Governments worldwide are being urged to fully implement a 2007 declaration that protects Indigenous Peoples’ rights to land, governance and cultural autonomy
The Indian Land Working Group is hosting the 21st Annual Indian Land Consolidation Symposium. ILWG $84 room rate at the Morongo Resort & Spa is available until Friday, October 14. Please spread the word and check out the ILWG Facebook link. Here’s the draft agenda for the symposium:
Monday, October 24. 2011 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Registration
Vendors/Exhibits Set up 10:00 a.m.
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Welcome Reception hosted by Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Tuesday, October 25th: 8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast 9:00 am Opening Ceremonies: Posting of Colors- Local Veterans Group Honor Song by local Drum Group Invocation by Morongo Councilman/Representative
Welcome Speech –Morongo Councilman/Representative
Welcome – Austin Nunez ILWG Board of Director Chairman
General Session 10:00 am
10:00 am – 10:45 am Panel I –Fractionated Interests/Land Acquisition Programs
Panelists: Sharon Redthunder, Cris Stainbrook, Indian Land Tenure Foundation; FSA Representative
10:45 am – 11:00 am Morning Break
11:00 am – 12:00 am
Panel II – Fee to Trust Updates: Carcieri, California Fee to Trust Consortium, off-reservation acquisitions, electronic processing
Panelists: Sharon Redthunder, Kevin Bearquiver, Deputy Director (Trust), Pacific Region; Brenda Tomaras, esq., Dan Hawk, ESRI
12:00 am – 1:00 pm Lunch on your own
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Panel III: Indian Land Consolidation Act (ILCA, 25 USC 2201, et.seq.) Panelists: Judge Sally Willett (ret.); Karen Woodard, Morongo Real Estate Director; Liz Listo, Papago Agency; Karen Graham, Esq.
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm Panel IV –– American Indian Probate Reform Act: implementation and possible legislative remedies
Panelists: Judge Sally Willett (ret.), Gloria Koehne, Stan Webb, Western Regional Office; Sharon Redthunder.
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Afternoon Break
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Panel V– Federal Probate Codes
Panelists: Judge Sally Willett (ret.), Kevin Bearquiver, Deputy Director of Trust, Pacific Regional Office; Umatilla Representative
Wednesday, October 26th
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
General Session Begins 9:00 am
9:00 am – 9:45 am Panel VI ––Appraisals/Appraisal Funding Panelists: Iris Crisman, Deputy Director, Office of Appraisal Services; Arvel Hale, Consultant.
10:45 am – 11 am Morning Break
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Panel VII- –Indian Trust Management Reform –Implementation of Trust Improvements (Fed. Reg. Vol. 76, No. 28 2/10/11)
Panelists: Michelle Singer, Office of Regulatory Affairs; David Harrison; David Burnett, Chehalis Tribal Chairman; Donna Erwin, Office of Special Trustee
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch on your own
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Panel VIII – U.S. vs. Jicarilla Apache Nation
Panelists: Alan Teradash, Steve McHugh, Jicarilla Attorney (Holland & Knight), Keith Harper
1:45 pm – 2:45 pm Panel IX– Leases/Rights of Way – Using GIS to locate improvements, rights-of-ways, and to identify possible trespasses, Condemnation
Panelists: Bo Mazzetti, Rincon Tribal Council; James Payne, Morongo; Diane Mitchell, Western Regional Office; Lisa Harjo, Cherokee, Dan Hawk, ESRI.
2:45 pm – 3:00 pm Afternoon break
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Panel X – Cobell v. Salazar updates/Claims Settlement Issues
Panelist: Keith Harper
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm No Host Cocktail Hour
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm ILWG Banquet honoring Marie Howard & Fundraiser Auction
Thursday, October 27th
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
General Session Begins 9:00 am
9:00 am – 10:00 am Panel XI – Regulatory compliance, policies (BIA internal policies), legislative issues
Panelists: John Dossett, NCAI (Invited); Kevin Bearquiver, Deputy Director of Trust, Pacific Region; Loretta Tuell, David Mullen, U.S. Indian Senate Committee (Invited)
10:00 am. – 10:45 am Panel XII – Land Titles & Records
Panelists: Karen Woodard, Michael Cannon, MorongoTitles & Records; Janet Nicholson, Colville Titles & Records; and Connie Medina, Agua Caliente
10:45 am – 11:00 am Morning Break
11:00 am – 12:00 am Panel XIII –Mismanagement of Allotted Lands/ Trust Reform should be Restructured
Panelists: Marcella Giles, Leona Gopher, Jodi Rave, Phoebe Dobbins
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. – Lunch on your own
1:00 –2:00 ILWG Strategic Planning -2012 – RFP for 22nd Annual Symposium
2:00 – 2:15 Afternoon Break
2:15 –Door prize Drawing – Must be Present to Win
2:30 – 4:00 Committee Meetings (if needed) and/or take a visit to Morongo Titles & Records Office
Adjourn 4:00 p.m.
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