SAIGE 8 th Annual National Training Conference

SAIGE 8 th Annual National Training Conference Hard Rock Hotel, Tulsa, OK June 13 June 17, 2011 PRE-CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES Sunday, June 12 11:00am registration, 1:30pm tee-off First SAIGE Golf Tournament Cherokee Hills Golf Club 7:00 9:00 pm Youth Track Reception (Students only) Deer Room Monday June 13 Time Subject Location 8:30 12:00 Exhibits Setup II and IV and Corridors 8:00 5:00 Youth Track Gathering JoAnn Brant, Youth Coordinator; Students (food service all day) Augusta room/clubhouse St. Andrews 8:00 5:00 Federal Indian Law Immersion Course Walter Echo Hawk, Stephan Pevar, Sky Room, 18 th Floor Jack Trope (Separate Course, not included in SAIGE registration) 9:00-10:00 Planning Committee Meeting 7 th Floor Boardroom 10:00-11:00 Registration Volunteers Meeting 7 th Floor Boardroom Pre-Conference Forums: 8:30 11:30 9:45 10:15 National Guard Bureau Break 1:00 5:00 Department of Defense I Department of Interior USGS Host 2:30-3:30 Break Sequoyah Pre-function 5:30-6:00 Introduction to SAIGE SAIGE officers / Board -short session for newbies 4:30 7:00 Registration Open Registration Office 6:30 8:30 Cultural Reception and Networking Welcome: COL Michael J. Teague, USACE; music by Jessica Hunt, Bartlesville Indian Women s Club Indian Regalia Style show, Whitecloud Dance Group Sky Room, 18 th Floor

Service, Honor, Respect: Strengthening Our Cultures and Communities Society of American Indian Government Employees 8 th Annual National Training Conference Hard Rock Hotel, Tulsa, OK June 13 June 17, 2011 AGENDA Tracks: Culture & Diversity, EEO & HR, Indian Country, Natural Resources,, and Wellness Tuesday Morning June 14 Opening Ceremonies Time Subject Location 7:00 8:00 Breakfast II & IV 7:30-10:00 Registration Registration Desk 7:30 5:00 Exhibit Hall Open II & IV/Corridors 8:00 5:00 Federal Indian Law Immersion Course II Walter Echo Hawk, Stephan Sky Room Pevar, Jack Trope (Separate Course, not included in SAIGE registration) 8:00 8:20 8:20 8:30 8:30 8:45 8:45 9:00 9:00 9:15 9:15 9:30 9:30 9:35 9:35 9:50 9:50-10:20 Opening Ceremonies Presentations of Colors Osage Color Guard Opening Prayer - John Red Eagle, Osage Tribe Veterans Honoring Song General Plenary Session Introductions - Danny Garceau, SAIGE Chairman Welcome Chad Smith, Cherokee Nation Honoring Chief Mankiller Welcome John Red Eagle, Osage Nation Welcome Kevin Dellinger, Muscogee Creek Nation Opening Remarks; SAIGE update Danny Garceau Welcome General Craig R. McKinley, USAF, Chief NGB Speaker John Berry, Director, Office of Personnel Management The Joint 10:20-10:30 Break 10 minutes The Joint 10:30-11:15 11:15 11:30 Panel -National Coalition for Equity in Public Service Panel: BIG, FAPAC, FEW, Image, SAIGE Youth Track Introduction JoAnn Brant, Youth Coordinator, Environmental Protection Agency, and College students The Joint 11:45 1:00 12:00 12:15 12:15 12:30 12:30 1:00 Luncheon Musical presentation -United Keetoowah Band Youth Choir Speaker: Lt. Cmdr. Ken Vargas, Navy, Civil Engineer Corps Speaker John M. Taylor, Director, Human Capital Management Division, Office of Human Resources, Environmental Protection Agency,II,V & VI 11:45 1:00 NCEPS Luncheon/ Meeting (by invitation) Amber Private Dining Room 8:00 5:00 Concurrent Affinity Meeting National Guard Bureau Augusta/St. Andrews Club House June 14 CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS Time/Track Subject Location 1:30 2:45 Culture & Diversity Osage Cultural presentation - Vann Big Horse Following your Passion in your Profession Don Chapman, Sr. Advisor Native American Affairs, Office of the Secretary, US Department of Commerce I Indian Country Indian Country Indians 101 Shana Barehand, Senior Tribal Liaison, Washington State Department of Revenue, and Luke Jones, Sr. Policy Advisor, American Indian Environmental Office, EPA Treaty Rights & Federal Indian Trust Responsibility Stephen Pevar, Senior Staff Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union I

