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MARCH 6-8, 2019 DoubleTree by Hilton at Lloyd Center Portland, Oregon region10tels.eventsmart.com REGION 10 TRIBAL LEADERS SUMMIT 2019 CONFERENCE AGENDA Welcome to the 2019 Region 10 Tribal Environmental Summit where tribal leaders and their staff convene to address the most compelling issues facing the environment. The summit is organized by the Region 10 Tribal Operations Committee, with grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Indian General Assistance Program. SOVEREIGNTY: AIR, LAND, AND WATER

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D o u b l e T r e e b y H i l t o n a t L l o y d C e n t e rP o r t l a n d , O r e g o n

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REGION 10 TRIBALLEADERS SUMMIT

2019CONFERENCE

AGENDA

Welcome to the 2019 Region 10 Tribal Environmental Summit where tribal leaders and their staff convene to address the most

compelling issues facing the environment. The summit is organized by the Region 10 Tribal Operations Committee, with grant funding from

the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Indian General Assistance Program.

SOVEREIGNTY: AIR, LAND, AND

WATER

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CONFERENCE AGENDA1

WHERE TO GO CULTURAL NIGHT LLOYD CENTER BALLROOM

INFORMATION

7-8 AM IN THE FOYERCHECK IN & REGISTRATION

BREAKOUT SESSION ROOMS 1 Air/Climate: Morrison/Ross Island

2 Land: Sellwood/Hawthorne3 Water: Weidler/HalseyYouth Session: Broadway

General Session: Lloyd Center Ballroom

*SEE MAP ON BACK PAGE

6-8 PM THURSDAYMARCH 8

LLOYD CENTER BALLROOM

DINNER AND A NIGHT OF ENVIRONMENTAL

STORYTELLING

MORE INFORMATION ON PAGE 7

8 AM DAILYBREAKFAST, KEYNOTES & OVERVIEW

12PM - 1:30 PM DAILYLUNCH WITH KEYNOTES

6PM THURSDAY CULTURAL NIGHT

8 AM -12 PM FRIDAYSUMMIT CONCLUDES AT NOON

Region 10 is home to 271 Federally Recognized Tribes in the states of Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The primary function of the Regional Tribal Operations Committee (RTOC) is a partnership with the United States

Environmental Protection Agency to further Tribal environmental objectives at the regional level, to serve as a liaison between the EPA and Tribes regarding information exchange, and to provide assistance to the National Tribal

Operations Committee (NTOC). Our mission is to protect and improve Tribal health and environmental conditions affecting Federally Recognized Tribes consistent with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Indian Lands Policy,

EPA’s trust responsibility, environmental laws, policies and guidance. This is an annual Summit which rotates location between all four states in our Region. We are honored you are here.

Be sure to fol low us on social media! Facebook or Twitter @region10rtoc Like to take photos? Tag us using #R10TELS

Sarah Penney

N e z P e r c e / S a n t e e S i o u x

Sarah Penney, an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho, is a self-taught artist who has been creating various artistic pieces for over 30 years. Her experience includes graphic design, canvas paintings, mixed media pieces, advertisements, book illustrations, cards, murals, logos and brochures, marketing and creative design, and numerous commissioned pieces.

Ms. Penney holds a Master’s Degree in Education and enjoys working in the f ield of higher education combined with her professional career as an artist. Her artwork is inspired by the beauty of family, tradition, and the preservation of native way of life. Her website is at www.sarahpenneystudio.com

logo designer graphic recorder

Lori Rock

B i g I d e a Z o o F o u n d e r a n d

C r e a t i v e S t r a t e g i s t

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REGION 10 TELSSOVEREIGNTY: AIR, LAND, AND WATER

Chris Hladick, Region 10 EPA, Regional Administrator Chris Hladick serves as the Regional Administrator for EPA Region 10. He oversees Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington including 271 tribal governments. Mr. Hladick served as Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development from 2015 – 2017. He previously served as City Manager in Unalaska, Alaska where he was responsible for the day-to-day operation of city services, programs and long-term planning. Early in his career, Mr. Hladick served as City Manager in Dillingham, Alaska and the City Manager and Public Works Director in Galena, Alaska. His passion for protecting the environment extends to his involvement activity in other organizations: Alaska Arctic Policy Commission; Northern Waters Task Force; and serving on the working group on the Arctic Marine Protected Areas; and the Task Force for Arctic Marine Cooperation. Mr. Hladick holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Biology from Eastern Illinois University.

Jeff Litwak, Columbia River Gorge Commission Counsel since 1999, Planner 2 years (1992–94). B.S., Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (1990) (City and Regional Planning); M.C.P., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1992) (Environmental Policy, Planning, and Mediation); J.D., Lewis and Clark, Northwestern School of Law (1997) (Environmental and Natural Resources Law certificate). Jeff is also an adjunct professor of law at Lewis and Clark Law School (currently teaching administrative law, land use law, and interstate compact law); and an advisory board member for The Council of State Governments’ National Center for Interstate Compacts. Jeff’s writings include annual chapters on Intergovernmental Relations for the ABA Administrative Law Section’s annual Developments in Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice book since 2008 as well as many other publications. In 2016, Lewis and Clark Law School named Jeff a Distinguished Environmental Law graduate.

W. Charles McIntosh, EPA, Assistant Administrator serves as the Assistant Administrator of the Office of International and Tribal Affairs of Environmental Protection Agency. He is an attorney and engineer from Michigan, where he worked for Ford for nearly 20 years. Prior to that, he worked as deputy director for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality under Republican Gov. John Engler for seven years. At Michigan’s DEQ, he supervised regulatory reform and criminal investigations and directed the development of administrative rules for the state.

Daniel Rey-Bear, Partner at Rey-Bear McLaughlin, LLP in Spokane Before co-founding his law firm three years ago, he worked at Nordhaus Law Firm, LLP for 19 years, including 16 in Albuquerque. Among other prior work, he previously served as a Staff Attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta and worked at the EPA Office of General Counsel in Washington, D.C. Dan specializes in litigation, transactional work, intergovernmental issues, and client support concerning sovereign immunity, jurisdiction, trust enforcement, employment, land acquisitions, economic development, financing, gaming, and taxation, as well as environmental regulation, permitting, assessments, and remediation. Dan is a nationally ranked lawyer in Native American Law by Chambers and Partners and Best Lawyers. He is also an Accredited Professional in Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Building Design and Construction (LEED AP BD+C) by the U.S. Green Building Council, and an Advisor for the American Law Institute’s Restatement of the Law for the Law of American Indians.

