"Honoring our Cultural Lifeways- Past, Present and Future"
Keepers of the Treasures- Fourth Annual Conference
Sioux Falls, South Dakota May 8-11, 1995
Preliminary Agenda
MONDAY, MAY 8
Facilitator: Curley Youpee, Secretary, Keepers of the
Treasures
Topic: TRIBAL PRESERVATION PROGRAMS
9:00-10:00 a.m. Opening Ceremony
Presentation of Colors and Staffs- Ernest Weddell, Sr.,
V.F.W. Post 1353, Marty, S.D.
Invocation- Arvol Looking Horse, Keeper of the Sacred
Pipe, Lakota- Cheyenne River
10:00-10:30 a.m. Welcoming Addresses
Darrell Drapeau, Yankton Sioux Tribal Chairman
Gordon Pullar, President, Keepers of the Treasures
10:30-11:00 a.m. Keynote Speaker
Charlotte Black Elk
11:00-12:00 p.m. Introduction of Tribal Representatives
12:00-12:15 p.m. Overview of Afternoon Workshops
Dean Suagee, Attorney, Hobbs, Straus, Dean and Walker
12:15-1:30 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:30-2:30 p.m. Concurrent Workshops
A) TRIBAL PRESERVATION PROGRAMS AND THE 1992 AMENDMENTS
TO THE NATIONAL HISTORIC PRESERVATION ACT
Presenters:
Patricia Parker, National Park Service
Bretta Bloomberg, Minnesota State Historic
Preservation Office
Paul Putz, South Dakota State Historic Preservation
Office
Rena Martin, Navajo Nation Historic Preservation
Office
B) THE SECTION 106 PROCESS
Presenters:
Bruce Crespin, Bureau of Land Management
Claudia Nissley, Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation
Alan Downer, Navajo Nation Historic Preservation
Department
C) TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Presenters:
Loretta Jackson, Hualapai Natural Resources
Department
Hank Stevens, University of California, Irvine
Roger Anyon, Zuni Cultural Preservation Program
Alex White Plume
Kurt Dongoske, Hopi Cultural Preservation Office
D) TRIBAL LAW AND INSTITUTION BUILDING
Presenters:
Dean Suagee, Hobbs, Straus, Dean and Walker
Frank Pommershein, University of South Dakota
2:30-2:45 p.m. Break
2:45-3:45 p.m. Repeat Workshops A, B and C
3:45-4:00 p.m. Break
4:00-5:00 p.m. Repeat Workshops B, C and D
5:00-5:30 p.m. Summary
Michael Matts, Native American Liaison, National Trust
for Historic Preservation
6:30 p.m. Supper
7:30 p.m. Welcoming Wacipi
M.C.- Jerry Dearly
Colors- V.F.W. Post 1353
TUESDAY, MAY 9
Facilitators: Tony Miranda, Chair, Carmel Mission Band
Pikake Pelekai, Office of Hawaiian
Affairs
Topic: LANGUAGE PRESERVATION
8:45-9:00 a.m. Announcements
9:00-9:15 a.m. Prayer
9:15-10:00 a.m. Speaker
Pat Locke, Native American Languages Institute
10:00-10:15 a.m. Break
10:15-11:30 a.m. Panel on Language Preservation
Duane Hollow Horn Bear
Gary White Deer
Jolene Arrow
11:30-12:45 p.m. Lunch
12:45-2:00 p.m. Panel
Tony Miranda
John Around Him
Oliver Red Cloud
2:15 p.m. Bus leaves for Pipestone National Monument
3:00-4:30 p.m. Tour of Pipestone National Monument
4:30 p.m. Leave for Flandreau
6:00 p.m. Supper in Flandreau
6:30 p.m. Bingo will be available
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10
Facilitators: Tessie Naranjo, Santa Clara Pueblo
Preservation Project
Denise Vigue, Oneida Nation Museum
Topic: REPATRIATION
8:45-9:00 a.m. Announcements
9:00 a.m. Opening prayer
9:00-10:15 a.m. Panel
EXPLANATION AND HISTORY OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES
PROTECTION AND REPATRIATION ACT
Presenters:
Karen Atkinson, Tribal Attorney, Flathead Nation
Larry Zimmerman, University of South Dakota
10:15-10:30 a.m. Break
10:30-11:40 a.m. Panel
PERSPECTIVES ON REPATRIATION
Presenters:
Frank Pommershein, University of South Dakota
Jim Anaya
Gordon Pullar
Lawrence Hart
11:40-12:00 p.m. Summary
Tim McKeown, National Park Service
12:00-1:15 p.m. Lunch
1:15-4:45 p.m. Recurring Workshops
(These workshops will be repeated throughout the
afternoon with a break from 2:45-3:00 p.m.)
A) INVENTORY, HUMAN REMAINS
Phil Minthorn, Smithsonian Institution
B) GRANTS
Rose Kluth, Leech lake Band of Chippewa
David Grignon, Menominee
C) FEDERAL REGULATIONS
Dean Suagee
D) SUCCESSFUL TRIBAL PROGRAMS
George Kipp
Sebastian LeBeau
6:00 p.m. Banquet
THURSDAY, MAY 11
Facilitator: Billy Cypress, Vice-President, Keepers of
the Treasures
Topic: KEEPERS OF THE TREASURES BUSINESS MEETING
9:00-9:15 a.m. Opening Prayer
9:15-11:30 a.m. Business Meeting
Resolutions
Elections
Proposals for 1996 conference
Update on activities
Regional reports
Organizational goals
CONFERENCE ARRANGEMENTS
Location: Ramkota Inn in Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Accommodations: A block of rooms is reserved at the
Ramkota Inn for the conference period at a special
rate of $56 per night (plus tax) for up to four people
per room. Call 605-336-0650 for reservations and
mention that you are with the Keepers of the Treasures
Group.
Conference Registration: Registration for the four-day
conference is $150 per person until April 25, and
$175 afterwards. Memberships dues are $10 per year.
There will be a student registration fee of $15 that
does not include meals or special events.
For more information contact:
Mary Stuart McCamy Irion
Keepers of the Treasures
1785 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20036
(202) 673-4207
(202) 673-4038 (fax)