EEO & HR Rights and Obligations for Religious Accommodation in the Workplace Deer Room Lenard Angevine, Assistant Director, Field Operations and Diversity and Inclusion Programs, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Diversity and Civil Rights Culture & Diversity White House Tribal College Initiative: What your Agency can do William Mendoza, Acting Director, White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities; John Gritts, Department of Education, TCU Lead Break 30 minutes II & IV 3:15 4:30 Indian Country The Doctrine of Discovery and UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights Steven Newcomb, Indigenous Law Institute Wellness Breaking the Cycle: Healing from the Residential School Experience, Part I - I Sade Ali, Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health Culture & Diversity Comanche Cultural Presentation Wallace Coffey, Bernard Kahrahrah, Native Cultural Sovereignty and Religious Freedom Culture & Diversity Indians! In The Post Office : American Indians in WPA-Era Murals Sandra Starr, Sr. Researcher, National Museum of the American Indian I Leadership Issues for Native American Women Developing Authentic Leaders Through Mentoring and Coaching - Mary Anna Weber, FEW an Intergenerational conversation on leadership challenges panel: SES, student, mid-career Advancing Your Career in a Provincial Reconstruction Team - Patrick Broyles, USDA Soil & Water Ministry Advisor, US Embassy, Baghdad, Iraq Deer Room Tuesday Evening Activities (Optional) 5:30 SAIGE Let s Move! Evening Fitness Walk/Run Meet at Hotel Front Desk 6:00 7:30 Boarding School Class Gathering, Talking Circle (for those attending the Healing from Boarding School class) 7:30 10:00 Sponsors Recognition Reception Special Musical Guests, Don Chapman; Jessica V Sponsors Recognition SAIGE Awards presentation Danny Garceau/CFR Chapter Chris Carusona, Denver, 2012 Book Signing Larry Keown Friction Wednesday Morning June 15 Time Subject Location 7:00 8:00 Breakfast II & IV 7:30-10:00 Registration 7:30 5:00 Exhibit Hall Open II & IV 8:00 5:00 Concurrent Affinity Meeting National Guard Bureau Augusta/St. Andrews Club House General Plenary Session The Joint 8:00 8:30 Speaker Michael Kelley, DOI GLOBE (invited) 8:30 9:00 National Guard Bureau Special Recognition & MOU Signing 9:00 9:45 Panel Agencies Response to the President s Directive on Tribal Consultation: Don Chapman, Commerce; Janie Hipp, USDA: Dorothy FireCloud, DOI NPS, Luke Jones, EPA; Susan Johnson, Tribal Relations 9:45-10:00 Program Manager, US Forest Service, Moderator Speaker RADM Samuel Cox, Navy 10:00 10:15 Break 15 minutes The Joint 10:15 10:45 Speaker- Kevin Jennings, Department of Education, Assistant Deputy The Joint Secretary for Safe and Drug-Free Schools 10:45 11:30 Panel Religious Freedom and Sacred Sites on Public Land- Walter Echo- Hawk, Jr.; Jack Trope, Assn. on American Indian Affairs; Janie Hipp, USDA;

