-NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERCAN INDIANS /3* IS4/ August 28, 1984 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Suzan Shown Harbo Cheyenne & Creek EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT Joe De La Cruz Ouinault Nation FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Eddie Tulils Poarch Band of Creeks RECORDING SECRETARY Diane Kelley Cherokee of Oklahoma ThEASURER V~ith Jewett Yenne River Sioux SHEA VICE PRESIDENTS ABERDEEN AREA Morgan Garreau Cheyenne River Sioux ALBUQUEROUE AREA Bonnie Salas Zia Pueblo ANADARKO AREA Newton Lamar Wichita Tribe BILLINGS AREA James Steele Salish Kootenai Tribes JUNEAU AREA John Hope T:ngit & Haida MINNEAPOUS AREA Apesanahkwat Menominee MUSKOGKE AREA arrly F. Gilmore Ipaw d4RtNEASTERN AREA Rovena Abrams Seneca Nation PHOENIX AREA Thomas R. White Glia River PORTLAND AREA Detbert Frank Warm Springs SACRAMENTO AREA Denis Tumer Rincon Band of Lulseno SOUTHEASTERN AREA A. Bruce Jones Lumbee Mr. Joseph Bunting Chief, Policy & Program Control Branch Division of Waste Management U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 X %O rn Dear Mr. Bunting: - _ Thank you so very much for your willingne§s to ' work with us during the upcoming Convention. As you know, the 41st Annual Convention will be held in Spokane, Washington, from September 10th to September 14th. Convention activities will take place in the Sheraton Hotel and the Spokane Convention Center, which is next door to the Sheraton. Enclosed is the Convention Agenda, which is as final as agendas usually are at this stage. I hope you can take time away from your work to join us for the concert on Tuesday, the tradi- tional foods feast and pow-wow on Thursday and the other special events. If you have any questions or need additional information, please call me or Michael Chapman at the number below. I look forward to visiting with you in Spokane. Sincerely, Suzan Shown Harjo Executive Director WM Record File Encl. 6409100426 840818 PDR WASTE aWMI-lo PDR ' WM Project / Docket No. ----------- PDR PI" LPDR 804 D STREET, N.E. * WASHINGTON, D.C. 20002 * (202) 546-9404 9ys
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-NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERCAN INDIANS/3* IS4/
August 28, 1984
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Suzan Shown HarboCheyenne & Creek
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEEPRESIDENTJoe De La CruzOuinault Nation
FIRST VICE PRESIDENTEddie TulilsPoarch Band of Creeks
RECORDING SECRETARYDiane KelleyCherokee of Oklahoma
ThEASURERV~ith Jewett
Yenne River Sioux
SHEA VICE PRESIDENTS
ABERDEEN AREAMorgan GarreauCheyenne River Sioux
ALBUQUEROUE AREABonnie SalasZia Pueblo
ANADARKO AREANewton LamarWichita Tribe
BILLINGS AREAJames SteeleSalish Kootenai Tribes
JUNEAU AREAJohn HopeT:ngit & Haida
MINNEAPOUS AREAApesanahkwatMenominee
MUSKOGKE AREAarrly F. Gilmore
Ipaw
d4RtNEASTERN AREARovena AbramsSeneca Nation
PHOENIX AREAThomas R. WhiteGlia River
PORTLAND AREADetbert FrankWarm Springs
SACRAMENTO AREADenis TumerRincon Band of Lulseno
SOUTHEASTERN AREAA. Bruce JonesLumbee
Mr. Joseph BuntingChief, Policy & Program Control BranchDivision of Waste ManagementU.S. Nuclear Regulatory CommissionWashington, D.C. 20555
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Dear Mr. Bunting: - _
Thank you so very much for your willingne§s to 'work with us during the upcoming Convention.As you know, the 41st Annual Convention will beheld in Spokane, Washington, from September 10thto September 14th. Convention activities willtake place in the Sheraton Hotel and the SpokaneConvention Center, which is next door to theSheraton. Enclosed is the Convention Agenda,which is as final as agendas usually are at thisstage.
I hope you can take time away from your work tojoin us for the concert on Tuesday, the tradi-tional foods feast and pow-wow on Thursday andthe other special events.
If you have any questions or need additionalinformation, please call me or Michael Chapmanat the number below. I look forward to visitingwith you in Spokane.
PRESIDENTJoe DeLi CrutOulnaull NationFIRST VICE PRESIDENTEddie TulliaPoaroft Band of CreekaRECORDING SECRETARYDiane KelleyCherokee ot Okie how.
TSEASURERa KeithJewelt
Cheyenne River SiouxAREA VICE PRESIDENTSABERDEEN AREAMorgan GerreauCheyenne River SiouxALUUOUEROUE AREASannie SalesZia PuebloANADARKO AREANewton LamarWichita TribeIILLINGS AREAJames SteeleSaUsh Kootenat Tribes
JUNEAU AREAJohn No9eTtingli I Held.SAINNEAPOUS AREAAvesanahkwe�MenonIneeUUSICOOEE AREAWiny F. GIlmoiCOvapawNORTHEASTERN AREAK> Rovena AbramaSeneca NationPHOENIK AREAThomas R. WhiteGila RiverPORTLAND AREADelbert PrankWarm 8�rIngaSACRAMENTO AREADenla TurnerRincon Band of Luleeno
SOUTHEASTERN AREA&UnaoeJoneaLurn bee
Washington, D.C., 8/26/84 -- The National Congress ofAmerican Indians 41st Annual Convention will get off toa running start with the Billy Mills Youth LeadershipWalk & Run, September 9 at 4:00 p.m. Walkers and runnersaTri��tin the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel in Spokane,Washington, where the Convention of the oldest and largestnational American Indian and Alaska Native organizationwill take place from September 9th to the 14th.
Billy Mills, Oglala Sioux Olympics track champion, willput Indian youth and other conventioneers through thepaces of a three-mile run, preceeded by a one-mile walkfor the young at heart. Also leading the Walk & Run willbe Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a Cheyenne, wh�Ii�loradoState Representative, and who also represented the UnitedStates in the Olympics with Mills; Interior AssistantSecretary Kenneth Smith, a Wasco Indian from the WarmSprings Reservation; and Joe DeLaCruz, who is Presidentof both NCAI and the Quinault Nation.
The Walk & �un will be followed by an evening showing ofRunr�ing Brave, the Ira Englander film production of Mills'young life and the:�crowning event of his running careeras a 1964 Tokyo Olympics Goldmedalist. Other films andvideo-tapes will be shown during the Youth LeadershipSeminar, including a video on Makah ceremonial dancing bySandy Johnson Osawa, Makab filmmaker who heads UpstreamProductions.
The Youth LeadershW Seminar will take place on Sept�mber10, following the opening ceremonies and welcome speechesin the Convention Center. Beginning at 10:30 a.m., inthe Sheraton Ballroom, Indian and Native youth will focuson cultural and resource rights, sovereignty and treaties,governmental participation, career opportunities and con-temporary issues. Guest speakers will include Mills,Campbell, DeLaCruz and Smith, as well as Oren Lyons, Faith-Keeper, Onondaga Nation, Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy;John Chapela, Special Counsel, Office of the Chairman,Navajo Nation; Dave Matheson, Chairman, Coeur d'AleneTribe; Mel Tonasket, Vice Chairman, Colville Tribe, andPast President of NCAI; Allen Pinkham, Sr.T, Chairman, NezPerce Tribe; Dr. Bea Medicine, Sioux Anthropologist; andSuzan Shown Harjo, NCAI Executive Director.