Harold Tarbell, Tarbell Facilitation Network Harold Tarbell (Akwesasne Mohawk) provides independent facilitation, strategic planning, conference moderation and training to Indigenous, Government, Corporate and Non-Profit clients at the local, regional and national levels across Canada and the US. Building on his career experience that includes Land Claims Research, Community Development, Program Management, Executive Leadership and serving as an Elected Tribal Chief has contributed to Harold’s ability effectively facilitate the political and technical issues and relationships involved in a wide range of areas. The Tarbell Facilitation Network is passionate about providing all participants, especially Indigenous peoples, the opportunity to have a voice in decisions that affect their lives.

Richard Whitman, Director, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Richard Whitman is the new director of the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality. Whitman has been serving as acting director since Oct. 15, 2016. The Oregon Environmental Quality Commission picked Whitman Tuesday following a nationwide search. “Richard Whitman is the right person to lead DEQ in the challenges it faces, including addressing air toxics, reducing a backlog of water quality permits and making DEQ more transparent,” commissioner Colleen Johnson said in a statement. Whitman was director of Oregon’s Department of Land Conservation and Development from 2008 to 2011. He then worked as policy director for the Governor’s Natural Resources Office, coordinating the work of the state’s environmental protection and natural resource agencies. Whitman beat out one other finalist, Leanne Mosby, who previously was with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

keynotes

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DAY 1 MORNING

CONFERENCE AGENDA3

Chairwoman Deloris Pigsley

C o n f e d e r a t e d T r i b e s o f S i l e t z I n d i a n s o f O r e g o n

Delores P igs ley was born in Toledo Oregon to Al f red and Maude Lane. The youngest of e ight ch i ldren, l ived and grew up at Chemawa Indian School , where her parents were employed. After graduat ion from Keizer Grade School , attended Serra Cathol ic High School then graduated from North Sa lem High in Sa lem Oregon in 1961. As an advocate for the S i letz Tr ibe, she was e lected and served on the S i letz Tr iba l Counci l f rom 9/75 – 11/79, when the tr ibe sought and reversed federa l terminat ion. She has been e lected and served cont inuously f rom 02/83 to the present t ime. In the capaci ty as Chairman, Delores has been act ive ly involved in tr iba l government, Indian commiss ions and boards, committees, and in many other government funct ions and capaci t ies throughout her career.

I N T H E L L OY D C E N T E R B A L L R O O MJoin us at 8:00am for Breakfast and the Welcome & Opening Ceremony

featur ing Chairwoman Delor is P igs ley , fo l lowed by our f i rst Keynote Speaker Daniel Rey-Bear

10:00 A M G E N E R A L S E S S I O N Harold Tarbel l

Harold Tarbel l Fac i l i tat ion What is RTOC & Where Are We Going?

a fac i l i tated tr ibal leaders d iscuss ion fo l lowed by Youth Recognit ion.

WED, MARCH 6 MORNING

7:00am REGISTRATION/CHECKIN

8:00 - 8:30am BREAKFAST

8:30 - 9:00am WELCOME & OPENING CEREMONY Chairwoman Deloris Pigsley, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon

9:00 - 9:45am KEYNOTE Daniel Rey-Bear, Rey-Bear McLaughlin, LLP The State of Indian Law in 2019

9:45 - 10:00am BREAK

10:00am - Noon GENERAL SESSION Facilitator: Harold Tarbell, Harold Tarbell Facilitation What is RTOC & Where Are We Going? Facilitated Tribal Leaders Discussion Youth Recognition

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Youth Sess ions wi l l run concurrent ly in Broadway Room.

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DAY 1 AFTERNOON

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I N T H E L L OY D C E N T E R B A L L R O O MJoin us at Noon for Lunch and our Keynote

EPA Perspect ive Chr is Hladick, Region 10 EPA, Regional Administrator

W. Charles McIntosh, EPA, Ass istant Administrator

Youth Sess ions wi l l run concurrent ly in Broadway Room.WED, MARCH 6 AFTERNOON

1:30 - 3:00pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS

SESSION 1: AIR/CLIMATE MORRISON/ROSS ISLAND ROOMS

The Challenge of Climate Don Sampson, Aff i l iated Tr ibes of Northwest Indians; Chairman Leonard Forsman, Suquamish Tr ibe and Pres ident of ATNI ; Bob Aust in , Upper Snake R iver Tr ibes

SESSION 2: LAND SELLWOOD/HAWTHORNE ROOMS

Addressing Mega-Projects and Impacts to Tribal Resources Margaret Corv i , Confederated Tr ibe of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and S ius law Indians; Deane Osterman, Ka l i spel Tr ibe; Chairman Jeremiah Jay Ju l ius , Lummi Tr ibe

SESSION 3: WATER WEIDLER/HALSEY ROOMS

The Columbia River Treaty: Protecting Salmon and Water Quality J im Heffernan, Columbia R iver Inter-Tr iba l F ish Commiss ion; Tay lor Aalv ik , Cowl i tz Indian Tr ibe; Chairman Rodney Cawston, Confederate Tr ibes of the Colv i l le Reservat ion

3:00 - 3:30pm B R E A K - N E T W O R K - M E E T YO U R R TO C R E P3:30 - 5:00pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS

SESSION 1: AIR/CLIMATE MORRISON/ROSS ISLAND ROOMS

Fires, Mega Fires, and their ImpactsKr is Ray, Confederated Tr ibes of the Colv i l le Reservat ion; Mike McGown, EPA Region 10; R ick Graw, Forest Serv ice

SESSION 2: LAND SELLWOOD/HAWTHORNE ROOMS

Cleaning Up Our Land and Protecting Resources in the Superfund Process Kel ly Wright , Shoshone-Bannock Tr ibes; Chr is Pr ice, Qawalangin Tr ibe Of Unalaska; McClure Tosch, Yakama Nat ion; A lex James, Yakutat Tr ibe

SESSION 3: WATER WEIDLER/HALSEY ROOMS

5:00pm A D J O U R N

S P E C I A L S E S S I O N OREGON ROOM

Oregon Tribal Leaders Roundtable with EPA Leadership This special session will be held in the Oregon Room dur ing the Wednesday 3:30pm Breakout Sessions.

