Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians 2013 Midyear Convention Agenda Northern Quest Resort Casino Hosted By: Kalispel Tribe ATNI: Founded on the Principles of Unity and Cooperation. Sunday, May 12 2013 3:00 pm 4:00 pm Volunteer Meeting & Packet Stuffing Kalispel North & South 4:00 pm 6:00 pm Registration Kalispel Pre-Function Area 5 : 0 0 6 : 0 0 p m Committee Chair Meeting - Reception 6:00 pm 7:00 pm ATNI Executive Board Meeting Chief Victor Board Room Monday, May 13, 2013 8:00 am 10:00 am Continental Breakfast Co-Sponsored By: Swinomish & Siletz 7:00 am 4:00 pm Registration: Attendees, Exhibitors and Vendors Foyer 8:00 am 500 pm Work Room & Resolution Room Chief Victor Board Room Foyer 8:00 am 5:00 pm ATNI Trade Show Foyer, Heritage Hallway,onference Center Silent Art Auction Opens until Wednesday 2:00PM 8:30 am 12:00 pm General Assembly Drum Group Post Colors: Invocation: Call to Order: Welcome: Roll Call: Frog Island Color Guard Kalispel Representative Fawn Sharp, ATNI President (Quinault) Ray Pierre III, Vice Chairman Kalispel Tribe Norma Jean Louie, ATNI Secretary (Coeur d Alene)
Financial Report: Sharon Goudy, ATNI Treasurer (Yakama) State of ATNI: Fawn Sharp, ATNI President (Quinault) 9:00 am 12 pm Tribal Leaders Discussion Henry Cagey (Lummi) Taxation Panel, Fawn Sharp (Quinault), Mary Mashunkashey (Osage), Robert Porter (Lummi), Helo Hancock (Coeur d Alene) Brian Gunn (Drinker, Biddle & Reath), Howie Arnett, (Warm Springs) ATNI Executive Board Presentation Lunch On Your Own Concurrent Committee Meetings (first session) 1:15 pm 3:15 pm Indian Child Welfare/Social Services Health Human Resources Legends of Fire Law & Justice Kalispel South Taxation TANF Chief Victor Board Room Telecommunications and Energy 1 TERC Maslow s Private Dining Room Youth Kalispel North Natural Resources/Lan d 3:15 pm Afternoon Break Sponsored By Concurrent Committee Meetings (second session) 3:15 pm 5:15 pm Economic Development Education Gaming Kalispel South Housing Culture & Elders Kalispel North Transportatio n 1 Trust Reform 5 : 3 0 p m Economic Development Committee Board Meeting Chief Victor Board Room Veterans Legends of Fire 5:30 p m Climate Change Roundtable Discussion Pavilion 1
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 7:00 am 8:00 am Prayer Breakfast Sponsored By: Muckleshoot Tribe 8:00 am 10:00 am Continental Breakfast Co-Sponsored By: Wells Fargo Bank 8:00 am 4:00 pm Registration: Attendees, Exhibitors and Vendors Foyer 8:00 am 7:00 pm Work Room & Resolution Room Chief Victor Board Room Foyer 8:00 am 5:00 pm ATNI Trade Show Foyer/Heritage Hallway/onference Center 8:30 am 12:00 pm General Assembly Invocation: Kalispel Representative Call to Order: Aaron Hines, ATNI 1 st Vice-President (Umatilla) Roll Call: 9:00am 10:30am Tribal Leaders Discussion Sequestration Scott Akin, BIA Deputy Regional Director, Indian Services (Potawatomi) Terry Dean, IHS Executive Officer (Spokane) TIBC Report, W. Ron Allen (Jamestown S Klallam) Mike Finley (Colville) 10:30am 11:00am Legislative Reports Brian Gunn,(Colville) Drinker, Biddle & Reath John Dossett, NCAI Legal Counsel 11:00am 11:15am Tracie Stevens, (Tulalip) National Indian Gaming Commission 11:15am 111:35am Tribal Prisoners Religious Freedoms Brian Cladoosby (Swinomish) Francis Cullooyah (Kalispel) Gabe Galanda (Round Valley)
11:35am Noon Dorothy Teeter, Director for the WA Health Care Authority Department of Ecology, Mia Bellon (Mescalero Apache) 12:00 pm 1:15 pm Lunch Co-Sponsored by The Suquamish Tribe & Tulalip Tribes Celebrating the Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act Concurrent Committee Meetings (first session) 1:15 pm 3:15 pm Culture & Elders Chief Victor Board Room Education Health Natural Resources/ Land T a x a t i o n Telecommunications & Energy 1 TERC Maslows Private Dining Transportation Kalispel South Trust Reform Legends of Fire 3:15 pm Afternoon Break Sponsored By 3:15 pm 5:15 