EXECUTIVE CflRECTORSuzan Shown HerbCheyenne S CreekEXECUTIVE COMMITTEIPRESIDENTJoe Do La CruzOulnautt Nation
FiRST VICE PRESIDENTEddie TulliaPoarch Band of Creeks
RECORDING SECRETARYDiane KelleyCherokee of OklahomaTREASURERKeith JewettCheyenne River SiousAREA VICE PRESIDENTS
Y.,} ADERDEENARCAMorgan GarresuCheyenne River SiouxALBUOUEROUE AREAlennie SalasZie Pueblo
ANADARKO AREANewton LamarWichita Tribe
*IUJNGS AREAJames SleelaSalish Kootenal Tribes
JUNEAU AREAJohn HopeTlingit I Meld.
MINNEAPOLIS AREAA�esmnahkwatA*enomin.e
MUSICOQEE AREAHany F. GilmoreQuepaw
NORTHEASTERN AREARovena AbramaSeneca NationPHOENIX AREAThonas R. WhIte(4J1e River
PORTLAND AREADelbert FrankWarn, SpringsSACRAMENTO AREADents TurnerPincon Band of Luiseho
SOUTHEASTERN AREAA. Bruce JonesLun, bee
Washington, D.C., 8/26/84 -- A stellar cast of Indianperformers will entertain conventioneers at the 41stAnnual Convention of the National Congress of AmericanIndians, September 9 - 14, Spokane Convention Center andRiverfront Park. NCAI1is the oldest and largest nationalAmerican Indian and Alaska Native organization, and willcelebrate its 40th birthday on November 15, 1984.
Indian and Native musicians, dancers and others willenhance the NCAI Convention theme, "Our InalienableRights: Treaties, Land, Culture, Sovereignty, Govern-ment - The Powers & Responsibilities of Our Indian &Native Governments."
A major Convention event will be the NCAI 40th AnniversaryConcert to Support Indian Treaties & Defeat Initiative�456, a Washington State referendum calling for Indiantreaty rights to be wiped out. The Concert will takeplace at the Convention Center Opera House on September11 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will be available at the NCAIConvention Registration Desk in the Convention CenterLobby, starting at 3:00 p.m., September 9. Tickets arepriced at $10 for the balcony and $15 for the orchestra.
Concert �,erformers will incl�ade Charlie Hill, Paul Ortega,Jim Pepper, Floyd Westerman and Tom Bee & XIT.
Charlie Hill, Oneida, is a comedian who works in the U.S.and Canada. He has made appearances on the Johnny Carson
* Show and other television talk shows and series, as wellas performing in major clubs and for Indian and Nativ�events. His father, the late Norbert Hill, Sr., an OneidaIndian leader, was a leading figure for several decades inNCAI, which dedicated its 40th Convention to his memory.
* A..Paul Ortega, Mescalero Apache, is a singer, musicianand storyteller, who has devoted the past fifteen years tothe task of attuning the public ear to Indian music throughconcerts, albums and his Two Worlds Project. He will per-form with his long-time partner, Joe L. Jojola, an Isletaguitarist, and Sharon Burch, a Navajo musician.
�4�jP�pp�r, Creek, is a songwriter/singer/musician, whoas een making music for some twenty years. In 1971,
Atlantic Records released �p�P�9w, which now sellsto collectors for $100 an a um. He as just released anew album, Jim Pepper - Co�ni'ng & Going, and has been
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSuzan Shown HerbCheyenne I CreekEXECUTIVE COMMITTEEPRESIDENTJoe Do La CruxOulnauft hiationFIRST VICE PRESIDENTEddie TuIllaPoaroft Band of CreeksRECORDING SECRETARYDIane KeileyCheroke. of OklahomaTREASURERKeith JewettCheyenne River SiouxAItEA VICE PRESIDENTSASERDEEN AREAMorgan GarreauCheyenne River SiouxA�.3UOUEROUE AREABonnIe SalesZia PuebloANADARICO AREANewton LamarWichita ?Nbe
BILLINGS AREAJames SteeleLalish Kootenal TLbes
JUNEAU AREAJohn HooeTllngit £ Held.
MINNEAPOUS AREAApeaanahkwatDAenomlnee
MUSKOGEE AREAHarry F. GllmoreGuapawNORTHEASTERN AREA
� Rovena AbiamaSeneca tEation
PHOENIX AREAThomas R. WhIteGee River
PORTLAND AREADelbert FrankWarm SpringsSACRAMENTO AREAPenIs TurnerPJneofi Band of Luleano
touring the world with Trumpeteer Don Cherry. He willbe appearing at the NCAI Concert following a two-weekEuropean tour and will be performing with Gordon Lee,Ed Schuller and Bruce Carter.
E�y4Yesterman, Sioux singer and songwriter, has beenper ormin in world-wide tours for nearly two decades.His early 1970s album, Custer Died for Your Sins, is aclassic in modern Indian musical expression. He is anactive treaty-rights advocate and supporter of NCAI.
Tom Bee & XIT have been creating dynamic Indian rock forenthusiastic audiences for twelve years. Tom Bee, Sioux&.Navajo, has been with XIT since its earliest days. Beeis the original songwriter of the music that made XIT thepremiere Indian rock group. Other members of Tom Bee &XIT are William Johnson, Navajo & Isleta, P.J. Gabaldon,Apache, and Charles Rlingbell.
The Metlakatla Dancers, a twenty-member dance group fromAlaska, will be the featured entertainers for the NCAI�'east, September 13, Riverfront Parke 5:30 p.m. TE�F��flFperform traditional Alaska Native dances while con-ventioneers enjoy traditional foods of the Host Tribesand Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians. Feast Co-ordinator Joe Jay Pinkham, who is a Yakima Nation CouncilMember and NCAI mainstay, will organize and oversee thepreparation of buffalo, elk, deer, salmon, oysters andother traditional Indian foods.
Following the Feast will be the NCAI Pow-Wow, beginningat 8:00 p.m. in the Spokane Convention Center. AllenSlickpoo, Sr., Nez Perce Tribal Secretary and NCAI organi-zational expert, will be the Master of Ceremonies for thePow-Wow, which will feature Indian drummers from the HostTribes, including Coeur d'Alene, Colville, Nez Perce,Spokane and Yakima. Head Man Dancers will be FrancisCalooyah, Ealispel, and Sam Moses, Spokane; Head WomanDancers will be Juanita Brown and Hazel Umtuch, Yakima;Whip Men will be Wilfred Yallup, Yakima, ani3 Hy Nick,I(alispel; and Whip Women will be Pauline Flett, Spokane,and Justine Vincent, Coeur d'Alene. There is no chargefor the Feast or the Pow-Wow.
For information, call Suzan Shown Harjo, NCAI Executive
Washington, D.C., 8/26/84 -- The I�uclear Waste NationalIndian Review Committee will hold working sessions andpanel discussions during three days of the NCAI 41stAnnual Convention, September 9 - 14, Sheraton Hotel andConvention Center, Spokane, Washington.
The Committee will focus on Indian governmental involve-ment with the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA) and topicsincluding the composition of low and high level radio-active waste, federal responsibilities and agency inter-action with Indian governments under the NWPA, healthand environmental effects of low and high level radiationexposure, potential effects of a waste disposal programon Indian resources and people and legal and policyissues for Indian governments in relation to the NWPA.
