Alaska Inter-Tribal Council : Advocating for Alaska Tribal Governments

Tentative Agenda

“Protecting Sovereignty & Our Way of Life”
May 26th-May 28th
Millennium Hotel

The Alaska Intertribal Council is convening a special meeting of Alaska’s 229 federally recognized tribes on May 26-28, 2009 at Anchorage, Alaska to take up a growing number of issues that we can no longer ignore; issues that are undermining our governments, endangering our Way of Life, and putting in jeopardy the very future of our children and grandchildren. A Tentative Agenda for the meeting is set as follows:

Tuesday May 26, 2009

7:30 – 9:00 Breakfast and Registration

9:00 Call to Order Mike Williams, Chairman
Presentation of the Colors
Invocation
Welcome To Denaina Land Chief, Eklutna Tribe

9:30 Purpose & Goals of Gathering Mike Williams, Chairman

9:40 Keynote Address: TBA

10:30 Panel: The way it is: Subsistence: Section 4(b) of ANCSA & Title VIII ANILCA

Moderator: TBA
Panelists: TBA

12:00 pm Buffet Lunch for Tribal leaders and Guests

1:00 Dance Group/Anchorage

1:30 Reports from Tribes on Subsistence issues facing their people
1.The Arctic
2.The Interior
3.Southwest Alaska
4.Southcentral
5.Aleutians and Kodiak
6.Southeast

3:30 The Bering Sea Trawler Fleet, King Salmon, Marine Mammals & Subsistence

4:30 Recess/Regional Caucuses/Resolutions & Credentials Committee Meetings

Protecting Sovereignty & Our Way of Life
May 27, 2009

8:00 am Dance Group (To be announced)

Call to Order Mike Williams, Chairman
Announcements

8:45 By the Numbers: Snapshot of Alaska’s Native People: How are we doing socially, culturally physically, spiritually, economically, politically?

9:30 “With Our Hands Tied Behind our Backs” Challenges being faced by Alaska Native tribal governments in a PL280 state where they have been effectively terminated by Congressional act, adverse court decisions, riders to congressional budgets : A Presentation by the Alaska Inter-Tribal Council

10:00 Panel: The Legal Status of Alaska Natives & their Tribal Governments & the Venetie Decision

Moderator: Harold Napoleon
Panelists: TBA

11:00 Questioning of Panelists and Comments by Tribal Leaders

12:00 pm Buffet Lunch for Tribal Leaders and Guests

1:00 East High Alaska Native Dancers

1:20 The affects of PL280 status on Alaska Native efforts to combat violence, alcohol and drug trafficking and suicide

2:30 Executive Orders, Riders to federal budgets, and other instruments limiting or negating the powers of Alaska Native Tribes in effect today

4:00 Executive Orders, Riders to federal budgets, laws, granting different degrees and forms of “tribal status” to Alaska Native ANCSA and non-profit corporations

5:00 Recess/Regional Tribal Caucuses/Resolutions Committee

“Protecting Sovereignty & Our Way of Life”

May 28, 2009

8:00 am Dance Group (to be announced)
Call to Order Mike Williams
Morning Prayer
Announcements

8:30 Affects of compromised tribal status on funding of Alaska Tribes under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009

9:30 “Order of Precedence” signed by Alaska Area BIA Director

10:15 Resolutions:

1.On Subsistence
2.On Bering Sea Trawler fishing & King Salmon By-catch
3.On PL280 Status

12:00 Buffet Lunch for tribal leaders and guests

1:15 Resolutions:

4.On Venetie Decision
5.On Alaska Native On Executive Orders, riders, laws, weakening or nullifying Alaska Native tribal status, rights, powers
6.On executive orders, riders, laws granting corporations tribal status
7.On “Order of Precedence”

3:30 Discussion on plan of action and funding of campaign to:

1.Restore Alaska Native hunting and fishing rights
2.Restore ANCSA village corporate lands to tribal ownership and designation of these lands as “Indian Country” wherein the tribes may exercise their sovereignty as federally recognized tribes
3.Repeal PL 280 status of Alaska
4.Restore Alaska Native tribal rights to educating Alaska Native children

5:00 “Celebrating Alaska Native Unity”

Closing Comments

Closing Prayer

5:30 Adjournment