pm Concurrent Committee Meetings (second session) Youth Side Economic Development Gaming 1 Housing Human Resources Indian Child Welfare/ Social Services Law & Justice Suite Native Vote Chief Victor Board Room TANF Maslows Veterans Kalispel South 6 : 0 0 p m Culture Night Sponsored by The Kalispel Tribe 7:00 PM RESOLUTION DEADLINE Wednesday, May 15, 2013 8:00 am 10:00 am Continental Breakfast Sponsored By: Stauffer & Associates 7 : 0 0 a m Morning Walk Sponsored by N7 Hotel Lobby Area 8:00 am 3:00 pm Registration: Attendees, Exhibitors and Vendors Foyer 8:00 am 5:00 pm Work Room & Resolution Room Chief Victor Board Room Foyer 8:00 am 5:00 pm ATNI Trade Show Foyer/Heritage Hallway/onference Center
8:30 am General Assembly Invocation: Kalispel Representative Call to Order: Alfred M. Nomee, ATNI 2 nd Vice-President (Coeur d Alene) Roll Call: Norma Jean Louie, ATNI Secretary (Coeur D Alene) 9:00 am 9:30 am 9:30am 9:50am Cover Oregon Verifying AI/AN Status-Sonciray Bonnell, Tribal Program Analyst USDA Update, Toni Stanger (Colville) Current Funding, Technical Assistance Opportunities, remarks from new Senior Advisor 9:50am - 10:10am 10:10am 10:25am 10:25am 10:45am NIGA Danielle HerManyHorses (Oglala Lakota) SAIGE Society of American Indian Government Employees Shana Barehand (Mono) The Need for More American Indian leaders in Governement Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations Martina Whelshula (Colville) 10:45am 11:05am 11:05am 11:25am Bonneville Power Administration Bill Drummond University of Washington Dan Iyall Endowed Scholarship Lynn Holder (Colville), David Iyall (Cowlitz) Longhouse Project (Intellectural House) Dr. Sheila Edwards Lange, V Provost for Diversity, V President for Minority Affairs 11:25am 11:45am ITMA Intertribal Monitoring Association Mary Zuni 11:45am 12:00pm TERC, Lee Adolph, Michael Baldonado, US Equal Employment Opportunity Council Noon 1:00 p.m. Lunch On Your Own Call to Order: Mel Sheldon Jr., ATNI 3 rd Vice-President (Tulalip) 1 : 0 0 p m 1:15 p.m. 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm 1:30 pm 1:45 pm 1:45 pm 3:30 pm 2013 Paddle to Quinault Fawn Sharp (Quinault) Andrew Mail (Quinault) Andrea Alexander (Makah) Northwest Indian College, Justin Guillory, President Coal Transportation Update Brian Cladoosby (Swinomish), Fawn Sharp (Quinault), Yakama Law & Justice Panel Violence Against Women Act Implementation Deborah Parker (Tulalip) Inter-Tribal Joint Law Enforcement Proposal Bill Elliot (Kiowa)
Baby Veronica Gary Peterson (Skokomish) Law & Order Act Implementation Judge Theresa Pauley (Colville) Culverts Decision Brian Cladoosby (Swinomish) 3:00 p.m. Afternoon Break Sponsored By 3:30 pm 5:00 p.m. Breakouts Paddle to Quinault Canoe Journey, Andrea Alexander (Makah) Employee Insurance Program, Ellen Gay, Judy Howard-Wallis Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:00 am 10:00 am Continental Breakfast Co-Sponsored By: Jamestown S Klallam & Silver Reef Casino 8:00 am Noon ATNI Trade Show 8:30 am to Noon General Assembly Invocation: Kalispel Representative Call to Order: Sharon Goudy, ATNI Treasurer (Yakama) Roll Call: Joel Moffett, ATNI Assistant Secretary (Nez Perce) 9:00 am to Noon Committee Reports Each committee will be asked during this time to read for the General Assembly its resolution(s). Motions and Seconds to be made by member in good standing. Please state clearly name and tribe for the record. Culture/Elders Economic Development Natural Resources/Land Health Housing Human Resources Law and Justice Native Vote TANF TERC Transportation Gaming Trust Reform Veterans Taxation Youth Education Indian Child Welfare/Social Services Telecommunications and Energy Closing Closing Remarks: Fawn Sharp, ATNI President (Quinault) Closing Prayer: Kalispel Representative Retire Colors: Color Guard Wellpinit High School JROTC Adjourn HAVE A SAFE TRIP HOME 1 : 0 0 p m Bonneville Power Administration Fish Accords Celebration