The sessions will open on September 10, with presenta-tions on the forms of radioactive waste, the differentia-tion between low and high level radioactive waste and theby-products of defense weapons production, and concludein the afternoon with a panel on international nuclearissues perspectives.
On September 11, officials from the Departments ofEnergy, Interior and Transportation, the Nuclear Regula-tory Commission and the Environmental Protection Agencywill discuss their roles under the NWPA and their respec-tive regulatory responsibilities regarding nuclear wastemanagement. The afternoon session will focus on Indiangovernmental participation under the NWPA, with Ind4angovernmental leaders and Interior Department officialsdiscussing the NWPA affected status certificationprocess.
The sessions will conclude on the morning of September12, with presentations by various public-interest groupssharing their perspectives and research in the areas ofhealth and environmental effects of low and high levelradiation exposure.
The Nuclear Waste National Indian Review Committee iscomprised of representatives of affected and potentiallyaffected Indian governments. The Committee Co-Chairsare Apesanahkwat, Chairman, Menominee Tribal Legislature,and Mel Sampson, Council Member, Yakima Nation Council.For additional information, contact LuAnn Jamieson, NCAINatural Resources Researcher, at the number below.
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News Statement For Immediate ReleaseEXECUTiVE DIRECTORSuzan Shown MarioCA. y.nne & CreekEXECUTIVE COMMITTEEPRESIDENTJo. Do La CruxQuineull Nation
FIRST VICE PRESIDENTEddie TulilaPoarch Band ot Creeks
RECORDING SECRETARYDiane KelleyChain kg. ot OklahomaTREASURERKeith JeweitCheyenne River SiouxAREA VICE PRESIDENTS
BILLINGS AREAJames SteeleSalich ftooienai TribesJUNEAU AREAJohn I4opeTiingit A Naida
UINNEAPOUS AREAApesanahKwatMenomineeMUSKOGEE AREAHarry F. GilmoreOaapaw
NORTHEASTERN AREARovens AbramaYJ Seneca Nation
PHOENIX AREAThomas A. WhiteGil. Rivet
PORTLAND AREADelbert FrankWatm SpringsSACRAUENTO AREADonla TurnerRirecon Band of Luiseno
SOUTHEASTERN AREAA. Bruce JonasLumbee
Washington, D.C., 8/26/84 -- The National Congressof American Indians is taking a leadership role ingetting out the American Indian and Alaska Nativevote for the 1984 election.
Voter Registration Training Sessions will be prominenton the agenda of the 41st Annual Convention of NCAI,the oldest and largest national American Indian andAlaska Native organization, September 9 - 14, SheratonHotel and Convention Center, Spokane, Washington.
American Indian and Alaska Native governmental leadersand individuals will be trained in voter registrationand get-out-the-vote techniques during daily two-hoursessions, Monday through Thursday, from 4:30 p.m. to6:30 p.m.
This special national election-year feature of theConvention will be incorporated in the governmentalparticipation portion of the Youth Leadership Seminar,as well as in the General Assembly deliberations ongovernment-to-government relations. The Conventiontheme is "Our Inalienable Rights: Treaties, Land,Culture, Sovereignty, Government - The Powers & Respons-ibilities of Our Indian & Native Governments."
The Voter Registration Training Sessions will offeradvice and materials from lead ng Indian experts inthe area of voter participation at the national andgrassroots levels. Among others who will share th4rexperiences and expertise are Ben Nighthorse Campbell,Cheyenne, Colorado State Representative; Faith Mayhew,Klamath, Project Coordinator, Northwest Voter Registra-ti�n Project, and Secretary, Affiliated Tribes of North-west Indians; and Gerald Wilkinson, Cherokee, ExecutiveDirector, American Indian Voter Project and NationalIndian Youth Council, as well as Indian and Nativegovernmental leaders.
For additional information, contact Nedra Darling, NCAICoordinator, Voter Registration Training, at thenumber below.
.Washington, D.C., 8/26/84 -- The National Congress ofAmerican Indians will hold its 41st Annual Conventionat the Sheraton Hotel and Convention Center, Spokane,Washington, September 9 - 14.
NCAI, the oldest and largest national American Indianand Alaska Native organization, was founded in 1944 asa network of nations and deliberative forum for developinga national concensus on policy, advocacy and strategyregarding protection of Indian governmental and resourcerights and betterment of Indian life.
In keeping with its founding principles, the NCAI Con-vention theme is "Our Inalienable Rights: Treaties,Land, Culture, Sovereignty, Government �. The Powers &Responsibilities of Our Indian & Native Governments."
In addition to the NCAI membership of Indian and Nativegovernments and individuals, NCAI is pleased to welcomeseveral national Indian and Native organizations Whichhave planned training sessions, board meetings or annualconferences to coincide with the 41st Annual NCAI Conven-tion.
NCAI welcomes the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest IndiansAnnual Convention, the National Indian School BoardAssociation and the Association for Contract TribalSchools Regional Training Sessions, the Association ofAmerican Indian/Alaska Native Social Workers Conference,the National Indian Health Board Meeting, the NationalTribal Chairmen's Association Executive Committee Meeting,the National Indian Housing Council Special Session, theIndian Job Training Partnership Act Regional Meeting,the National Indian Education Association Board Meeting,the American Indian Agricultural Task Force Special Ses-sion and the National Bingo Task Force Special Meeting.
"The American Indian and Alaska Native unity in this kindof combining of strengths will increase the ability of:all to serve the many and pressing needs of our peoples,"said NCAI Presid�iit>ioe DeLaCruz.
Washington, D.C., 8/26/84 -- Developing Sound Indian &Native Economies is the theme of three specially designedSeminars to be held at the 41st Annual Convention of theNational ��ongress of American Indians, the organizationwith the ,'J.ongest history of leading American Indian andAlaska Native economic development and self-determinationefforts. 'The NCAI Convention will take place at theSheraton Hotel and Convention Center, September 9 - 14,Spokane, Washington.
The �Seminars on Economic Development & Agricultural Issues* wilThtake place immediately after the General Assemblies'on S�tember 10, 11 and 12, in the Convention Center. At-tendees' will receive the latest updates and progress re-port�r�rom the Presidential Commission on Indian Reserva-tion �onomies, which is soon to deliver its report andrecomin�ndationsto President Reagan. Commission Co-ChairsRobertoRobertson and Ross Swimmer and Commission Director
�Frank*,Ryan also will meet in General Assembly with theDelegates on September 12 at 2:45 p.m.
The Seminars will focus on.such other fiscal matters asthe status and opportunities of the Indian Financing Act,Defense Buy Indian Act, Surface Transportation Act andBUD UDAG �and Block Grant programs; Indian and Nativegaming enterprises; the Investment Funds Management Im-provement Program of the BIA and Treasury Department; newgrants process and criteria of the Administration forNative Americans; 1980 and 1990 Census data and process;and Indian preference, employment, training and TEROissues.
Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary- William A. Crowell,BIA Trust Responsibilities Director Sid Mills, HUD SpecialAssistant to the Secretary Raymond E. Combs, ANA Conimis-sioner William Lynn Engles, Agriculture Director of RuralDevelopment Willard Phillips, Jr., an Agriculture Coordi-nator of Indian Activities Stuart Jamieson, among others,also will address their respective programs and initiativesduring the Seminars and before the General Assembly.
