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1:45pm – 3:15pm
Breakout Sessions
[Resources]
Legion #1
Creating Sustainable Communities.
This session will explore
best practices of organizations
that prioritize
strengthening social and
community relationships
while considering
sustainability. Concepts
explored will be social entrepreneurship
and green
programs.
Session Leader: David White Bull,
Lakota Funds
Presenters: Danny Butcher,
Four Bands Community Fund;
Veronica Hix, ONABEN; Lakota
Mowrer, Four Bands Community
Fund
[Financing]
Legion #2
Underutilized Loan Guarantee
Programs.
Loan guarantee programs
can be used to successfully
build up community
loan funds, however,
these programs are often
underutilized in Indian
Country. This session will
demonstrate successful
models of tribal nations
and organizations that
are using loan guarantee
programs.
Session Leader: Christine Sorensen,
USDA Rural Development
Presenters: Stacey Johnston, Office
of Indian Energy & Economic
Development; Dana Kleinsasser,
USDA Rural Development
[Infrastructure]
Sylvan #1
Broadband & Telecommunications
in the New
Native America.
The session will discuss
how various tribes are
building services in underserved
and unserved
tribal land areas, and how
Tribes are building taxation
systems.
Session Leader: Tonia Young,
Lakota Funds
Presenters: Randall Hughes,
Native Tech Consulting; Madonna
Peltier Yawakie, Turtle
Island Communications; Tracey
Zephier, Fredericks, Peebles, &
Morgan
[Governance]
Sylvan #2
Breaking the Pattern:
Hosting Powerful
Conversations.
One basic step in creating
positive change in
Native communities is
having honest, productive
conversations about both
needs and opportunities.
How can we move forward
together when we
don’t have real exchange
of ideas, discussion of differences,
and a process for
new ideas to emerge
Session Leader: Michelle DuBray,
SDIBA Native Entrepreneur
Investment Fund
Presenter: David Cournoyer,
Plain Depth Consulting
3:15pm – 3:30pm
Break, sponsored by First Interstate Bank, Convention Center II Foyer
3:30pm – 5:00pm
Breakout Sessions
[Resources]
Legion #1
Collaborative Models for
Expanding Entrepreneurship
& Asset-Building
Resources.
Working in rural and remote
areas often presents
a challenge, as resources
are spread far and wide.
This session will examine
best practices in collaboration
that have resulted
in furthering the reach
of entrepreneurship and
asset-building programs.
Session Leader: James A. Cordry,
Office of the Special Trustee for
American Indians
Presenters: Tawney Brunsch, Great
Plains Native Asset Building
Coalition; Krystal Langholz,
Hunkpati Investments
[Financing]
Legion #2
Alternative Financing
Solutions.
There is never enough
capital in Indian Country.
This informative
session will demonstrate
how to use participation
loans, joint ventures, and
New Markets Tax Credits
to fund projects.
Session Leader: Clinton Waara,
Wells Fargo
Presenters: Matthew Bland,
Travois; James Crawford, Native
Homes and Development; Taffy
Lafferty, Native American Development
Corporation
[Infrastructure]
Sylvan #1
Preparing for New Industries
in the New Native
America.
Reservation communities
are growing, so how
do we prepare to meet
the demand of developing
new business sectors
It is essential that South
Dakota Tribes focus now
on building a ready and
able workforce as well as
creating viable business
sectors to support future
growth.
Session Leader: Lakota Mowrer,
Four Bands Community Fund
Presenters: Rachel Lindvall,
South Dakota State University
Extension; Barbara Stiffarm,
Opportunity Link; Tom Zohner,
Job Corps
[Governance]
Sylvan #2
Building Tribal Judiciary
Systems.
A strong independent
tribal judiciary that
reflects local values and
traditions is vital to the
success of tribal nations
in the modern era. This
session will examine best
practices in the areas of
judicial structure, law
and order development,
constitutional and legal
code analysis and revision
services, working agreements
between jurisdictions,
separation of business
and governmental
interests, and long-term
strategic planning.
Session Leader: Lisa Claasen,
Small Business Administration
Presenters: Matthew L. Rappold,
Owl Nest Consulting;
Mato Standing High, Owl Nest
Consulting
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