Susan Johnson, Moderator 11:45 1:00 12:00 12:15 12:15 12:30 12:30 1:00 Luncheon Introduction of Jorgensen Scholarship Winner- Luke Jones, EPA Chad Smith, Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation Speaker -Larry Echo Hawk, Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior,II,V & VI Wednesday afternoon Career Fair 1:30-2:45 Sponsor presentations: Speakers: Navy, NOAA, NGB, DOD, EPA 1:30 4:30 Career Fair/Exhibit Hall Open Public welcome II & IV Wednesday afternoon June 15 Concurrent Sessions June 15 CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS Time/Track Subject Location 1:30 2:45 Culture & Diversity Alaska Natives 101 - Historical Timeline from an Alaska Native viewpoint Brenda Takes Horse, Native Liaison, Bureau of Land Management Indian Country In the Courts of the Conquerors- Walter Echo-Hawk, Jr., Attorney, Crowe & I Dunlevy Wellness Breaking the Cycle: Healing from the Residential School Experience, Part II- Sade Ali, Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health Speed Mentoring Nancy Berryhill, Chicago Regional Commissioner, Social I Security Administration, Kimberly Yellow Robe, American Indian Public Affairs, Social Security Administration, San Francisco Region Natural Resources Getting Conservation on the Ground for Indian Country in Oklahoma - Carol Deer Room Crouch, Ron Hilliard, NRCS; Butch Garner and Trent Holland, Cherokee Nation Indian Country Working In Indian Country: Building Successful Business Relationships with Sky Room Tribal Governments (2 back-to-back sessions) Part I -Larry Keown, LDK Associates Break 30 minutes II & IV 3:15 4:30 Indian Country Shadow Wolves: Drug Trafficking on the Border Kevin Carlos, Carol Yazzie; Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations Natural Resources Culture & Diversity Natural Resources Making your Resume Stand Out Doris Brown, AVUE Technologies New Indian Energy: Beyond a Neo-Colonial Model David Lester, Executive Director, Council of Energy Resource Tribes Inclusive Workplace Strategy: How to Make Your Agency a Model of Diversity John Burden, Chief Diversity Officer, Department of the Interior Effective Conservation Partnerships in Indian Country- Carol Crouch, Ron Hilliard, NRCS; Jack Hicks and Doyle Bacon, Choctaw Nation Indian Country Working In Indian Country: Building Successful Business Relationships with Tribal Governments (2 back-to-back sessions) Part II- Larry Keown, LDK Associates Indian Country Update on Forest Service Sacred Sites Policy Informal Open House Susan Johnson, Tribal Relations Program Manager, US Forest Service I I Deer Room Sky Room Bear Room Wednesday Evening Activities 5:30 SAIGE Let s Move! Evening Fitness Walk/Run Meet at Hotel Front Desk 5:30 7:00 Department of Defense Military Awards Reception all are welcome I 6:00 7:30 Boarding School Class Gathering, Talking Circle (for those attending the Healing from Boarding School class) 7:30 9:30 Native Socializing and Music Round Dance Songs, Beading, Hand game demonstration Youth Track Presentation The Joint

Book signing Walter Echo Hawk Announcement of Silent Auction Winners Thursday Morning June 16 Time Subject Location 7:00 8:00 Breakfast II & IV 8:00-10:00 Registration 7:30 5:00 Exhibit Hall Open II & IV 9:00 11:30 Concurrent Youth Track Session 8:00 4:00 Concurrent Veterans Track See separate Agenda Sky Room June 16 MORNING CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS Time/Track Subject Location 8:15 9:30 Wellness Decolonizing Diet Project Martin Reinhart, Assistant Professor of Native American Studies, Northern Michigan University Culture & Diversity Cherokee Cultural Presentation Joseph Erb Cherokee Nation Language I Preservation Program, Cherokee language app on the I-phone Indian Country Let s Move! In Indian Country Brandi Sweet, Bureau of Indian Education, Department of the Interior EEO & HR Leadership in MD-715 Veronica Vasquez, OEO, Dept. of the Navy I Natural Resources Working with Tribes in Land Management - Cheryle Zwang, BLM, Deputy State Director, Communications, Idaho State Office Deer Room 9:30-9:45 Break 15 Minutes II & IV Time/Track Subject Location 9:45-11:00 Culture & Diversity Indian Country Mvskoke History, Culture & Tradition: Ever Changing, Ever the Same Edwin Marshall Working Government to Government: Going Beyond Consultation - Hankie Ortiz, IHS; Deb Gee, Chickasaw Deputy General Counsel; Melanie Knight, Cherokee Nation Enterprises (invited) Karen Wilde, NPS, Becky Lewis, IRS, Shana Barehand, Moderator, Senior Tribal Liaison, Washington State Department of Revenue Wisdom Keepers Mentoring Roundtable: Senior & New Native Managers Cheryle Zwang, BLM, Deputy State Director, Communications, Idaho State Office; Fredericka Joseph, BIA, Youth Program Coordinator; Noller Herbert, Director, Conservation Engineering, USDA NRCS Look for the Native Label: Contracting with Native Owned Businesses Dee St. Cyr, Director of Business, and Karen Young, Government Sales Manager, CADDO Solutions Networking Working the Room- Carla Grantham, Congressional Liaison for Recruitment Strategies Coast Guard 11:00 1:00 Lunch and Networking On your own June 16 SAIGE Planning Committee Luncheon AFTERNOON CONCURRENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS I I Deer Room Starlight Private Dining Room Time/Track Subject Location 1:30 2:45 Culture & Diversity USACE Cultural Immersion Programs- Eugene Goff, USACE, Operations Project Manager; Osage Immersion Course EEO & HR Disability Etiquette Becky Lewis, EEO, IRS I