For the first time, lndian and Native agricultural needsand endeavors will be given prominence before a largenational gathering of Indian and Native governmentalleaders. Agricultural pursuits will be spotlighted inpresentations on such topics as: Current Rural Agricul-tural Conditions and Economic Situations, Developing an
Washington, D.C., 8/26/84 -- Indian and Native educatorsfrom the contiguous states and Alaska will gather todeliberate educational needs and issues at the 41stAnnual Convention of the National Congress of AmericanIndians in Spdkane, Washington, September 9 - 14.
Meetings of the NCAI Education Committee will focus onthe needs of pre-kindergartner through adult students indaily sessions, September 10 - 13, beginning at 4:00 p.m.The NCAI Education Committee is co-chaired by Dr. RickSt. Germaine, Vice Chairman of the Lac Courte OreillesChippewa Tribe; Alvino Lucero, Education Director of theAll-Indian Pueblo Council; and Eddie Tullis, NCAI FirstVice President and Chairman of the Poarch Band of CreekIndians.
The opening session of the Committee will highlightcritical legislative issues pending before the U.S.Congress, including changes in Bureau of Indian Affairseducation policy and reauthorization of the Indian Educa-tion Act programs sponsored by the U.S. Department ofEducation.
Particular attention will be paid to adult education* issues, �in light of recent concern for adult literacyacross the nation. Conventioneers will hear reports ofissues raised at the annual American Indian Adult Educa-tion Association. Postsecondary and vocational educationneeds of adult Indians and Natives also will be addressed.
Special panel sessions will focus on the concerns ofIndian-controlled schools, recent Indian-specific math andscience education projects and a drive to nominate Indianand Native youth to the Congressional Awards Program, arecognition program for students between the ages of14 and 23.
Committee reports will be presented to the General Assem-bly on September 14, and-OonmTittee Co-Chair St. Germainewill be a guest speaker during the Youth Leadership Semi-nar on September �10.
Among the distinguished guests invited to address andwork with the Committee are: Dr. Ken Ross, Acting Directorof the BIA Office of Indian Education Programs; Hakim Kahn,Acting Director, and John Sam, Project Officer, Title IV
Indian Education Programs Office, U.S. Department ofEducation; Lincoln White, Executive Director, NationalAdvisory Council on Indian Education; Carol Minugh,Director, Title IV Resouzce and Evaluation Center Three;Waltraud Klores, Director of Field Services, CongressionalAwards Program; Milton Compton, Chair, National NativeAmerican Advisory Council to the Congressional AwardsProgram; Loren Stiffarm, President, and Mary Jo Cole,Membership Chair, American Indian Adult Education Associa-tion; Patricia Locke and Verna Wood, education advocates,�National Tribal Chairments Association; Carmen Taylor,Executive Director, National Indian School Board Associa-tion; Roger Bordeaux, Executive Director, Association ofContract Tribal Schools;. Norbert S. Hill, Jr., ExecutiveDirector, American Indian Science and Engineering Society;and Glenda Ahhaitty, Community Interface Program, RockwellInternational.
National Indian Education Association President John Tip-peconnic and First Vice President Karen Fenton also willjoin the NCAI Education Committee. The NIEA Board ofDirectors will hold its meeting in conjunction with theNCAI Convention. NCAI is pleased to welcome severalother education organizations who have planned theirmeetings to coincide with the NCAI Convention: NationalIndian School Board Association and Association for Con-tract Tribal Schools regional training sessions, as well �as the Education Committee of the Affiliated Tribes ofNorthwest Indians.
For additional information, contact Joann SebastianMorris, NCAI Human Resources Coordinator, or DorreenLonefight, NCAI Human Resources Specialist.
Suzan Shown MarioCheiwnne I CreekEXECUTIVE COMMITTEEPRESIDENTJoe Do La CruzQuinault Nation
FIRST VICE PRESIDENTEddie TuilisPoarch Band 01 Creaks
RECORDING SECRETARYDiane KeiiaVCherokee at Oklahoma
'EASUAER
K 4 enne River SiouxAREA VICE PRESIDENTSABERDEEN AREAMorgan GarreauCheienn. River Sioux
ALSUOUEROUE AREABennie SalasZia Pueblo
ANADARKO AREANewton LamarWichita Tribe
SZLUNGS AREAJames SteeleSalish Koatenal Tribes
JUNEAU AREAJohn HopeIlingit £ Halda
MINNEAPOLIS AREAApeaanahkwatMenoninee
'8 'JSKOGEE AREA�JY F. Gilmore
NORTHEASTERN AREARovena AbramaSeneca Nation
PHOENIX AREAThomas R. WhiteGila River
PORTLAND AREADelbert FrankWarm Springs
SACRAMENTO AREADenis TurnerRinoon Band of Luiseno
SOUTHEASTERN AREAA. Bruce Jonesl.urnbee
Washington, D.C., 8/26/84 -- Issues critical to thehealth and welfare of Indian and Native children andfamilies will be examined at the 41st Annual Conventionof the National Congress of American Indians, September9 - 14, Spokane, Washington. Three days of deliberations,September 10,, 11 and 12, will focus needed attention onsuch topics as health, alcoholism and drug abuse, specialconcerns of the elderly, housing, child welfare, fosterand adoptive care and related social service issues.
Featured presentations during meetings of the NCAI Health& Human Resources Committee will provide updates on allrecent and pending legislative and regulatory issuesaffecting Indian and Native children and families. Aspecial panel presentation by the American Indian Physi-cians Association will highlight student recruitmentefforts and tribal research needs. Child-centered needsand programs will be addressed, along with� those of theIndian and Native elderly.
Serving as Co-Chairs of the NCAI Health & Human ResourcesCommittee are NCAI Vice Presidents Rovena Abrams, A. BruceJones and Thomas R. White, Arizona Inter-Tribal CouncilDirector John Lewis, Northwest Portland Area Indian HealthBoard Chairman Mel Sampson and National-Indian HealthBoard Executive Director Ja3�W�±e�xow.
Guest Speakers will include: Gerald Anton, President,Salt River Pima-Maricopa Community Council; Ramona Bennett,Former Puyallup Chairwoman; Evelyn L. Bl�nchard, President,Association of American Indian/Alaska Native Social Workers;John Chapela, Special Counsel, Office of the Chairman,Navajo Nation; Bob Crawfordg Health Director, ColoradoRiver Indian Tribes; Alfred E. Elgin, Jr., Executive Direc-tor,'National Indian Council on Aging; Jean Hunt, Con-ference Coordinator, National Indian Child Conference, Savethe Children; Liojiel John, President, Seneca Nation Council;Dr. Emory Johnson, Former Director, Indian Health Service;Terry Hunter, Executive Director, Dr. Catherine Kincade,President, and Dr. Timothy L. Taylor, Program Coordinator,American Indian Physicians Association.
Dr. Emory Johnson will chair a special session on tribalhealth needs, together with Indian and Native leaders in-volved in the health field who will focus on the majorhealth problems of Indian and Native people. The panelinvites examples of successful projects, suggestions for
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projects the participants would like to explore and dis-cussions about the unmet health needs. The panel willfacilitate information-sharing and exploration of resolu-tions to some health problems of Indian and Native people.
