

Tribal Nations
Soaring to New Heights
June 20 - 22, 2023
SAIGE 20th National Training Program
Welcome to Day 3
Grounded in Tradition, Resilient in Spirit

Veterans Track
10-3:00pm MDT
September 16 10:00-15:00
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
10:15 – 10:45 National VA Updates
Stephanie Birdwell, Director, VA Office of Tribal Government Relations
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:30 New Space Force Employee
Capt. Haida StarEagle, Flight Commander, DOT, 36th Intelligence Squadron, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, VA
11:30 – 12:00 USDA Military Veterans to Agriculture Program
Mr. Monshi Ramdass, (CSM, Retired), USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement
12:00 – 12:30 Lunch
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
13:45 – 14:15 Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program (HVRP) Grant
Deana Votra, Muscogee Creek Nation HVRP Grant Program
14:15- 14:45 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women/Sex Trafficking
Michelle Sauve, Administration for Native Americans
Elizabeth Pfenning, Office on Trafficking in Persons
14:45- 15:00 Closing, Travel Song, Virtual Retiring of the Colors