EEO & HR Building Relationships with Native Communities to Increase STEM Exposure- Steve Grey, LLL, DOE; Dr. Suzanne Van Cooten, Meteorologist, NOAA: Maria Montour, USGS; Georgia Madrid, NOAA, OAR, Moderator Senior Executive Service Panel Hankie Ortiz, Indian Health Service; Noller Herbert, USDA; Nancy Berryhill, SSA I Culture & Diversity Starting a SAIGE Chapter, Veronica Vasquez, Dept. of the Navy Deer Room Break 30 minutes II & IV Grant Writing Administration on Native Americans (invited) Thursday June 16 Concurrent Veterans Track Agenda: See next page Sky Room Thursday Evening Activities 5:30 SAIGE Let s Move! Evening Fitness Walk/Run Meet at Hotel Front Desk 4:30 5:00 7:00 5:00 7:00 10:00 Community Feed Hiring Heroes Expo Honoring Our Veterans Pow Wow Gourd Dance Grand Entry End,IIV & VI II & IV,IIV & VI Friday June 17 Time Subject Location 7:00 8:30 Breakfast II & IV 9:00 12:00 Exhibit Hall breakdown (Native Vendors may stay until 2:00 pm) 8:30 11:00 Closeout General Session Speaker - Cara Cowan Watts Deputy Speaker, Cherokee Nation Tribal Council, Elected Representative, District 7 Will Rogers Speaker Shana Barehand, Senior Tribal Liaison, Washington State Department of Revenue Wrap-up - Danny Garceau Closing Prayer Noon Lunch on your own 12:00 1:30 SAIGE Board Luncheon II & IV,II,V & VI Amber Private Dining Room 2:00-4:30 All Day SAIGE Board Meeting Local Tours (self service) 7 th Floor Boardroom Thank you for making our 8 th Annual Training Conference our best ever. Please travel home safely, and we will see you next year in Denver for the SAIGE 10 th Anniversary Celebration.

SAIGE Veterans Track Agenda June 16, 2011 Sky Room 18 th Floor Hard Rock Hotel, Tulsa, OK 8:00-8:30 Welcome by SAIGE Board Chairman Danny Garceau Posting of colors Opening Prayer-Welcome Song, Randall Hilderbrand and Cedric De Cory 8:30-9:00 Keynote Address: Stephanie Birdwell/VA (facilitator Chuck Dassance) 9:00-9:15 SAIGE VA/MOU: SAIGE Board Chair D. Garceau/Veterans Track Co-Chair Chuck Dassance 9:15-10:15 Wounded Warriors Panel -SSA Nancy Berryhill -VA Buck Richardson -AVUE Doris Brown 10:15-10:30 Break 10:30-11:00 VA Best Practice in VISN 20 Update - Cedric De Cory 11:00-11:30 US Census Bureau Veterans Data Curtis Zunigha 11:30-12:00 National Guard 12:00-1:15 Luncheon Speaker: Dr. Heidi Kraft 1:15-1:30 Break 1:30-2:15 Agency Initiatives Panel (Facilitator Chuck Dassance) Buck Richardson, Randall Hilderbrand 2:15-2:45 VA Minority Affairs Advisory Council Appointee Pedro Molina/CA DVS 2:45-3:15 VISN James Floyd 3:15-4:15 National American Indian Veterans Inc. National Commander Don Loudner, Colonel Joey Strickland 4:15-4:45 AI Citizenship Act/American Indian Veterans Wesley Westphal, REM, DAF 4:45 Adjourn/Danny Garceau /Chuck Dassance Move from Sky Room to Sequoyah Ballrooms 5:00 Hiring Heroes Expo/community feed/ 7:00 10:00 Honoring Our Veterans Gourd Dance and Pow Wow Grand Entry Wrap - up Thank you for participating and travel home safely!