Two related Committees will hold informational andstrategy-development sessions: the NCAI Alcoholism andDrug Abuse Committee and the NCAI Housing Committee. TheAlcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee, Co-Chaired by NCAIVice President Harry F. Gilmore and Council Member Caleb --
Shields of the Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of the Ft. Peck�Reservation, will discuss a recently completed study,which identified and assessed model Indian alcoholismprojects. Featured presenters include: Dr. Emory Johnson;Dr. Bea Medicine, Sioux Anthropologist; and Elgie VictorRaymond, Project Research Coordinator, First PhoenixAmerican Corporation.
The Housing Committee, Co-Chaired by NCAI Vice PresidentJohn Hope and Nate Young III, Esq., Vice Chairman of theNational Indian Housing Council, will discuss such criticalissues as the new HUD regulations, mobile housing, FHAinsurance on tribal trust land and solar energy practices.Raymond E. Combs, Special Assistant to the Secretary forIndian/Alaska Native Programs, U.S. Department of Housingand Urban Development, will serve as a guest speaker be-fore the Committee and the General Assembly.
The Health & Human Resources Committee will meet September10 - 12, at 7:00 p.m.; the Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Com-mittee convenes September 10 - 12, at 4:00 p.m.; and theHousing Committee will gather for a one-day meeting onSeptember 11, at 4:00 p.m. All human resources issueswill be presented to the Delegates in General Assembly onSeptember 13, at 10:00 a.m. and at 3:00 p.m.
For additional information, contact NCAI Human ResourcesSpecialist Dorreen Lonefight or NCAI Human ResourcesCoordinator Joann Sebastian Morris.
Chair, Joe DeLaCruz, NCAIPresident; Moderator, DelbertFrank, NCAI Vice President,Portland Area; Co-Facilitators:Sam Deloria, Director, AmericanIndian Law Center; Thomas W.Fredericks, Attorney, Fredericks& Pelcyger
Adjournment of First GeneralAssembly*
NCAI President's Youth LeadershipLuncheon
With Guest Speaker Billy Mills
1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.Sli - Room E
t�uclear Waste Hational IndianReview Committee
(See Committee Agenda forDetails)
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Monday, September 10 (continued)
1:30 p.m.CC - General Asembly Area
1:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Call to Order
Eddie Tullis, NCAI First VicePresident
Delegates Deliberations:Government-to-Government Relations(continued)Chair, James Steele, NCAI VicePresident, Billings Area;Moderator, James Hill, Chairman,Spokane Tribe; Co-Facilitators: BenNighthorse Campbell, Colorado StRepresentative; Sam Deloria,Director, American Indian LawCenter
3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Closing Song - Spokane Drum
Closing Prayer -
Robert Sherwood, Spokane Elder
Adjournment of Second GeneralAssembly
Meeting of Issues Committees(See Committees Agendas for Details)
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.SH - Palouse Room
SH - Center Ballroom
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Committee
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
Education Committee
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.SH - South A & B
Voter Registration Training Session(See Session Agenda for Details)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday &Thursday
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Monday, September 10 (continued)
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.SH - South C
Workshop on Addressing Indian andNative Rights in the InternationalArena
(See Workshop Agenda for Details)Monday & Tuesday
4:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.CC - General Assembly Area
Seminar on. Economic Development &Agricultural Issues
(See Seminar Agenda for Details)Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.CC - As Assigned
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
SH - South C
NCAI Area Caucuses
Meetings of Issues Committees(See Committee Agendas for Details)
Health & Human Resources Committee
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
CC - Room E Legislation/Litigation and NaturalResources Committees
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
8:00 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.SH - Grand Ballroom
NCAI Fundraising Dance
Tuesday, September 11. 1984
Sergeants-At-Arms In Charqe - Nathan Jim, Sr., Warm Springs, and BearheadSweeney, Salish & Kootena i
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.CC - Lobby
CC - Rooms BCDCC - Room FCC - Room FCC - Room ACC - RoomA
Re istration - NCAI Coordinators:WThii��ii�eson & Ann Toledo
Chair, Joe DeLaCruz, NCAIPresident; Moderators: AllenPinkham, Sr., Chairman, Nez PerceTribe, and Chairman, Columbia RiverInter-Tribal Fish Commission;William Yallup, Chairman, Law &Order and Fish & WildlifeCommittee, Yakima Nation Council;Co-Facilitators: Billy Frank,Chairman, Northwest IndianFisheries Commission; Tim Wapato,Director, CRITFC; Burnett
Presidential Commission on IndianReservation Economies
Commission Co-Chairs RobertRobertson and Ross Swimmer andCommission Director Frank Ryan
Presentation of New Initiatives &Criteria for ANA Grantees
Commissioner William Lynn Engles,Administration for NativeAmericans, U.S. Department ofHealth & Human Services
�Investment Funds ManagementImprovements
Deputy Assistant Secretary forFinancial Systems William Crowell,U.S. Department of the Treasury;
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Wednesday September 12 (continued)
2:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
BIA/Treasury (continued�
Director Sid Mills, BIA Office ofTrust Responsibilities, U.S.Department of the Interior
Reports From Seminar on EconomicDevelopment & AgriculturalConcerns, with Presentations onIndian Governmental Taxation,Employment and Funding Issues,Agricultural Concerns, Gaming inIndian Country
(See Seminar Agenda for Topics andPresenters Details�
Chair, Den is Turner, NCAI VicePresident, Sacramento Area;Moderator; Glen Nenema, Chairman,Kalispel Tribe; Co-Facilitators:Joseph Baca, Joseph Baca Company,Thomas W. �'redericks, Attorney,Fredericks & Pelcyger; Pete C.Homer, Jr., Former Acting Director,JTPA, U.S. Department of Labor;Alan R. Parker, President, AmericanIndian National Bank; Sue Williams,Attorney, Fried, Frank, Harris,Shriver & Kampelman
4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Seven Drums
�4nP�aer - Virginia Andrews &Joe Red Thun er, Colville Elder
Adjournment of Sixth General Assembly
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Sli - Palouse Room
Meetings of Issues Committees(See Committee Agendas for Details)
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Committee
SH - Center Ballroom Education Committee
SH - South A Health & Human Resources Committee
CC - Room E Leg islationiLitigation and NaturalResources Committee
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Wednesday, September 12 (continued)
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.SH - South A
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.CC - General Assembly Area
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.SH - North Ballroom
9:00 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.SH - South Ballroom
Seminar on Gaming in Indian Country(See Seminar Agenda for Details)
Voter Registration Training Session(See Session Agenda for Details)
Seminar on Economic Development &Agricultural Concerns(See Seminar Agenda for Details)
Co-Chairs, Rovena Abrams, NCAI VicePresident, Northeastern Area;Thomas R. White, Vice President,Phoenix Area; Co-Facilitators: JohnLewis, Director, ArizonaInter-Tribal Council; JakeWhitecrow, Executive Director,National Indian Health Board; CalebShields, Council Member,Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of theFt. Peck ReservationWith Presentations and Reports fromthe Alcoholism and Drug AbuseCommittee and Health & HumanResources Committee
(See Committee Agendas for Detailsof Topics and Presenters)
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m.- Center Ballroom
1:15 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.�-' Indian Cooking Area
2:15 p.m.