Questions? Contact Wenona Wilson, EPA Senior Tribal Policy Advisor at 206-331-1108.

Transboundary Water Issues Raymond Paddock and Cer Scott , Centra l Counci l T l ing i t and Haida

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CONFERENCE AGENDA5

7:00am REGISTRATION/CHECKIN

8:00 - 8:30am BREAKFAST

8:30 - 9:45am KEYNOTE Richard Whitman, Director, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality A State Perspective

9:45 - 10:00am BREAK

10:00am - Noon GENERAL SESSION Facilitated Tribal Leaders Discussion

DAY 2 MORNING

I N T H E L L OY D C E N T E R B A L L R O O MJoin us at a 7:00am Walk for Miss ing & Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW),

fo l lowed by Breakfast at 8 :00am and Welcome Message by Kathleen Feehan George. At 8:30am is our f i rst Keynote Richard Whitman, A State Perspect ive.

10:00 A M G E N E R A L S E S S I O N Faci l i tated Tr ibal Leaders Discuss ion

THUR, MARCH 7 MORNING

Kathleen Feehan George

C o u n c i l m e m b e r C o n f e d e r a t e d T r i b e s

o f G r a n d R o n d e

Kathleen George has spent her career helping tribal governments accomplish their goals and build their future. This work is the foundation to her deep commitment to ensuring that Tribes have a seat at the table when decisions are being made that affect Tribal people and resources. Prior to being elected to Tribal Council Kathleen was the Director of Spirit Mountain Community Fund, the philanthropic arm of the Tribe. This position also provided opportunities to educate the world of philanthropy about the significant needs and tremendous opportunities in Indian Country today. Before working in philanthropy she partnered with tribal communities throughout Oregon and Washington on efforts to restore healthy environments to protect tribal people and their resources. Kathleen’s former consulting firm, Cedar Consulting, worked in natural resources policy and strategic planning. Kathleen was appointed by Governor Kate Brown to and serves as the Chairwoman of the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission which oversees the Department of Environmental Quality. She was awarded the Columbia River Hero Award by the Columbia River Toxics Reduction Working Group for her work to protect the health of tribal people who eat fish from Oregon rivers.

Kathleen and her husband Rick live with their sons and Kathleen’s Mom on a small farm outside of Sheridan Oregon.

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Youth Sess ions wi l l run concurrent ly in Broadway Room.

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DAY 2 AFTERNOON

THUR, MARCH 7 AFTERNOON

1:30 - 3:00pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS

SESSION 1: AIR/CLIMATE MORRISON/ROSS ISLAND ROOMS

Tools to Understand the Impacts of Climate Change and Environmental Harm Mike Brubaker, A laska Nat ive Tr iba l Health Consort ium; Haley Case-Scott , Pac i f ic Northwest Tr iba l C l imate Change Project

SESSION 2: LAND SELLWOOD/HAWTHORNE ROOMS

Creating Strength and Resilience Through Food Soverignty Toni Stanger McLaughlin, Tribal Governance at Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, University of Arkansas; Valerie Segrest, Muckleshoot Tribe; Nora Frank-Buckner, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

SESSION 3: WATER WEIDLER/HALSEY ROOMS

Protecting our Subsistence Resources through Fish Consumption Rates Mary Lou Sosc ia , EPA Region 10; Diane Barton, Columbia R iver Inter-Tr iba l F ish Commiss ion; Fran Wi lshusen, Northwest Indian F isher ies Commiss ion

3:00 - 3:30pm B R E A K - N E T W O R K - M E E T YO U R R TO C R E P3:30 - 5:00pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS

SESSION 1: AIR/CLIMATE MORRISON/ROSS ISLAND ROOMS

Protecting our Homes: Indoor Air Quality Celeste Davis Northwest Port land Area Indian Health Board; Tom Dickerson, Tula l ip Tr iba l Hous ing; A i leen Gagney, Tr iba l Healthy Homes Network

SESSION 2: LAND SELLWOOD/HAWTHORNE ROOMS

Challenges of Addressing Solid Waste Bobbi Anne Barnowsky, Tr iba l So l id Waste Advisory Network; R ick McMonagle & Angel Ip , EPA Region 10; Lance Whitwel l , Nat ive V i l lage of Venet ie

SESSION 3: WATER WEIDLER/HALSEY ROOMS

Protecting Water Quality and Addressing Nonpoint Source Pollution Amy Tra iner, Swinomish Tr ibe; Michael Mart inez, Northwest Indian F isher ies Commiss ion; Janine Castro, U.S . F ish and Wi ld l i fe Serv ice; S ierra Higheagle , Nez Perce Tr ibe

5:00pm A D J O U R N6:00 - 8:00pm CULTURAL NIGHT See next page for detai ls

I N T H E L L OY D C E N T E R B A L L R O O MJoin us at Noon for Lunch and our Keynote

How Much Evidence Should We Need to Protect Cultural Sites and Treaty Rights? Jeff L i twak, Columbia River Gorge Commiss ion

Special Presentation: #REDgalia Presentat ion by Yakama Nation Vict im Resources Program and Yakama Nation Tr ibal Counci l

See page 17 for more detai ls .

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Youth Sess ions wi l l run concurrent ly in Broadway Room.

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6:00 - 8:00pm in the Lloyd Center Ballroom

D inner and a Night of Environmental Storyte l l ing

CULTURAL NIGHT

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Woodrow Morrison, JD

T r a d i t i o n a l S t o r y t e l l e r

Káawan Sangáa Woodrow F. (Woody) Morrison, Jr., began his training as a History Keeper for the Haida people at the age of three. He attended and graduated f rom Indian boarding schools – Mt. Edgecumbe High School and Haskell Institute. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Sociology f rom University of Minnesota and a Juris Doctor Degree f rom University of New Mexico School of Law. He is past President of Wisdom of the Elders, Inc. and the Vancouver Society of Storytelling. From 1993 to 2010, he worked as a Cultural/Story Consultant on twenty Hollywood f ilm productions and served as part of f ilm crews for 150+ productions. He co-hosted a cultural radio talk show for 15 years on Co-Op Radio and his own Language to Language Radio at University of British Columbia. He taught a Haida Language and Culture Class 2002-2007, presently is a client support Elder at the Child and Family Services Society, Vancouver B.C. where he co-facilitates Strengthening Fathers, Strengthening Families and Circle of Boys.

