout Sessions v Native American Voting Rights Coalition Hearing Ross Island The Native American Right Foundation (NARF) and ATNI Native Vote Committee is hosting regional hearings to gather testimony on the Native American Voting Rights issues facing Indian County in Indian County in 2017/18. v Combatting Opiods Broadway Communities across the country are being affected by the Opioid/Heroin epidemic. Opioid addiction is a painful not only for the individual suffering from addiction but also for their family and friends. Please join us to discuss what tribes can do to help combat drug abuse, help our tribal members seek treatment and provide support for family members. 4
6:00PM v Common Thread Weidler Featuring Dr. Zoltan Grossman, Professor at Evergreen State College & Author of Unlikely Alliances: Native Nations and White Communities Join to Defend Rural Lands; Creating and Defining guiding principles for partnerships between NGO s and sovereign nations and building a broad, unified, and effective progressive network to move forward on intersecting agendas for social change. v Trauma Informed Care Halsey The impacts of historical and intergenerational trauma have contributed to present day trauma- addictions, abuse, poverty, violence, negativity and more. This session will provide an overview of how trauma plays out and more importantly, what are the solutions to addressing trauma in your community today. v Burke Museum Morrison Burke staff will share information and would like to hear your stories. Your voice is important to the narrative of the New Burke exhibits and collections- we hope to see you there! v Oregon Carbon Clean Energy Jobs Bill Hawthorne (3-4PM) v Washington Carbon Tax Initiative Hawthorne (4-5PM) v Department of Justice Consultation - Sellwood The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will hold listening and consultation session to receive tribal comments on the Department s seven percent tribal set-aside funding, as authorized by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31), and other funds appropriated for tribal assistance. Roy Sampsel Celebration of Life Thursday, January 25 8:00AM Exhibits Open Coffee Break Sponsored By: Stauffer & Associates Breakfast Sponsor Sponsored By: The Cowlitz Indian Tribe 8:30AM Invocation: Call to Order: Sharon Goudy, ATNI Treasurer (Yakama) Roll Call: Taylor Aalvik, ATNI Assistant Secretary (Coeur d Alene) 9:00AM Committee Reports & Resolutions Youth Culture & Elders Drug Abuse & Prevention Economic Development Education Native Vote Natural Resources/Land TANF Gaming Health Housing Human Resources Indian Child Welfare/Social Service International Affairs Law & Justice Taxation Telecommunications & Energy TERO Transportation Trust Reform Veterans Closing Prayer: Chief Delvis Heath (Warm Springs/Simnasho) Retire Colors NOON ADJOURN 12:00PM Post-Convention ATNI Executive Board Meeting 5