CC - General Assembly Area
2:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
NCAI President's LuncheonWith Dr. Everett Rhoades,Director, Indian Health Service
Dedication of Plague to All IndianNationsMayor James Chase, City of SpokaneChairman, James Hill, SpokaneTribe; President Joe DeLaCruz,NCAI
EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Call to Order
A. Bruce Jones, NCAI VicePresident, Southeastern Area
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Thursday, September 13 (continued)
Legislation/Appropriations Update and
Case Reports
Chair, Mel Tonasket, Vice Chairman,Colville Tribal Council; Moderator,Suzan Shown Harjo, NCAI ExecutiveDirector; with Presentations andReports from Meetings of theLegislation/Litigation and NaturalResources Committees(See Committee Agenda for Details
Chair, A. Bruce Jones, NCAI VicePresident, Southeastern Area;Moderator, Mel Sampson, CouncilMember, Yakima Nation Council, andChairman, Northwest Portland AreaIndian Health Board;Co-Facilitators: Harry F. Gilmore,NCAI Vice President, Muskogee Area;John Lewis, Director, ArizonaInter-Tribal Council; JakeWhitecrow, Director, NationalIndian Health Board; withPresentations and Reports from theAlcoholism and Drug AbuseCommittee, Health Committee andHousing Committee(See Committee Schedules for
Details)
Closing Song - Yakima
Closing Prayer - Walter J. Speedis,Chairman, Yakima General Council;and Anthony Washines, Secretary,Yakima Nation Council
OF EIGHTH GENERALASSEMBLY
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Voter Registration Training Session- South A (See Session Agenda for Details)
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Thursday, September 13 (cbntinued)
Meetings of Issues Committees(See Comittee Agendas for Details)
SB - Center Ballroom Education Committee
Others - Subject to Call of Chair
CC- Room A Meetings of Resolutions Committee
SB - South C Seminar on Gaming in Indian Country�See Seminar Agenda for Details)
5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.Riverfront Park
Traditional Feast
Buffalo, Deer, Elk, Salmon,Oysters, Fry Bread and Other Food,Courtesy of Host Tribes andAffiliated Tribes of NorthwestIndians
Feast Coordinator - Joe JayPinkham, Council Member,Yakima Nation Council
Entertainment - Metlakatla Dancers
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.CC - General Assembly
8:00 p.m. - 12.00 a.m.
CC - General Assembly Area
Warm-Ups - Drummers & Dancers
Pow-Wow
Grand Entry - Tribal Delegates &
Dancers
Opening Spng - Nez Perce Drum
Invocation - Earl Old Person,Blackfeet Chief
Whip Men - Wilfred Yallup,Yakima, and By Nick, Kalispel
Whip Women - Pauline Flett,Spokane, and Justine Vincent,Coeur d'Alene
Head Man Dancers - Francis Calooyah,Kalispel, and Sam Moses, Spokane
Head Woman Dancers - Juanita Brown,Yakima, and Hazel Umtuch, Yakima
Master of Ceremonies for Grand EntryCliff Si John, Spokane
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Thursday, September 13 (continued)
Master of Ceremonies for Pow-WowAllen Slickpoo, Sr., Nez PerceTribal Secretary
Master of Ceremonies for Presentationof Miss NCAIWarren, "Rudy" Clements,Warm Springs
Friday, September 14, 1984
Sergeants-At-Arms In Charge - Stan Bluff & Francis Calooyah, Kalispel, andDomnick Curley, Coeur d'Alene
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.SH - Ballroom LobbySH - Three Mountain RoomSH - Three Mountain Room
ExhibitsNCAI News Room OpenNCAI Staff Room Open
9:00 a.m. NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SH - Grand Ballroom
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. Call to OrderNewton Lamar, NCAI Vice PresidentAnadarko Area
Co-Chairs, Dr. Rick St. Germaine,Vice Chairman, Lac Courte OreillesTribei Alvino Lucero, EducationDirector, All Indian PuebloCouncil;.Eddie Tullis, NCAI FirstVice Presidentg with Reports fromMeetings of the Education Committeeand Presentations by Hakim Kahn,Acting Director, Office of IndianEducation, Department of Education;and Dr. Ken Ross, Acting Director,Off ice of Indian Education, BIA,Department of the Interior
Adjournment of Ninth General
Assembly
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Break for Lunch
1:30 p.m. TENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLYSH - Grand Ballroom
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Call to Order
Joe DeLaCruz, NCAI President
Delegates Deliberations: ResolutionsParlimentarian, John Hope, NCAIVice President, Juneau Area: andFacilitator, Suzan Shown Harjo,WCAI Executive Director
2:30 p.m. Call to Adjourn
Joe DeLaCruz, NCAI President
Closing Song - Coeur d'Alene Drum
Closing Prayer
Eddie Box, Sr., Southern Ute
Adjournment
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Friday, September 14 (continued)
NCAI EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
2:45 p.m.SH - Grand Ballroom
4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.SH - Grand Ballroom
Call to Order
Joe DeLaCruz, NCAI President
Roll Call of NCAI Member Governments
Diane Kelley, NCAI RecordingSecretary
Selection of 1986 Convention �ite,Selection of 1985 Mid-YearConference Site, Report on 1985Convention
Suzan Shown Harjo, NCAI Executive
Director
Other Business
Closing Ceremonies
ADJOU RNZ4ENT
NCAI EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
NCAI Executive Comittee Meeting
AGENDA41st ANNUAL CONVENTION
NATIONAL CONGRESS OF AMERICAN INDIANS
National Congress of American Indians Convention Committees, Seminars, &Works hops
Sunday, September 9, 1984
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.CC-ACC-A
Resolutions CommitteeRules & Credential Committee
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.SH - Riverside Room
CC - RoomE
Monday, September 10, 1984
Coordinating Meeting of NCAIExecuitve Committee with Resolutions,& Credentials and Issues CommitteesChairs, Hosts and Staff
Coordinating Meeting of Nuclear WasteNational Indian Review Committee;NCAI Coordinator, LuAnn Jamieson
Nuclear Waste National Indian ReviewCommittee - Working Session
Co-Chairs: Apesanahkwat, Chair-man, Menominee Tribal Legislature;Mel Sampson, Council Member,Yakirna Nation Council; GuestPresenters: David Barrack,Environmental Policy Institute;Joseph Bunting, Chief Policy &Program Control Branch, Divisionof Waste Management, Nuclear Regu-latory Commission; John Chapela,Special Counsel, Office of theChairman, Navajo Nation; Steven L.Dodge, Planner, Menominee Tribe; J.Bennett Easterling, Office ofCivilian Radioactive WasteManagement, U.S. Department ofEnergy; Richard Hannon, ChiefPlanning Analysis Division,Materials Transport Bureau, U.S.Department of Transportation;
* CC - Convention Center**SH - Sheraton Hotel
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Monday, September 10 (Continued)
Jim Hovis, Attorney, Yakima Nation;Ron Ikejiri, Japanese AmericanCitizens League; Richard Iwanick,Uranium Environmental Coordinator,Rocky Mountain Energy Company; OrenLyons, Council of Chiefs, SixNations Iroquois Confederacy; AnnMiller, Director, Special Programsand Analysis Division, Office ofFederal Activities, EnvironmentalProtection Agency; Sid Mills,Director, Office of TrustResponsibilities, U.S. Departmentof the Interior; Marla Painter,Citizens Alert; Marvin Resnikoff,Author, Next Nuclear Gamble; WyattRogers, Senior Project Engineer,Council of Energy Resource Tribes;Catherine Russell, State-TribalCoordinator, Division of WasteManagement, Nuclear RegulatoryCommission; Jean Sindab, WashingtonOffice on Africa; Lynda Taylor,Southwest Research; Arnoldo Torres,Executive Director, League of LatinAmerican Citizens; CatherineWilson, Attorney, Umatilla Tribe;NCAI Coordinator: LuAnn Jamieson