Harvest Moon

T r a d i t i o n a l S t o r y t e l l e r

Harvest Moon Howell’s (Quinault) is a Quinault Tribal Ambassador and Master Basket Weaver. Her birth mother is Hoh River and her birth father was Quinault. Her name, Harvest Moon, was given to her by her great grandfather. She has now been storytelling three decades, for over half her lifetime. These are stories that will make you laugh, cry and will move you. Why it rains so much in the Pacif ic Northwest, Why Heron is always standing in water. She has fulf illed terms as a speaker on the Washington State Commission for the Humanities and at Northwest Indian Storytellers Gatherings in Oregon and Washington. She shares about the use of plants in ways, which more than 150 species serves as food, medicinal uses, as well as clothing and other objects. The many hours that can’t be counted where Harvest Moon spent in the woods as a child, bringing the mysteries of the plants to life.

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Ed Edmo

T r a d i t i o n a l S t o r y t e l l e r

Ed Edmo is Shoshone-Bannock poet, playwright, performer, traditional storyteller, tour guide and lecturer on Northwest tribal culture. He provides guided tours to the She Who Watches petroglyphs on the Columbia Gorge, as well as to the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in central Oregon’s high desert country. He conducts workshops, traditional storytelling performances, dramatic monologues and lectures on such issues as cultural understanding and awareness, drug and alcohol abuse, and mental health. I enjoy working with both children and adults in educational or other settings. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Carol, son, John, and daughter, Se-ah-dom and her daughter.

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8:00 - 8:30am BREAKFAST

8:45 - 9:00am WELCOME

9:00 - 11:00am WRAP UP Facilitated TELS Summary, Discussion & Wrap Up Youth Presentation

11:00am - Noon AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Noon ADJOURN See you next year in Juneau, AK

DAY 3 MORNING

FRI, MARCH 8 MORNING

Taylor Aalvik, Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Taylor has served on the Tribe’s Governing body since January of 2005. He began serving the Tribe since 2002 as an Environmental Scientists and the first paid staff for the Tribe’s Natural Resources Department (NRD). In 2005, he became the Assistant Director for the NRD and in March of 2008, he became the Director. Under his leadership, the NRD plans and implements several technical programs, primarily related to restoration of the Tribe’s homeland within SW Washington State. He has and continues to participate in several policy forums and issues both locally and at the national scale as it pertains to resource matters. Taylor also serves on a variety of Boards and Committees. He has served on Washington State’s regional entity of the Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board since 2007, which is connected to the State’s Salmon Recovery Funding Board. He has had direct participation on the Sovereign Review Team in connection to the review and regional recommendation associated with the Columbia River Treaty between the U.S. and Canada. He serves as the Chairman of the Pinchot Partners, which is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that deals with the health of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest – Cowlitz Valley ranger district and surrounding areas, and the economic well-being of the local communities.

Bob Austin, Upper Snake River Tribes, has experience working on a great variety of fish and wildlife, and natural resource policy issues. Bob’s career began as a researcher in the Everglades National Park, then for ten years worked with the US Fish and Wildlife Service in their inland and anadromous hatchery programs in various locations in the western US including the Spearfish Fisheries Center in South Dakota, Lahontan hatchery in Nevada and Dworshak hatchery complex in Idaho. The majority of his public service, over 20 years, was at Bonneville Power Administration, with his last role prior to federal retirement as Deputy Director of the Fish and Wildlife Program. Bob currently serves as Fish and Wildlife Program Director at the Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation. Bob’s education experience includes a BS in Biology from King’s College, PA, and a MS in Fishery Biology from Central Michigan University, as well as extensive coursework in Public Administration at Lewis and Clark College, Portland.

presenters

ALL FRIDAY ACTIVITIES WILL BE HELD IN THE LLOYD CENTER BALLROOM

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presenters CONTINUED

Bobbi Anne Barnowsky, Tribal Solid Waste Advisory Network Bobbi Anne is the Program Director for the Tribal Solid Waste Advisory Network. She has served the Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor as their Tribal. She has served as one of Alaska’s Region X Tribal Operations Committee Representative for the EPA to serve as a voice for native tribes throughout Region 10. As the former Old Harbor Environmental Director, she has led her community to be a model class III Landfill as well as instituted an Air Quality Program and Tribal Emergency Response Team. She has served two years as an AmeriCorps RAVEN member working with youth and community members in Old Harbor focused on increasing volunteering and fostering youth involvement through environmental awareness and projects. Ms. Barnowsky currently holds a Master’s degree from University of Alaska Southeast and San Jose State University. Ms. Barnowsky was awarded the Alaska Forum on the Environment Environmental Excellence Award and led her community to receive the Alaska Tribal Environmental Management Community Environmental Excellence Award. She was most recently awarded the 1st Ladies Volunteer of Year Awards for the State of Alaska. Currently, Ms. Barnowsky is using her educational knowledge and environmental experience to write tribal grants for new and innovative ideas for tribes in need.

Dianne C. Barton, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) Water Quality Coordinator Dianne provides technical expertise related to water quality, environmental toxics, regulatory processes, and fate and transport of contaminants. CRITFC is a technical support and coordinating agency for its member tribes’ fisheries management programs. Dianne serves as the Chairman of the National Tribal Toxics Council (NTTC) which is an EPA tribal partnership group for the Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics. Key issues for the NTTC include advocacy for programs to minimize the disproportionate exposure of tribal members to toxic chemicals, increasing tribal capacity to monitor natural resources for toxic chemicals, and enhancing tribal consultation on chemical risk management and pollution prevention policies. Dianne holds a Ph.D. in Geochemistry from the University of Arizona and is a member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

Mike Brubaker, Director, Department of Community Environment and Health Mike focuses on helping rural Alaska communities achieve healthy environments. He was born in Juneau and raised in Anchorage, where he still lives today. He earned a BS in Biology from St. Lawrence University and a MS in Environmental Management from the University of San Francisco. He has worked in the Alaska Tribal Health System since 1997, having spent ten years at the Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association and the past ten years at Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. Mike was one of the co-founders of the LEO Network and the Center for Climate and Health.

Haley Case-Scott, Tribal Climate Change Program Assistant Haley has worked with the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project since 2017. Haley graduated from the University of Oregon with Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and a Minor in Native American Studies in June 2018. Haley Case-Scott is a Siletz Tribal member and a descendent of the Klamath Tribes, Yurok Tribes, and Sokaogon band of Chippewa. She is interested in decolonizing methodologies and supporting tribal governments and communities in asserting their sovereignty through tribal led policy and legislation. Haley has also served as a climate change intern with the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians in 2017 and as an intern in Senator Ron Wyden’s field office in 2016.

