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Three Affiliated Tribes: Oil and gas summit, Feb. 1-2

Feb. 1, 2012
Wednesday Day - 1
Registration / Continental Networking Breakfast / Tradeshow Open
Continental Breakfast ~ Sponsored by Baker Consulting & Cenex of New Town
Opening Ceremonies Master of Ceremonies, Dr. Clayton Small, Northern Cheyenne
Welcome Address & Opening Remarks by TAT Tribal Vice Chairman Eagle & Tribal Business Council Members
Introduced by David Williams, CEO Missouri River Resources

Opening Speaker: Mr. Ron Ness, President, North Dakota Petroleum Council
Keynote Presentation: Byron Dorgan, Senior Policy Advisor, Arent Fox LLP, Washington, D.C
Coffee Break ~ Sponsored by: Rensch Chevrolet

Special Guest Speaker: Tracy Lebeau, Director of the Office of Indian Energy Policy & Programs
United States Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.

Lunch Break ~ Sponsored by: J & J Oilfield Services & Charging Eagle Enterprises, LLC
Prepared by FBCC All Chiefs Society
Keynote Presentation: Governor Jack Dalrymple
Gov. of North Dakota Panel: Francis Ziegler, ND Department of Transportation
Dave Glatt, ND Department of Health
Lynn Helms, ND Industrial Commission, Div. of Mineral Resources
Major Mike Gerhardt, ND Highway Patrol
Moderator: Scott Davis, Executive Director, North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission

Building The Human Resources To Support The Oil Boom – University & College Presidents Panel.
Moderator: Mr. Russell Mason Jr., President, Fort Berthold Community College
Coffee Break ~ Sponsored by: North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission

SESSION 1: Investing For Your Future - Royalties and Revenues:
Cafeteria Whitney Bell, Tribal CFO & MRR, and , Steve Gunderson, Tallsalt Advisors.
Moderator: Valerian Three Irons
SESSION 2: The Energy & Utility Corridor: Texx Lone Bear, TAT Easement Program
BGC Class Water Law: Ken Royse, Bartlett & West
Moderator: Thomasina Mandan
SESSION 3: Engineers Panel – Jeff Hunt, P.E. Hal Cooper, P.E.
Moderator: Dr. Frank Mosley

International Energy Roundtable – Visiting Dignitaries & Allottees Facilitated by Dr. Clayton Small
Chief Marvin Yellowbird, Samson Cree Nation, Senator CJ Steward, Crow Nation, Lisa Lonefight
The Owners Reception ~ Sponsored by WPX Energy Prepared by TDH
Entertainment: M.C. Charles Moran Comedian Duo – James & Ernie, Navajo Nation.
Singer - Bobbi Rae Sage Ranger

NUETA HIDATSA SAHNISH ALLOTTEES
International Energy Oil & Gas Summit
“Looking Out For Our Interests Today, For Tomorrow”

Feb. 2, 2012 Thursday Day – 2
Registration / Continental Networking Breakfast / Tradeshow Opens
Continental Breakfast Sponsored by Reservation Telephone Cooperative
Opening Ceremony & Posting Colors Master of Ceremonies, Dr. Clayton Small
Welcome & Review Of Summit Process L. Kenneth Hall, MHA Energy Division
Missouri River Resources, Chairman of the Board
Knowing Whose Land You’re On ~ Tribal Historians of MHA Nation, Panel:
Edward Hall, Marilyn Hudson, Dr. Edwin Benson, Greta Whitecalfe
Moderator: Alyce Spotted Bear, Director of Native American Studies, Fort Berthold Community College

“Indian Lands In Indian Hands”: Terry Janis, Esq. , Indian Land Tenure Foundation
Moderator: Mary Fredericks, Director, Beginning Farmer & Rancher Program, Fort Berthold Community College
Coffee Break ~ Sponsored by: Fredericks, Peebles and Morgan
Keynote Presentation Ethan Shenkman, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, US Dept. of Justice
Environment & Natural Resource Division, Washington, D.C.

The Future of Oil & Gas on Fort Berthold Indian Reservation: Tribal Entities & Oil & Gas Industry Experts
Panel 1- Charles Foote- TERO, Richard Mayer- Refinery, Joe Gillis-Tribal Environment, Elgin Crows Breast-
THPO, Doyle Bell-Roads, Dawn White –TAT Law Enforcement, Arne Sorenson-Elbow Woods Memorial Clinic
Panel 2 – Dave Williams - Missouri River Resources, WPX Energy, Petro Hunt, QEP, Enerplus. Arrow
Pipelines, Enbridge Pipelines
Moderator: David Williams, CEO Missouri River Resources

Lunch Break Sponsored by EOG Resources Congressman Berg Video
Prepared by FBCC All Chiefs Society

Session 1: Federal Government Partners – Bureau of Indian Affairs / Bureau of Land Management / Office of
the Special Trustee / Office of Natural Resources Revenue / Environmental Protection Agency
Moderator: Whitney Bell, Tribal CFO & MRR Board Director
Session 2: NEPA Process
Mark Herman, Env. Engineer & Marilyn Bercier, Regional Environmental Scientist Division of
Environmental, Safety and Cultural Resource Management BIA, Aberdeen Area NEPA
Moderator: Roger White Owl Jr.

Coffee Break ~ Sponsored by: Bartlett & West
Shaping Development to Maximize Benefits: Professor Ray Cross, University of Montana
International Energy RoundTable - Visiting Dignitaries & Allottees
Facilitated by Dr. Clayton Small

Closing Remarks by Vice Chairman Eagle, Retiring of the Colors, Friendship Dance
NUETA HIDATSA SAHNISH ALLOTTEES
International Energy Oil & Gas Summit
“Looking Out For Our Interests Today, For
Tomorrow”

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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