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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”

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