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Janine Castro, Ph.D., R.G., Project Leader, US Fish and Wildlife Service Janine is the Project Leader for the Columbia River Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (CRFWCO) in Vancouver, Washington. It is the mission of the CRFWCO to assist in determining the status of imperiled natural fish stocks, to evaluate management measures for recovery and assist in the recovery of these stocks, and to prevent future ESA listings. As the Project Leader, Janine provides leadership to a highly diverse technical staff that address a wide variety of fisheries issues, including: (1) fish passage and aquatic habitat restoration, (2) bull trout recovery and lamprey conservation, (3) marking and tagging of nearly 40 million hatchery fish annually to support tribal, recreational, and commercial mark-selective fisheries, (4) mark-recapture studies of wild fish to determine occupancy, distribution, abundance, trends, and population growth rates, and (5) providing analytical support to project design, evaluation, and information management. Janine provides national and international training on stream restoration, river science, and public speaking for scientists. She has worked for the Fish and Wildlife Service for 19 years and spent the preceding 10 years working for the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Janine is co-founder of Science Talk, one of the five founding members of River Restoration Northwest, adjunct faculty in the Environmental Sciences and Management Department at Portland State University, and the Technical Director for the PSU River Restoration Professional Certificate Program. Education: BS Geology and BA Geography, 1991, CSU Chico; MS Interdisciplinary Studies, Environmental Geomorphology, 1993, CSU Chico; PhD Geosciences, 1997, Oregon State University, Corvallis. Specialties: Aquatic Habitat Restoration, Geomorphology, Science Communication.

Rodney Cawston, Colville Business Council Chairman Rodney is the Chairman of the Colville Business Council. Rodney’s Indian name is tipyelene cicqn or Eagle Blanket which is a Nez Perce ancestral name that he received from his mother’s side of his family. Rodney grew up on the Colville Reservation in Nespelem. He descends from the Nez Perce, Lakes and Okanogan Tribes. Rodney’s 20 plus years of work experience with the Colville Confederated Tribes includes managing the Archives & Records Program, the Museum & Gift Shop, and the Language Program, all three of which he wrote the initial grants that funded them. He has also served as the Tribes’ Contract Officer. His work experience includes serving as a Regional Branch Chief for the Navajo Regional Office as the Self-Determination Officer, the Tribal Operations Manager for Washington State University to recruit Native American students and to work with signatory MOU tribes to establish research opportunities with the University. Additionally, Rodney was instrumental in the development of the Regents scholarship for Native American students attending WSU. Rodney served two Commissioners of Public Lands, which is a state-wide elected official in Olympia, WA providing leadership to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). DNR has oversight over all of the public, commercial, agricultural, and aquatic lands in the State of Washington. At DNR, Rodney was responsible to work with all federally recognized tribes and he has met with each of their tribal councils on natural resource issues. Rodney drafted the “Commissioner’s Order on Public Relations”, which sets government to government policy between DNR and Washington’s federally recognized tribes. Rodney also worked as the Self-Determination Specialist for the Puget Sound Agency, working with most of the tribal governments in Western Washington. Presently, Rodney is pursuing a PhD in the School of the Environment and Forest Sciences.

Margaret Corvi, Confederated Tribe of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians Margaret is Director Department of Natural Resources, Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians.

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Celeste L. Davis, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board Consultant Celeste currently works providing technical assistance and working on developing environmental health program capacity. She formerly served as the Director for the Division of Environmental Health Services and the Emergency Management Coordinator for the Indian Health Service, Portland Area. During her career, she has served over 130 Tribes and Alaska Native Villages through a variety of environmental public health positions in the southeastern U.S., Alaska, New Mexico, and the Pacific Northwest, having risen through the ranks from the field to management. Ms. Davis is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. She is a Registered Environmental Health Specialist who earned her BS degree in Environmental Health Science from East Central University in Ada, OK, and an MPH in Occupational and Environmental Health from the University of Oklahoma. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Health Systems and Policy.

Thomas Dickerson, Tulalip Tribal Housing Thomas is married to a Tulalip Tribal member, with four Tribal children and two Tribal grandchildren. The Dickerson’s own a home on the Tulalip Reservation, where the majority their family also lives. Thomes has worked for the Housing Department for over 10 years, completing new Residential and Commercial construction projects, as well as completing numerous remodels, Tenant Improvements, Mold Remediation, Methamphetamine Cleanup/Restoration, and water damage mitigation projects. Prior to working for Tulalip Dickerson worked in Seattle, completing defect remediation projects and constructing new high rise structures. Thomas Dickerson was raised in Southern Indiana, attending Purdue University and receiving a Bachelor’s of Science in Human Physiology, with a minor in Philosophy and a minor in Political Science. The Dickerson’s enjoy traveling, both nationally and internationally, to experience new cultures and lifestyles.

Leonard Forsman, Suquamish Tribe and President of ATNI Leonard Forsman is Chairman of the Suquamish Tribe, a position he has held since 2005. Previously, he was a research archaeologist for Larson Anthropological/Archaeological Services in Seattle, Washington from 1992 to 2003. From 1984 to 1990, he was Director of the Suquamish Museum in Suquamish, WA, and has served on the Museum Board of Directors since 2010. His experience and expertise earned him a federal appointment to the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, of which he is now vice-chair, where he assists in promoting the preservation, enhancement and productive use of the nation’s historic resources. In addition, Forsman has held the position of Vice President at the Washington Indian Gaming Association since 2005. He has also been a member of the Washington State Historical Society Board since 2007, the Suquamish Tribal Cultural Cooperative Committee since 2006, and the Tribal Leaders Congress on Education since 2005. Forsman received a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Washington and an M.A. in Historic Preservation from Goucher College.

Nora Frank-Buckner, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board Nora is a Nez Perce Tribal Member and a Klamath Tribal Descendant. She began working for NPAIHB in January 2015 and is the WEAVE-NW Project Coordinator. Nora graduated from Oregon State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Health focused in Health Promotion and Health Behavior. In addition, she holds a Masters of Public Health degree focused on Health Management and Policy from Portland State University. Nora is passionate about health promotion, nutrition education, youth leadership development, youth engagement, and multi-sector collaboration for public health prevention activities. She is currently coordinating the efforts of the NW Tribal Food Sovereignty Coalition.

