Tribal Nations
Soaring to New Heights
June 20 - 22, 2023
SAIGE 20th National Training Program
Grounded in Tradition, Resilient in Spirit
NATIONAL
TRAINING
PROGRAM
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General Track
September 14 and 15
Registered attendees, click the Participant Portal button. Enter the password you received by email to gain access to the 2021 National Training Program detailed agenda, program booklet, and Zoom links.
Veterans
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September 16
Each year the SAIGE Warrior Society offers the Veterans Track to registered attendees and to Veterans. Scroll for more information, including the agenda.
Youth TRack
September 14 and 15
Registered Youth Track attendees received the Zoom Link and password by email and can enter the Participant Portal. Click here to learn more about the Youth Track.
Evening Activity
September 14
Join us for music by Don Chapman, Get to Know the SAIGE Board, Let's Talk About It, and Networking. Click the button to join. Or, find Zoom links in the Participant Portal.
Evening Activity
September 15
Join us for the Military Award Night. Scroll for more information. Click the button to join. Or, find Zoom links in the Participant Portal.
Career Fair
Partners & Exhibitors
Youth Track attendees will have access to the Career Fair to meet one on one with partners and exhibitors who make this program possible. Visit the Participant Portal to join.
General Track
Sept 14, 15
9-3:30 pm MDT
September 14 - mdt
September 15 - mdt
9:00-10:30 Welcome Ceremony, Keynote Speaker
10:30-10:45: Break
10:45-11:30 Indians 101: Understanding the Basics
11:30-12:30: Lunch
12:30-1:15 Maintaining Your Cultural Values in the Workplace
1:15-1:30: Break
1:30-2:15 Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Your Organization
2:15-2:30: Break
2:30-3:15 Guidelines for Considering Traditional Knowledge in Climate Change Initiatives
3:15–3:30 Wrap up/announcements
6-8pm SAIGE Social Zoom open house
9:00-10:30 Opening Remarks, Keynote Speaker
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:30 Importance of Tribal Sovereignty in Energy Development
11:30-12:30: Lunch
12:30-1:15 Two Spirit-Returning to the Ancestral Roots
1:15-1:30: Break
1:30-2:15 Career Pathfinder
2:15 -2:30: Break
2:30-3:15 Updates in Tribal Consultation
3:15-3:30 Wrap up/announcements
6-8pm Military Awards night, Musical entertainment
Registered attendees, click the Participant Portal button. Enter the password you received by email to gain access to the 2021 National Training Program detailed agenda, program booklet, Zoom links, presentation material, and session recordings.
Veterans Track
SEPT 16
10-3 pm MDT
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, Virtual Retiring of the Colors
EVENING ACTIVITIES
Sept 14, 15
6-8pm MDT
September 14
Meet the Board, Lets Talk About It, Networking, Music by Tyler Dettloff
September 15
Military Awards Night and Music by Waawiaaya