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CONFERENCE AGENDA

AISES Region 1 Conferece
March 16th & 17th, 2007
The University of Montana

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AGENDA

Locations To Be Announced

***Schedule Subject to Change***

Friday, March 16
Time
Activity
8:00 AM
Registration, Continental Breakfast
  AISES meeting for officers and representatives
Time subject to change
9:00 AM

Opening Prayer, UM WELCOME
9:30 AM

Keynote Address
Mentoring and Outreach
Joe McDonald, President
Salish Kootenai College

10:30 AM

Break, Snacks
10:45 AM

REGION 1 REPRESENTATIVE PRESENTATIONS AND VOTING

  • AISES programs, activities, and upcoming events
  • Communicate, network, and share ideas
  • Participating college chapter delivers an in-depth report of their chapter’s completed activities and plans for upcoming events.
12:00 PM LUNCH ON OWN (Box lunches are available for $8 & require prepayment)
1:15 PM

Session I A – TEK vs. The Scientific Method
Ron Wakimoto, University of Montana, College of Forestry and Conservation
 

Session I B – Overview of the CSKT Fish, Wildlife, Recreation and Conservation Division programs and respective activities.
Tom Mcdonald, Division Manager, and Germaine White, Information and Education.
CSKT Fish, Wildlife, Recreation and Conservtion
2:15 PM

BREAK, SNACKS
2:30 PM

Session II A - Indigenous agriculture in subtropical America: Sustaining ecological practices in the face of external threats.
Jim Burchfield, University of Montana, College of Forestry and Conservation

  Session II B- Native Tradiation and Modern Science
Mike Ceballos, Salish and Kootenai College
3:30 PM SESSIONS BREAK FOR DAY
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Career and Recruitment Fair

7:00 PM

Reception--Presidents Room Brantley Hall
Speaker Iris PrettyPaint, Ph.D. candidate in social work Co-director, Research Opportunities in Science for Native Americans
9:30 PM

Entertainment—FREE TICKETS!
 Comedian: Kjell Bjorgen
UC Theater

Saturday March 16
Time
Activity
8:00 AM

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
9:00 AM

Session III A – Traditional Knowledge & Western Science
Latrice Tatsey, Blackfeet Community College
 

Session III B – Benefits of Federal Employment
Buzz Cobell, Bonneville Power Association -Tribal Account
Executive, Tribal Affairs
10:00 AM BREAK, SNACKS
10:15 AM Session IV – “Lighting the Seventh Fire, Leadership & Mentoring in Native Sciences"
Twyla Demaray-Baker, University of North Dakota, AISES National Student Representative
11:00 AM CLOSING PRAYER
CONFERENCE SUMMARY & REVIEW