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Aileen Gagney, Tribal Healthy Homes Network Aileen Gagney is currently a private consultant working with the Tribal Healthy Homes Network as their Technical Advisor and Trainer. She is Adjunct Faculty with the University of Washington’s School of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences and a Facilitator/Trainer for the NW EcoBuilding Guilds’ Healthy Homes Training for Building Professionals Course. Previously she was the Director of the American Lung Association’s Master Home Environmentalist Program, responsible for overall program administration, grant deliverables, multi-cultural program expansion and supervision/training of all program staff and volunteers. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Washington State Public Health Association’s Individual Health Champion Award. She has Masters’ Degree’s in Architecture and Fine Arts, is a Healthy Home Specialist, Green Advantage-Certified, a Dust Sampling Technician and a Certified Lead Renovator.

Rick Graw, U.S. Forest Service Rick is the Air Quality Program Manager for the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. He is a meteorologist by education, and worked in the private sector for 20 years before joining the Forest Service 12 years ago. He currently serves as the regional air quality program manager for all the national forest in Washington and Oregon. As smoke is the primary pollutant of concern in the region, due to both prescribed and natural fire, he works to reduce risk from both fire and smoke to the public, fire fighters, and forest service employees.

Jim Heffernan, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission James is a Policy Analyst with the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, focuses his work on the regional effort to modernize the Columbia River Treaty.

Sierra Higheagle, Nez Perce Tribe Sierra is an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe. She has worked at the Nez Perce Tribe’s Water Resources Division since April, 2018. Sierra works on water quality and restoration projects. Sierra has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Montana Western in Biology. She is currently working towards a Master’s degree at the University of Idaho.

Angel Ip, EPA Region 10 Angel is a Tribal Waste Coordinator at EPA Region 10. She is part of EPA Region 10’s Tribal Waste team, serving 271 federally recognized Tribes in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington on addressing solid and hazardous waste issues. Angel is the program lead for solid and hazardous waste tools, trainings, technical assistance, data, research, coordination, and work on crosscutting topics, including addressing health impacts of waste in rural Alaska. She has prior experience and research on children’s health and public health impacts from climate change. Angel has also worked in multicultural environmental education and outreach, including facilitating discussions with teens on social and environmental justice issues, fostering youth led-projects, and bridging access to the arts and the outdoors. She continues to volunteer her time with local environmental justice organizations in Seattle. Angel earned graduate degrees from the University of Washington in Environmental and Occupational Exposure Science and Public Administration.

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Alex James, Yakutat Tribe Alex is the Natural Resource Manager for the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe. He lives in Yakutat, Alaska and works, fishes, and hunts throughout the usual and accustomed areas of the Tribe in the land call Yaakwdaat. Alex manages planning and on-the-ground removal actions and cleanup work performed by trained and qualified Tribal members. This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program (NALEMP) and EPA Tribal Response Program. Alex brings years of construction management experience and conducting work in the forests of Southeast Alaska. During the past five years, Alex has accomplished a series of successful removal actions and site investigations that have contributed to the cleanup of Tribal lands and protection of Tribal resources.

Jeremiah “Jay” Julius, Lummi Tribe Jeremiah comes from a long line of Lummi leaders, including his maternal grandfather Vernon Lane. He is a husband to an amazing wife, and a father of 3 amazing children. Jay is currently serving his second term as the Chairman of the Lummi Indian Business Council and has served on council for the past 8 years. Jay is a commercial crabber and fisherman. Crabbing and fishing throughout his life, instilled a sense of responsibility to maintain our peoples connection to the water and ensure future generations have a thriving salmon population and healthy Salish Sea for years to come. He is devoted to protecting our Lummi cultural heritage sites and areas, and helping to pass on ancestral knowledge, teachings, beliefs, and values to future generations.

Michael Martinez, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Michael is a Habitat Policy Analyst at the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. His background includes two decades of government experience. He served in the Obama Administration as a natural resources legal and policy advisor at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he led teams on environmental justice and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. During his tenure in the administration, he led federal engagement with Indian tribes affected by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. His leadership on National Ocean Policy was recognized in 2013 with the U.S. EPA’s Office of Water Bronze Medal. Martinez holds two law degrees and two master’s degrees with emphases on natural resources and environmental law and policy. He earned a Master of Laws degree in environmental law at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland. Before joining the Commission staff, he clerked for the Honorable Debra Stephens at the Washington Supreme Court.

Mike McGown, EPA Region 10 NMike began his career in 1985 at the Environmental Research Center at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, doing air quality monitoring and atmospheric visibility research under contract with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. In 1990, Mike moved to Idaho to work for the state’s Department of Environmental Quality. In his 18 plus years with the state, he held many positions including Air Quality Modeler, State Implementation Plan Manager, Smoke Management Coordinator, and Regional Administrator. In 2008, Mike began working for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 10, Idaho Operations Office in Boise, as the Idaho Air Coordinator. His responsibilities include oversight of the State of Idaho’s and Idaho’s Tribal Air Grants. Since 2010 Mike has served as R10’s smoke management coordinator. In that role he is responsible for coordinating smoke management and wildfire response efforts between air quality regulators, land managers and health professionals representing Tribal, State, Local, Private and Federal agencies. Mike also serves as an Air Resource Advisor providing smoke forecasting during large wildfire events. He has a BS in Meteorology and a MS in Atmospheric Physics.

Rick Monagle, EPA Region 10 Rick is the SEE/Tribal Solid Waste Liaison for EPA-Region 10 and based in the Oregon Operations Office in Portland, Oregon. He provides solid waste technical assistance, training and resources to the 43 federally recognized Tribes in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. He started in this position in August of 2017. He holds a B.S. from the Pennsylvania State University and a M.A. from California State University, Chico. He was enrolled in Ph.D. programs in Geography and Forest Resources at the University of Minnesota. He was the first Executive Director of Friends of the Mississippi River and at the Kinnickinnic River Land Trust. He was Director of Development and Communications at the McKenzie River Trust and Manager of the Land Legacy Program at the East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District.