2011 SAIGE Student Youth Track Agenda Sunday, June 12, 2011 7:00 9:00 Student Youth Track Reception Introduction of SAIGE Board Members & Sponsors of the Youth Track, Music by Emcee One & Ice Breakers by Chance Rush Deer Room Monday, June 13, 2011 8:00-9:00 Breakfast St. Andrews Room 9:00-10:00 Student workshop on Youth are NOW! Elements of Life Build CommUNITY Chance Rush &Marcus Anthony Guin (emcee one) Augusta Room 10:15-10:30 Break St. Andrews Room 10:30 to 11:45 Continue workshop training Augusta Room 12:00-1:30 Lunch Keynote Speaker- Rudy Soto 1:30-3:00 OPM Presentation Recruiting and hiring students in the Federal government How Students can Find and Apply for Jobs Julie Saad St. Andrews Room Augusta Room 3:00 to 3:15 Break St. Andrews Room 3:15-4:00 Department of State- Student Programs -Dr. Sherri R Clark & Ed Wehrli Augusta Room 4:00-4:45 EPA s Recipients Ciarra Green- EPA s GRO Fellowship, & Cherie-Devore-Bitahey SAIGE Carol Jorgenson Memorial Scholarship Augusta Room 630-8:30 Cultural Reception and Networking Sky Room Tuesday, June 14, 2011 3:00-5:00 Youth Art & Leadership Workshop- Bunky Echo-Hawk Wild Potato Private Room Wednesday, June 15, 2011 1:00-2:45 Sponsor Presentations : NAVY, NGB, NOAA, DOD, EPA 1:30-4:30 Career Fair II&IV Thursday, June 16,2011 9:00 9:45 Student programs at EPA- JoAnn Brant 9:45-10:30 Department of Education, TCU- lead John Gritts 10:30-11:30 Dress for Success & recruitment CIA and Secret Service Representatives

Federal Indian Law Immersion Course June 13-14, 2011 Hard Rock Hotel, Tulsa, OK 18 th Floor Sky Room Sponsored by The Society of American Indian Government Employees In conjunction with the 8 th Annual National Training Conference Service, Honor, Respect: Strengthening Our Cultures and Communities Monday, June 13, 2011 Theme The Framework for Government to Government Relationships Moderator: Susan Johnson, Society of American Indian Government Employees Board of Directors 8:30 Opening Welcome, Class Objectives and Overview Susan Johnson 8:45 Class Participant Introductions 9:15 Fundamentals of the Federal-Tribal Relationship: International Context for Understanding Native America Walter R. Echo-Hawk, Of Counsel, Crowe & Dunlevy Law Firm 10:30 Break 11:00 Fundamentals of the Federal-Tribal Relationship: International Context for Understanding Native America (continued) Walter R. Echo-Hawk 12:00 Lunch on your own 1:30 Fundamentals of the Federal-Tribal Relationship: Tribal Sovereignty and the Federal Tribal Trust Relationship: Its Origin, Nature, and Scope Stephen Pevar, Senior Staff Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union 3:00 Break 3:30 Fundamentals of the Federal-Tribal Relationship: Treaty Reserved Hunting and Fishing Rights Stephen Pevar 5:00 Adjourn

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 Theme: Understanding and Protecting Tribal Rights and Interests Moderator: Susan Johnson, Society of American Indian Government Employees - Board of Directors 8:30 Topic Orientation Susan Johnson 8:45 American Indian Religious Freedom Act and EO 13007, Indian Sacred Sites Walter Echo-Hawk 10:15 Break 10:45 American Land Ethic Walter Echo-Hawk 11:45 Lunch 1:00 Overview of National Historic Preservation Act Jack Trope, Executive Director, Association on American Indian Affairs 2:30 Break 3:15 Overview of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Jack Trope 4:30 Questions 5:00 Adjourn Join the SAIGE conference!