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.1:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
SH - Center Ballroom
Youth Leadership Seminar - Indian &Native Cultural and ResourceRights, Sovereignty & Treaties,Governmental Participation, withBilly Mills and Guest Speakers:Gerald Antone, President, SaltRiver Pima-Maricopa CommunityCouncil; Ben Nighthorse Campbell,Colorado State Representative; JohnChapela, Special Counsel, Office ofof the Chairman, Navajo Nation;
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C
Monday, September 10 (Continued)
Joe DeLaCruz, President, NCAI &Quinault Nation; Delbert Frank,NCAI Vice President, Portland Area;Suzan Shown Harjo, NCAI ExecutiveDirector; Oren Lyons, Council ofChiefs, Six Nations IroquoisConfederacy; Dave Matheson,Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe; Dr.Sea Medicine, Department ofAnthropology, California StateUniversity - Northridge; SandyJohnson Osawa, Makah, Filmmaker;Joe Jay Pinkham, Council Member,Yakima Nation Council; AllenPinkham, Sr., Chairman, Nez PerceTribal Executive Committee;Kenneth Smith, Assistant Secretary- Indian Affairs, U.S. Departmentof the Interior; Dr. Rick St.Germaine, Vice Chairman, Lac CourteOreilles Tribal Council; MelTonasket, Vice Chairman, ColvilleTribal Council; Jenyce Tsousie,Miss NCAI; NCAI Coordinators:LuAnn Jamieson, Kelly Jimerson,Nedra Darling
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Monday, September 10 (continued)
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.SB - Center Ballroom
1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.CC - Room E
NCAI President's Youth LeadershipLuncheon With Guest Speaker Billy�iTTI�Nuclear Waste National Indian ReviewCommittee - Working Session
SH - Palouse Room Co-Chairs: Harry F. Gilmore, NCAIVice President, Muskogee Area;Caleb Shields, Council Member,Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of theFt. Peck Reservation; Presenters:Dr. Emory Johnson, Former Director,Indian Health Service; Dr. BeaMedicine, Department ofAnthropology, California StateUniversity - Northridge; ElgieVictor Raymond, Project ResearchConsultant, First Phoenix AmericanCorporation; NCAI Coordinators:Dorreen Lonefight, Joan Jollie
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Education Committee
Co-Chairs, Dr. Rick St. Germaine,Vice Chairman, Lac Courte OriellesTribe; Alvino Lucero, EducationDirector, All-Indian PuebloCouncil; Eddie Tullis, NCA1 FirstVice President; Guest Presenters &Facilitators: Glenda Ahhaitty,
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Monday, September 10 (continued)Education Committee (continued)
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.SB - Center Ballroom Rockwell International; Roger
Bordeaux, Director, Association ofContract Tribal Schools; Mary JoCole, Membership Chair, AmericanIndian Adult Education Association;Milton Compton, Native AmericanConsultants, Inc., Karen Fenton,First Vice President, NationalIndj.an Education Association;Norbert Hill, Jr., Director,American Indian Science andEngineering Society; WaltraudKlores, Director of Field Services,Congressional Awards Program;Patricia Locke, Chair, EducationCommittee, National TribalChairmen's Association; Dr. BeaMedicine, Department ofAnthropology, California StateUniversity - Northridge; CarolMinugh, Director, TechnicalAssistance Resource Center III; Dr.Ken Ross, Acting Director, Officeof Indian Education, Bureau ofIndian Affairs; John Sam, Project.Off icer, Title IV, TechnicalAssistance Resource & EvaluationCenters, U.S. Department ofEducation; Henry Si John, ViceChairman, Coeur d'Alene TribalCouncil; Loren Stif farm, President,American Indian Adult EducationAssociation; Carmen Taylor,Director, National Indian SchoolBoard Association; Dr. JohnTippeconnic, President, NationalIndian Education Association;Lincoln White, Director, NationalAdvisory Council on IndianEducation; Janine Windyboy,President, American Indian HigherEducation Consortium; Verna Wood,Education Director, Red Lake Bandof Chippewa Indians; NCAICoordinators: Joann SebastianMorris, Dorreen LonefightMonday, Tuesday, Wednesday &Thursday
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Monday, September 10 (continued�4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Voter Registration Training Session
SH - South A & B �4on-Partisan Training in Logisticsand Techniques of VoterRegistration, Get-Out-the Vote andPolitical Candidate and IssueCampaigns
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday &Thursday
Chair, Newton Lamar, NCAI VicePresident, Anadarko Area; Trainers:Ben Nighthorse Campbell, ColoradoState Representative; Gail Chehak,Public Education Officer, ColumbiaRiver Inter-Tribal Fish Commission�,Eagle Hunter, Council Member,Cheyenne River Sioux TribalCouncil; Faith Mayhew, Secretary,Affiliated Tribes of NorthwestIndians, and Project Coordinator,Northwest Oregon Voter RegistrationProject; Gerald Wilkinson,Director, National Indian YouthCouncil; NCAI Coordinators: NedraDarling, Michael Chapman, JoanJollie
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Workshop on Addressing Indian andNative Rights in the InternationalArena
Reports and Updates on VariousMeetings and Activities ofInternational Organizations; How toAddress Indian Human Rights Issuesin International Forums
Monday & Tuesday
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Monday, September 10 (continued)
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Chair, Delbert Frank, VicePresident, Portland Area;Presenters: Mario Gonzales, OglalaSioux Tribal Attorney; VeronicaHomer Murdock, Alternate U.S.Representative, Inter-AmericanIndian Institute; Joseph W. Ryan,Indian Program Director, AmericanFriends Service Committee; Dr. DaveWarren, U.S. Representative,Inter-American Indian Institute;NCAI Coordinators: Suzan ShownHarjo, Kelly Jimerson
Seminar on Economic Development &Agricultural Issues
KJ cc - General Assembly Area Current Rural AgriculturalConditions & Economic Situations;the Indian Financing Act and DODBuy Indian Act - Status &Opportunities; USDA & DOI Responsesto Indian & Native Needs;Presidential Commission on IndianReservation Economies; Developingan Indian Rural Development Policy;Establishing & MaintainingConstructive Inter-GovernmentalRelations; Indian Preference;Employment & Training and TEROIssues; Gaming in Indian Country;BIA/Treasury Investment FundsManagement Inprovement; HUD UDAG &Block Grant Opportunites; 1980 &1990 Census Data & Process; SurfaceTransportation Assistance Act &Related Business Opportunities; NewARA Grants Process & Criteria;Development of a Sound CreditProgram
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
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Monday, September 10 (continued)
Seminar on Economic Development &Agricultural Issues (continued)
4:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.CC - General Assembly
Co-Chairs; Joe Baca, MorganGarreau, NCAI Vice President,Aberdeen Area; Keith Jewett, NCAITreasurer; Alan R. Parker,President, American Indian NationalBank; James Steele, NCAI VicePresident, Billings Area; DenisTurner, NCAI Vice President,Sacramento Area; Guest Speakers &Facilitators: Ramon Bear Runner,Director, Oglala Sioux Tax Office;Milton Compton, Project Director, '-'
