Progressive Partnerships: Investing in Tribal Nation Building

 

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Conference materials and presentations can be downloaded from the links below:

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Indian Health Service (IHS) Pre-Meeting Training

• Agenda and Training Packet

Department of the Interior (DOI) Self-Governance Training

• Agenda
• Self-Governance Tribes with DOI Funding Agreements 2018
• Federal Register Notice for Application to Tribal Self-Governance Program in FY 2018 or CY 2018
• Self-Governance Training Presentation

Monday, April 24, 2017

General Assembly: 

• DOI – Office of Self-Governance (OSG) Update
  • Sharee Freeman, Director, OSG, Indian Affairs, DOI
• Office of Special Trustee Update
  • Debra L. DuMontier, Acting Special Trustee for American Indians, DOI
• Tribal Tax Issues for Tax Reform
  • John Dossett, General Counsel, National Congress of American Indians
• DOI FY 2017-2019 Budget Update
  • Dave Conner, Tribal – Interior Budget Council (TIBC) Budget Subcommittee, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
  • George Bearpaw, Director, Office of Budget and Performance Management, Indian Affairs, DOI
• Land Buy-Back Program Achievements and Future Opportunities
  • John H. McClanahan, Program Manager, Land Buy-Back Program, DOI
• Economic and Infrastructure Development Opportunities
  • W. Ron Allen, Tribal Chairman/CEO of Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Chairman of SGAC, and SGCETC Board President
  • Delia Carlyle, Councilwoman, Ak-Chin Indian Community
  • Duane O. Matt, Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development, BIA, DOI
• Safeguarding Tribal Communities
  • Dave Conner, TIBC Budget Subcommittee, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
  • Tricia Tingle, Associate Director of Tribal Justice Support, Office of Justice Services, BIA, DOI
• Indian Legislation – Possibilities in the 115th Congress
  • Lloyd Miller, Partner, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller, Monkman & Flannery, LLP

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

General Assembly: 

• Department of Transportation – Tribal Transportation Self-Governance Program (TTSGP) Negotiated Rulemaking Committee Update
  • Kay Rhoads, Chief, Sac and Fox Nation, Tribal Co-Chair, TTSGP Negotiated Rulemaking Committee & Joe Garcia, Head Councilman, Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, Tribal Co-Chair, TTSGP Negotiated Rulemaking Committee
• Update on the Justice Programs Council on Native American Affairs, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
  • Eugenia (Gena) Tyner-Dawson, Executive Director – Justice Programs Council on Native American Affairs, Senior Advisor to the Assistant Attorney General for Tribal Affairs, Office of the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice
• Tribal Leaders Alliance on Economic Growth and Fair Taxation
  • Henry Cagey, Councilman, Lummi Indian Nation

Concurrent Breakout Sessions:

• Implementation of the Indian Trust Asset Reform Act (ITARA)
  • Brian Gunn, Principal, Powers Pyles Sutter & Verville
  • Lee Frazier, Office of the Special Trustee, DOI
  • Daniel Jordan, Self-Governance Coordinator, Hoopa Valley Tribe
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• Funding Agreements with the Non-BIA Bureaus
  • Reed Robinson, Manager, Tribal Relations & Indian Affairs, Midwest Regional Office, NPS, DOI
  • Kelly Titensor, Policy Advisor, Bureau of Reclamation, DOI
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• Measuring Self-Governance Success: Data Management
  • Linda Austin, Director of Operations, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo; Kitcki Carroll, Executive Director, United South & Eastern Tribes, Inc; Dee Sabattus, Director, Tribal Health Program Support, United South & Eastern Tribes, Inc.
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• Developing a Strategic Indian Affairs Budget
  • Kitcki Carroll, Executive Director, United South & Eastern Tribes, Inc.
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• Environmental Impacts and Managing Natural Resources
  • Robert Keith, Director, Kawerak, Inc.
  • Seth Moore, Ph.D., Director, Biology & Environment, Grand Portage Band of Chippewa Indians, Great Lakes Restoration Project
  • Daniel Jordan, Self-Governance Coordinator, Hoopa Valley Tribe
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) New Tribal Pilot Declarations Guidance
  • J. Michael Chavarria, Governor, Santa Clara Pueblo
  • Milo Booth, National Tribal Affairs Advisor, Office of External Affairs, Intergovernmental Affairs, FEMA, DHS
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• The New 477 Legislation and Tribal Opportunities
  • Margaret Zientek, Assistant Director Employment & Training, Citizen Potawatomi Nation and Co-Chair P.L. 102-477 Tribal Work Group
  • Lloyd Miller, Partner, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller, Monkman & Flannery, LLP
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• Self-Governance Inter-Tribal Cooperative Agreements
  • CloAnn B. Westerman, Tribal Lands Department, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• Office of Special Trustee – Annual Trust Evaluations for Compacted Tribes “A New Approach”
  • John White & Elizabeth Wells Shollenberger, Office of the Special Trustee, DOI
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• Calculating Contract Support Costs for BIA Programs
  • Vickie Hanvey, Program Policy Analyst, Office of Self Governance, DOI
  • Additional Resources:
    • DTL Letter: CSC Data Call
    • Indian Affairs Manual on CSC (Part 13- Chapter 7)
    • ITEM #9d – CSC Calculation Form for Title IV Contractors
• Non-BIA Federal Register Consultation Session
  • Kenneth Reinfeld, Senior Policy/Program Analyst, Office of Self Governance, DOI
  • Additional Resources:
    • Memo to Self-Governance Tribes – Review of Draft Non-BIA Federal Register Notice for 2018
    • Draft Federal Register Notice List of 2018 Non-BIA Self-Governance Programs
• Preparing an Indirect Cost Proposal (IDC)
  • Mark Stout, Interior Business Center, DOI
  • Additional Resources:
    • Sample IDC Negotiation Packet

