Tribal Nations
Soaring to New Heights

10:00 -10:15 Welcome Remarks, Virtual Posting of Colors, Prayer

Moderator, Juanita J. Mullen, American Indian/Alaska Native Veterans Liaison, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Virtual Posting of the Colors, CIVA Color Guard
Honoring Song and Prayer, Tilford Brown
Announcements, SAIGE Board of Directors Chair, Fredericka Joseph

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10:15 – 10:45 National VA Updates

Stephanie Birdwell, Director, VA Office of Tribal Government Relations

 

10:45 – 11:00 Break

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11:00 – 11:30 New Space Force Employee

Capt. Haida StarEagle, Flight Commander, DOT, 36th Intelligence Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA

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11:30 – 12:00 USDA Military Veterans to Agriculture Program

Mr. Monshi Ramdass, (CSM, Retired), USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement

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12:00 – 12:30 Lunch

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12:30 – 13:00 Suicide Prevention

Pamela End of Horn, National Suicide Prevention Coordinator, Indian Health Service
 

13:00 – 13:30 Tribal HUD-VASH

Teresa Pittman, VHA, HUD-VASH Regional Coordinator
 

13:30 – 13:45 Break

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13:45 – 14:15 Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program (HVRP) Grant

Deana Votra, Muscogee Creek Nation HVRP Grant Program

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14:15- 14:45 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women/Sex Trafficking

Michelle Sauve, Administration for Native Americans

Elizabeth Pfenning, Office on Trafficking in Persons

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14:45- 15:00 Closing, Travel Song, Virtual Retiring of the Colors