CHIPPEWA FEDERATION
Mining Alternatives Summit Lake of the Torches Resort Casino, Lac du Flambeau March 9th and 10th, 2017 Agenda
CHIPPEWA FEDERATION
Thursday, March 09, 2017 Registration
~opening prayer~ Tomahawk Circle Drum Group Welcome- Joseph Wildcat Sr., Lac du Flambeau Tribal President Water Ceremony Keynote Speaker – Mike Wiggins Jr, Former Bad River Tribal Chairman
8:30 – 9:30
Back 40 Mine Project Developments
9:30 – 11:00
Guy Reiter, Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Dave Overstreet, PHD, Great Lakes Archeological Research Center, Associate Professor University of Wisconsin, Adjunct Professor College of Menominee Nation
Lake Lac Vieux Desert Traditional Cultural Property Designation on the National Historic Register for Manoomin
11:00 – 12:00
Giiwegiizhigookway Martin, Lac Vieux Desert Vice Chairwoman
Lunch
12:00 – 12:45
Manoomin and Mining
12:45 – 2:15
Nancy Schuldt, Water Protection Coordinator, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Margaret Watkins, Water Quality Specialist, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Cumulative Impact Assessment for Metallic Mining Projects
2:15 – 3:00
Esteban Chiriboga, GLIFWC
EcoSystem Service Valuation Applied to the Proposed Polymet Mine
3:00 – 3:15
3:00 – 3:45 3:45-4:30 4:30 -5:00
5-00 – 8:00
Booths and Exhibits Open- Hall of Nations
Esteban Chiriboga, GLIFWC
BREAK Challenge Opportunities in the Regulatory Process Steve Hoffman, SHoffman Consulting Nonesuch Shale Amorin Mello, Environmental Justice Specialist, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Confined Animal Feeding Operations – CAFOs Mary Dougherty, Co-Founder of Farms Not Factories and Regional Consultant for the Socially Responsible Agriculture Project.
Feast and Storytelling
Mining Alternatives Summit Lake of the Torches Resort Casino, Lac du Flambeau March 9th and 10th, 2017 Agenda
Friday, March 10, 2017
Registration
~opening prayer~ Welcome- Tribal President Joseph Wildcat Sr. Keynote Speaker – Dee Ann Allen, Lac du Flambeau Tribal Council Representative & Tribal Environmental Program Director
8:30 – 9:00
Crandon Era History and the Current Assault on Mining Laws and Regulations –
9:00 – 9:45
Tina Van Zile, Environmental Director, Sokaogon Chippewa Community
Flambeau Mine- The Continued Pollution Threat
9:45-10:45
Mic Isham, Lac Courte Oreilles Chairman Laura Gauger, co-author with Roscoe Churchill -The Buzzards Have Landed! – The Real Story of the Flambeau Mine
11:1511:45 11:45 – 12:15 12:15 – 1:30
1:30 – 2:00
Legally Defensible Baseline Booths and Exhibits Open- Hall of Nations
10:45– 11:15
Steve Hoffman, SHoffman Consulting
Native American Energy Perspective Levi Brown, Environmental-Land Department Director Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Lunch Bad River Presentation on Enbridge Line 5 Dylan Jennings, Bad River Tribal Councilman Naomi Tillison, Natural Resource Director, Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Climate Change and Mining Nancy Schuldt, Water Protection Coordinator, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Margaret Watkins, Water Quality Specialist, Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
2:00 -2:30
Consultation Edith Leoso, Bad River THPO
3:00 – 3:30
Sustainability Sue Menzel, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College
3:30-4:00
3 Steps Towards Energy Sovereignty Nick Hylla, Executive Director of the Midwest Renewable Energy Association
Closing and Traveling Song Tomahawk Circle Drum Group
Registration: Please email Jamie Allen -
[email protected] For Summit Questions or Information;-Contact Jamie Allen (715)-439-3313
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For Lodging Reservations Call: Lake of the Torches Resort Hotel: 1(888)-599-9200 OR (715) 588-9200