Native American Business EnterpriseAssistance Program, Native AmericanConsultants; Raymond E. Combs,Special Assistant to the Secretaryfor Indian/Alaska Native Programs,U.S. Department of Housing & UrbanDevelopment; William A. Crowell,Deputy Assistant Secretary forFinancial Systems, U.S. Departmentof the Treasury; Norm DeWeaver,Economic Development Specialist,Center for Community Change; WalterR. Echo-Hawk, Attorney, NativeAmerican Rights Fund; ConradEdwards, Executive Director,Council for Tribal EmploymentRights; William Lynn Engles,Commissioner, Administration forNative Americans, U.S. Departmentof Health & Human Services; Pete C.Homer, Jr., Former Acting Director,JTPA, U.S. Department of Labor;Stuart Jamieson, Coordinator,Indian Activities, Office ofIntergovernmental Affairs, U.SDepartment of Agriculture;
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Monday, September 10 (continued) Seminar on Economic Development &Agricultural Issues (continued)
Alexander MacNabb, Attorney,MacNabb, Preston & Waxman; SidMills, Director Office of TrustResponsibilities, Bureau of IndianAffairs, U.S. Department of theInterior; Edna Paisano,Statistician, U.S. Census Bureau;Mark Powless, Chairman, NationalBingo Task Force; Ted Strong,President, Native American FinanceOfficers Association; John Vale,Manager, Office of Investments,Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.SDepartment of the Interior; W.Richard West and Sue Williams,Attorneys, Fried Frank, Harris,Shriver & Kampelman; NCAICoordinators: Michael Chapman,Joann Sebastian Morris, Suzan ShownHarjo
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. NCAI Area Caucuses
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Meetings of Issues Committees
SH - South C Health & Human Resources Committee
Co-Chairs: Rovena Abrams, NCAI VicePresident, Northeastern Area;Bruce Jones, NCAI Vice President,Southeastern Area; John Lewis,Director, Arizona Inter-TribalCouncil; Mel Sampson, ChairmanNorthwest Portland Area IndianHealth Board; Thomas R. White,NCAI Vice President, Phoenix Area;and Jake Whitecrow, ExecutiveDirectot, National Indian HealthBoard; Guest Speakers & Presenters:Gerald Antone, President, SaltRiver Pima-Maricopa CommunityCouncil; Ramona Bennett, FormerPuyallup Chairwoman; EvelynBlanchard, President, Associationof American Indian/Alaska NativeSocial Workers; John Chapela,Special Counsel, Office of theChairman,
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Monday, September 1984 (continued)Health & Human Resources Committee
SH - South C Navajo Nation; Bob Crawford, HealthDirector, Colorado River IndianTribes; Alfred G. Elgin, Jr.,Executive Director, National IndianCouncil on Aging; Jean Hunt,Conference Coordinator, IndianChild Conference, Save theChildren; Lionel John, President,Seneca Nation Council; Dr. EmoryJohnson, Former Director, IndianHealth Service; Terry Hunter,Executive Director, Dr. CatherineKincade, President, and Dr. TimothyL. Taylor, Program Coordinator,American Indian PhysiciansAssociation; NCAI Coordinators:Dorreen Lonefight, Joann SebastianMorris
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday
Legislation/Litigation and NaturalResources Committees
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.CC - Room E
Co-Chairs, Roger Jim, Chairman,Yakima Nation Council, AllenPinkham, Sr., Chairman, Nez PerceTribal Executive Committee; BennieSalas, NCAI Vice President,Albuquerque Area; Mel Tonasket,Vice Chairman, Colville TribalCouncil; Guest Presenters &Facilitators: John E. Echohawk,Director, Native American RightsFund; Billy Frank, Chairman,Northwest Indian FisheriesCommission; Thomas W. Fredericks,Attorney, Fredericks & Pelcyger;Michael D. Jackson, Consultant onIndian Affairs, Committee onInterior & Insular Affairs, U.S.House of Representatives; Rodney B.Lewis, General Counsel, Gila RiverIndian Community; Peter S. Taylor,General Counsel, Select Committeeon Indian Affairs, United StatesSenate; Tim Wapato, Director,
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Monday, September 107:00 p.m. -8:30 p.m.
(continued)
CC - RoomEColumbia River Inter-Tribal FishCommission; W. Richard West,Attorney, Fried, Frank, Harris,Shriver & Kampelman; BurnettWhiteplume, Council Member,Arapaho Business Council, WindRiver Reservation; Sue Williams,Attorney, Fried, Frank, Harris,Shriver & Kampelman; NCAICoordinators: Suzan Shown Harjo,Nedra Darling
Monday, Tuesday & WednesdayTuesday. September 11. 1984
Nuclear Waste National Indian ReviewCommittee - Working Session
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Meetings of Issues Committees.
SB - Palouse Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Committee
4:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Housing Committee.
Co-Chairs: John Hope, NCAI VicePresident, Juneau Area; NathanYoung III, Vice Chairman, NationalIndian Housing Council; Presenters:Raymond E. Combs, Special Assistantto the Secretary for Indian/AlaskaNative Programs, U.S. Department ofHousing & Urban Development; RonaldPeake, Chief, Division of HousingServices, Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Tuesday, September 11 (Continued)
4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.CC - General Assembly Area
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
SH - South A & B
SH - South C
7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
CC - As Assigned
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
SH - South C
SB - Room E
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.CC - RoomA
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.CC - RoomA
1:30 p.m. -5:30 p.m.
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Housing Committee (Continued)
New BUD Regulations, Manufactured(Mobile) Homes, FHA Insurance onTrust Land, Indian Preference,Contracting, HUD Indian EmploymentPractices, Solar Energy Bank, BUDUDAG and Block Grant Opportunities
Seminar on Economic DevelopmentAgricultural Concerns
(See Monday Schedule of Details)
Voter Registration Training Session
(See Monday Schedule for Details)
Workshop on Addressing Indian andNative Riqhts in the InternationalArena
(See Monday Schedule for Details)
NCAI Area Caucuses
Meetings of Issues Committees
Health & Human Resources Committee
(See Monday Schedule for Details)
Legislation/Litigation and Natural
Resources Committee
(See Monday Schedule for Details)
Resolutions Committee
Rules & Credentials Committee
Nuclear Waste National Indian ReviewCommittee
Meetings of Issues Committees
(See Monday Schedule for Details)
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Wednesday, September 12 (continued)
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.SH - Palouse
SH - Center Ballroom
SH - South A
Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Committee
Education Committee
Health & Human Resources Committee
CC - Room E Legislation/Litigation and NaturalResources Committees
4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.SH - South C
Seminar on Gaming in Indian Country
Co-Chairs: Apesanahkwat, NCAI VicePresident, Minneapolis Area; MarkPowless, Chairman, National BingoTask Force, with other Task ForceMembers; NCAI Coordinators: AnnToledo, Michael Chapman
Information-Sharing, Discussion,Advice Regarding Development ofTribal Laws and Regulations,Management Firms and Operations,Contracts, Start-Up Money andAlternative Funding, Promotion,Public Relations, TechnicalAssistance
Wednesday & Thursday
4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.SH - South A
Voter Registration Training Session
(See Monday Schedule for Details)
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.CC - General Assembly Area
Seminar on Economic Development &Agricultural Concerns