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

General Assembly:

• Indian Health Service Update
  • RADM Chris Buchanan, Acting Director, IHS
• Office of Tribal Self-Governance Update
  • Jennifer Cooper, Acting Director, Office of Tribal Self-Governance, IHS
• Department of Housing and Urban Development and IHS Partnership to Meet Indian Housing Needs
  • Heidi J. Frechette, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Native American Programs, HUD
• IHS Fiscal Years 2017-2019 Budget Update and IHS Budget 101
  • Elizabeth Fowler, Deputy Director for Management Operations, IHS
  • Andy Joseph, Jr., Councilman, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and Tribal Co-Chair, National IHS Budget Formulation Work Group
• Health Legislation in the 115^th Congress
  • Caitrin McCarron Shuy, Director of Congressional Relations, National Indian Health Board
  • Doneg McDonough, President, Health Systems Analytics and Technical Advisor, TSGAC
  • Elliott Milhollin, Partner, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker

Concurrent Breakout Sessions:

• Solutions to Modernize IHS Health Information Technology
  • Carolyn Crowder, Crowne Consulting & Management
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• Achieving Accreditation and Improving Health Care Quality
  • Megan C. Mackiernan, PAC, Director of Quality Improvement and Risk Management, Norton Sound Regional Health Corporation
  • Megan Lenaghan, Quality Management Coordinator, Southern Indian Health Council
• Partnering to Measure Successful Health Outcomes
  • Lonnie Nelson, Ph.D. & Cindy Gamble, MPH, Partnerships for Native Health, Washington State University
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• Successfully Serving Native Veterans in Tribal Health Programs
  • Rob Hard, External Affairs Manager, Seattle VA Regional Office, Seattle, WA
  • Stephanie Birdwell, Director, VA Office of Tribal Government Relations, Washington, DC
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• Preparing an Indirect Cost Proposal (IDC)
  • Mark Stout, Interior Business Center, DOI
  • Additional Resources:
    • Sample IDC Negotiation Packet

Thursday, April 27, 2017

General Assembly:

• 2017-2019 National Tribal Self-Governance Strategic Plan
  • Strategic Plan Priorities

Concurrent Breakout Sessions:

• Part 1 of 2:  Health Reform Legislation and Impact on the Indian Health System
  • Jim Roberts, Sr. Executive, Intergovernmental Affairs, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
  • Doneg McDonough, President, Health System Analytics and Technical Advisor, TSGAC
    • TSGAC Memo: AI/AN Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment
    • TSGAC Memo: AI/AN Marketplace Enrollment and Cost-Sharing Payments, as of December 2016
  • Elliott Milhollin, Partner, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• Self-Governance Negotiations Best Practices
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• Utilizing the Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy
  • Mariano Franchi, Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• Part 2 of 2: Tribal Caucus Roundtable Discussion to Develop a Strategy for the IHS under Health Reform
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• Recovering and Spending Third-Party Revenue
  • Richard D. Monkman, Partner, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller, Monkman & Flannery, LLP
  • Jim Roberts, Sr. Executive, Intergovernmental Affairs, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
• Tribal Shares Fundamentals
  • Recorder Form/Session Notes
• Calculating Contract Support Costs for IHS Programs
  • Rebecca A. Patterson, Associate, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Miller, Monkman & Flannery, LLP
  • Additional Resources:
    • IHS CSC Negotiation Templates