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Deane Osterman, Kalispel Tribe Deane’s tenure at the Kalispel Tribe as Executive Director of Natural Resources has focused primarily on the promotion of environmental justice for the Kalispel Tribe of Indians and for the upper Columbia watershed. This effort has taken a significant amount of governmental affairs work in Washington, DC and other capital centers to educate legislative officials as well as political appointee/agency executives to understand the conservation situation and potential solutions to those problems. He is responsible for oversight of all departmental functions including: Fishery & Water Resources, Wildlife and Terrestrial Resources, Cultural Resources, and Energy.

Raymond Paddock, Central Council Tlingit and Haida Raymond Paddock III is the Environmental Coordinator for the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Native Lands and Resources Department. Raymond has coordinated Tlingit and Hiada’s IGAP program to provide training activities, educational assistance and coordination statewide and regionally. The NLR Department continues to contribute to the capacity and growth within Alaska tribes and provides a wide variety of services to assist tribes as they address local and regional environmental issues with EPA funded programs. Ray is currently serves on the EPA Region 10 RTOC, representing Alaska Tribes.

Chris Price, Qawalangin Tribe Of Unalaska MASTER OF ARTS, Ethnography and Environment. Alaska Pacific University, Anchorage, AK (2012). E-ENTERPRISE, Leadership Council, Tribal Representative for Region 10. EPA NATIONAL TRIBAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE (NTOC), Alaska Position 2. EPA REGION 10 TRIBAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE (RTOC), Alaska Position 1 (Alternate). ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME, Unalaska/Dutch Harbor Advisory Committee. KODIAK/ALEUTIANS SUBSISTENCE REGIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL, Council Member. Aleutian region representative, appointed to the council to serve as an advisor to the Federal Subsistence Board. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE-NATIVE AMERICAN LANDS ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION PROGRAM, Developed and coordinated the Cooperative Agreement between the Department of Defense and the Qawalangin Tribe to address environmental cleanup and restoration issues as a result of WWII military impacts on Unalaska Island. ALEUTIAN AND BERING SEA ISLANDS LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION COOPERATIVE (LCC), Steering Committee Member.

Kris Ray, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Kris has worked for the Confederated Tribes for many years and now manages the Air Quality Program for the last 10 years. Currently the program is developing the concept of smoke ready communities to provide practical methods to minimize health related problems due to wood smoke. The program also instigated the Okanogan River Airshed Partnership to look at the many sources of emissions on and off the Reservation and then develop strategies for decreasing exposure. The program operates three PM 2.5 BAM 1020 monitors, an E-BAM, a pesticide deposition monitor and a sensor network. The program also conducts yearly emissions inventories, participates in compliance and permitting activates, issues agricultural burn permits, determines burn bans and has delegation for several parts of the Federal Air Rules for Reservations. Kris is an EPA credentialed inspector for air quality.

Don Sampson, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Don is the Climate Change Project Director for the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, a consortium of 57-tribes in the Pacific Northwest. In 2015 he was one of 15 Indigenous representatives from North America at the Paris Climate Accords. Don was also the former Executive Director of the Institute of Tribal Government part of the Center for Public Service at Portland State University. Mr. Sampson was the former Executive Director and Chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon overseeing all tribal government and business operations with over 1500 employees. He was the Executive Director of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission from 1997-2003. He is an enrolled citizen of the Umatilla Tribe.

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Cer Scott, Central Council Tlingit and Haida Cer is an Environmental Specialist at the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) in the Native Lands and Resources Department. He is originally from Oklahoma City, OK but now lives in Juneau, AK.

Valerie Segrest, Muckleshoot Tribe Valerie is a native nutrition educator who specializes in local and traditional foods. As an enrolled member of the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, she serves her community as the coordinator of the Muckleshoot Food Sovereignty Project and also works as the Director of Curriculum and Instruction. In 2010, she co-authored the book “Feeding the People, Feeding the Spirit: Revitalizing Northwest Coastal Indian Food Culture”. Valerie received a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition from Bastyr University in 2009 and a Masters Degree in Environment and Community from Antioch University. Valerie aims to inspire and enlighten others about the importance of a nutrient-dense diet through a culturally appropriate, common sense approach to eating. http://www.tedxrainier.com/speakers/valerie-segrest/.

Mary Lou Soscia, EPA Region 10 Mary Lou is the Columbia River Coordinator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10. Mary Lou provides senior EPA representation on Columbia River Basin work efforts. Mary Lou provides senior EPA representation on Columbia River forums including the Columbia River Federal Caucus. Mary Lou is currently leading the implementation of the Columbia River Basin Restoration Program, CWA Section 123, and led the Columbia River Basin Toxics Reduction Working Group which led to the 2016 CWA amendments. She has led many important work efforts for EPA including EPA’s participation in the Columbia River Treaty and national work effort for Tribal Baseline Water Quality Standards. Mary Lou led the collaboration for the Oregon Clean Water Act Water Quality Standards human health criteria, the most protective state human health standards in the US; and Mary Lou has led the collaboration with Idaho Tribal Governments to address Idaho human health criteria revisions and develop the Idaho Tribal Fish Consumption Survey. Ms. Soscia has had over thirty years of experience with state, federal, and tribal government in watershed and river management issues. Ms. Soscia has a Bachelor’s degree in Geography from Virginia Tech and a Master’s degree in Geography from University of Maryland.

Toni Stanger-McLaughlin, J.D. Tribal Governance at Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative Toni is a citizen of the Colville Confederated Tribes and the Director of Tribal Governance for the University of Arkansas School of Law Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI). For over a decade Toni has been compassionately working in the area of agriculture law and policy. Toni has worked at the highest levels of the Federal Government as well as directly for many Tribes. Toni was raised on and near the Colville Confederated Tribes Reservation. In her spare time, Toni enjoys being outdoors with her husband and three children as well as beading and sewing powwow regalia for her immediate and extended family.

McClure Tosch, Yakama Nation McClure is the Yakama Nation Fisheries (YNF) Superfund Section Technical Lead. He has worked for YNF since 2010 and helped develop the hazardous waste site database and prioritization system. McClure provides technical support at all the hazardous waste site cleanups YNF’s superfund section is responding to including Portland Harbor and Bradford Island. McClure earned a MS in Environmental Science (2009) and a BS in Entomology (2007) from the University of Idaho.

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Amy Trainer, JD, Swinomish Tribe Amy serves as the Swinomish Tribe’s Environmental Policy Analyst, where she works on local, state and federal environmental policy matters to further the recovery of imperiled Skagit River and Puget Sound salmon populations. Prior to joining the amazing team at Swinomish, she served in a variety of legal, policy and executive director roles to protect and recover coastal, ocean and natural resources throughout California and Washington.

