Intertribal Agriculture Council 2017 Membership Meeting December 11-14, 2017 Hard Rock Hotel - Las Vegas, Nevada Indian Ag...the Future of American Food Security www.indianaglink.com/membermeeting Sunday December 10 DRAFT AGENDA 2:00 4:00 IAC s Indian Ag Youth Student Leader Training 6:00 8:00 Indian Ag Youth Scholarship Students (only) Meet-n-Greet Registration Monday Morning December 11 8:00 5:00 GENERAL REGISTRATION BEGINS 8:00 5:00 Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program (FRTEP) Meetings 8:00 12:00 Staff & Hotel Set-up 8:00 9:00 IAC Board of Directors Breakfast 9:00 12:00 IAC Board of Directors Meetings 10:00-12:00 Western Region Extension Risk Management Education (ERME) GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP LUNCH ON YOUR OWN 1:00 5:00 Exhibitor set-up 1:00 5:00 IAC Board of Directors Meeting Cont. 1:00 5:00 WORKSHOPS Each hour attendees have three concurrent workshops to choose from. 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. NRCS - Pedro Cooperative Development Dan Cornelius RMA Jeremy Not Afraid (more workshops to be added) Caucus rooms available, please sign up for a room at the registration desk. REGIONAL PRESENTATIONS WILL TAKE PLACE THURSDAY AFTERNOON DURING THE IAC Membership Meeting.
Tuesday Morning December 12 7:30 GENERAL REGISTRATION Continues 8:00 Exhibits Open 8:00 9:00 Opening Ceremonies General Session- Ross Racine, Executive Director National Anthem: Gathering of the Nations Youth Drum & Dance Group: Indian Ag Youth of the IAC will be representing all Indian Nations and students will change daily. Flag Presentation: YOUTH Traditional Invocation: Welcome & Opening Remarks: Harlan Beaulieu, President, IAC IAC Overview: Ross Racine, Executive Director FRTEP 25 TH Anniversary Dan Fagerlie & Verna Billedeaux 30 min 9:00-9:30 Sonny Perdue, Secretary, United States Department of Agriculture (invited) 9:30 9:45 R. Renee Picanso, Associate Administrator, National Agricultural Statistics Service 9:45 10:30 Native Farm Bill Coalition 10:30 10:45 Producer of the Year- Harlan Beaulieu presenting 10:45 11:30 Keynotes: YOUTH ESSAYS 11:30 1:30 Lunch Provided Master of Ceremonies: Verna Billedeaux, Blackfeet Extension Gathering of the Nations Youth Drum & Dance Group: Indian Ag Youth of the IAC will be representing all Indian Nations and students will change daily.
Tuesday Afternoon Session December 12 Farm Bill: Indian Priorities & Agency Perspective 1:30 2:15 Invite USDA Agencies: FSA NRCS (James Bramlett) (confirmed) NACD (confirmed) RMA (John Lockie) Wednesday Morning December 13 Infrastructure Development 9:00am 5:00pm American Indian Foods, Level II; Export Readiness Seminar 8:00 8:15 General Session Gathering of the Nations Youth Drum & Dance Group: Indian Ag Youth of the IAC will be representing all Indian Nations and students will change daily. Invocation: 8:15 12:00 Invited: 8:15-9:00 Quapaw Processing Center (Vicki) 9:00 9:30 Blackfeet/Farmers Union (Ross) 9:30 10:00 Northern Arapaho Ranch Ransom Logan, Ranch Manager (Kole F.) 10:00 10:30 Networking Break 10:30 11:00 Tax Credits (see contact info) (Ross) 11:00 11:30 E Numu Diip Cooperative Charlotte Roderique, President & Bernold Pollard, Treasurer (Kat Good Luck) 11:30 12:00 VACANT 12:00 1:00 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN
Wednesday Afternoon December 13 Highlighting Success 1:00 1:30 Buffalo vs Beef: Analyzing Lipid Content in Search of Potential Health Benefits Elsie DuBray, Senior, Timber Lake HS, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 1:30 2:00 Successful FFA Program Justin Reed (requested via Carol Crouch) 2:00 2:30 Farm Efficiency & Sustainability Mariah Gladstone, EIT, Sustainability Educator (Kelsey) 2:30 3:00 To Be Announced 3:00 3:30 Networking Break 3:30-4:30 Tradition in Ag Panel: Restoring Traditional Foods ( Angela Ferguson/Roger Cook) (Lea Zeise) Restoring Native American Food Crops Reagan Wytsalucy, Utah State University, Graduate Researcher Advancing Indian Ag Through Ancestral Seeds Rowen White & Angela Fergusson (Dan Cornelius) 4:30-5:00 Alaska Tribal Conservation Alliance Angela Peter (requested) Thursday Morning December 14 Innovations in Indian Agriculture 9:00am 5:00pm American Indian Foods, Level II; Export Readiness Seminar 8:00 8:15 Gathering of the Nations Youth Drum & Dance Group: Indian Ag Youth of the IAC will be representing all Indian Nations and students will change daily. 8:15 9:00 Market Access Program, Nathan Notah (confirmed) 9:00 9:30 Seka Hills: building a Tribal Brand - Jim Etters, Director of Land Management @ Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation (Keir Johnson)
9:30 10:00 Aquaponics in Indian Country Fred Corey, Farm Manager, Mic Mac Nation (Lea Zeise) 10:00-10:30 Using the American Indian Agriculture Resource Management Act Janie Simms Hipp & Loren BirdRattler (verna) 10:30-11:00 NETWORKING BREAK 11:00 12:00 Youth Presentations Donita Fischer, IAC, Public Relations 12:00 1:00 LUNCH ON YOUR OWN Thursday Afternoon December 14 1:00 1:30 IAC Board Meeting reconvene 1:30 IAC MEMBERSHIP MEETING SPECIAL THANKS TO: 2017 Symposium Planning Committee