Lance Whitwell, Native Village of Venetie Lance is a Member of the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma, However has been in Alaska all his life. Lance was Raised in The lower Yukon river villages of Emmonak and then Marshall where he graduated high school. After a short tour in the US Army, Lance returned to Fairbanks where he met his wife Marcie, they have 3 children, 8 grandchildren. They returned to live in Marcie’s hometown of Venetie in 1991, this has been their home since that time. Lance spent two years serving as a RAVEN Americorps member for the Village of Venetie, upon graduating from Americorps, lance was offered the position of IGAP Coordinator in 1999, he has served in that position since and is currently the Environmental Programs Coordinator serving the communities of Venetie and Arctic Village and all 1.8 Million Acres of Tribal ly owned lands of the former Venetie Indian Reservation. Lance is currently serving as an RTOC Alternate for Daniel Chythlook AK Seat 3.

Fran Wilshusen, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Fran Wilshusen is actively engaged in work to protect and restore the landscapes and eco-systems critical to the recovery of our region’s salmon. She has particular interest in the challenges and opportunities created with the interface of those processes with tribal people and governments. She has 31 years of experience working with Indian tribes on treaty resource protection and natural resource management issues throughout the Pacific Northwest. Policy and program development skills combined with a love of the region, its places and people maintain her focus. She is currently the Habitat Services Director at the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission and serves as Executive Advisor to Salmon Defense. She lives in Olympia with her husband, Kurt, and son, Sky.

Kelly C. Wright, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Kelly is the Environmental Waste Management Program Manager for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes. Working for the Tribal government since 2003, his responsibilities include management of CERCLA, RCRA, Brownfields, Mining and Underground Storage Tank Sites. He has more than 30 years’ experience as an Environmental Professional. Since 1986, he has served in scientific capacities for Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency, State Environmental Regulatory, Shoshone Bannock Tribes and the private sector. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from Idaho State University and a Master in Science in Environmental Studies from the University of Idaho. Kelly has been involved with a wide variety of environment projects from operations through cleanup. He also was the first to receive Federal UST Inspector Credentials through the U.S. EPA Region 10 for Indian Country. He has also been expanding the Shoshone Bannock Tribes Environmental efforts both on the Reservation and off the Reservation in our homeland areas.

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#MMIW #MMNWG

Yakama Nation Victim Resource Program in association with Behavioral Health

REDgalia

REDgalia is a campaign created by the Yakama Nation Behavioral Health Victim Resource Program Team to bring awareness and education to honor the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) and Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls (MMNWG) on the Yakama Nation Reservation and nationally. REDgalia purpose is to join and support the national movement for congress to recognize the MMNWG as a National Day of Awareness. REDgalia supports our communities, local, state, and federal Law enforcement to continue the search for our MMNWG who have disappeared without a trace and who are seeking to have justice served. Furthermore, REDgalia focuses on promoting healing to the surviving families though a trauma informed care approached.

VRP started the REDgalia campaign in fall 2017 with its first exhibit revealed at the VRP Trauma Informed Care Conference, October 25-26, 2017 at the Heritage University. VRP has had a dozen wing dresses, modern day traditional regalia, made with the theme of red to honor the MMIW of the Yakama Nation. May 5th is the birthdate of missing and murdered Hanna Harrison of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. A congressional resolution was first introduced in April 2016 to make May 5th A National Day of Awareness for MMNWG. This resolution will help shed light on the countless tragedies involving our Native sisters.

FBI completed an investigation on the Yakama reservation in 2009, and found as many as 32 unsolved cases of missing persons or deaths. A recent report from the National Institute of Justice found that 4 out of 5 Native American women have experienced violence today. The U.S Department of Justice found that American Indian women face murder rates that are more than 10 times the national average. The National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that in 2016, homicide was the third-leading cause of death for Native American women between ages 10 and 24 and the fifth leading cause of death for American Indian and Alaska Native women between 25 and 34 years of age.

Recently, the Washington Legislature has passed House Bill 2951, addressing violence against Native American women on reservations. House Bill 2951 sponsored by Goldendale Representative Gina Mosbrucker, whose 14th District encompasses the Yakama Reservation and ancestral tribal land in Central Washington and the Columbia Gorge. The measure calls for state, tribal and federal jurisdictions to work together to identify missing Native American women. Mosbrucker was influenced to bring House Bill 2951 to the Washington Legislature by our own Yakama Tribal Council after watching the movie Wind River. The Yakama Nation has organized two MMIW coumminty meetings to discuss solutions for database on MMIW, communication between law enforcement, advocates, and developing an community emergency response team.

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THANK YOU FROM THE REGION 10 RTOC

REGIONAL TRIBAL REPS (RTOC)ALASKABrian Holter Jr. & Bi l ly Jean Stewart, Alaska Posit ion 1 Southeast Alaska & Yukon Kuskokwim DeltaRaymond Paddock I I I (RTOC Vice-Chair) & Eunice Brower, Alaska Position 2 Norton Sound and North SlopeLance Whitwell Robert Myers, Alaska Posit ion 3 Interior Alaska & Interior Yukon

IDAHOBil l P icard & Aaron Miles, Sr. OREGONDean Adams & VacantWASHINGTONElizabeth Sanchey (RTOC Chair) & Noel le Saluskin, Eastern WashingtonTodd Mitchel l & Vacant, Western Washington

NATIONAL TRIBAL REPS (NTOC)ALASKATom Robinson & Chris Pr ice, Alaska Pos it ion 1 Cook In let/Kodiak and Aleut ian/Pr ib i lofGayla Hoseth & Vacant, Alaska Pos it ion 2 Upper Nush-agak River/Lake I l iamna and Br isto l BayIDAHO, EASTERN WASHINGTON & EASTERN OREGONLee Juan Tyler & Kel ly WrightWESTERN WASHINGTON & WESTERN OREGON Wil l ie Frank I I I and Debra Lekanof

EPA REPSChris Hladick, Region 10 Regional AdministratorMichelle Pirzadeh, Region 10 Deputy RAMichael Szerlog, Acting Director RA DivisionStacy Murphy, Tribal Trust & Assistance Unit ManagerWenona Wilson, Acting Sr. Tribal Policy Advisor

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