SVDN Event: Dakota, Nakota, Lakota Elders Gathering – Agenda + Kahomani (2023.01.24+25)

Day 1:

8:00AM – Registration Opens
9:00AM – Opening Prayer/Prayer Song
9:10AM – Intro by SVDN Chief Jennifer Bone & Director of Intergovernmental Relations Tricia Hayward
9:20AM – Roles of Men & Women (Elder Oswald McKay & Elder Margaret Roscelli)
10:20AM – Health Break
10:30AM – Songs (Sam Hapa & Henry Hotain)
11:15AM – Language (Arlene McKay & Elder Eleanor Elk)
12:00PM – Lunch (Served)
1:00PM – Brandon Indian Residential School Project Update (Katherine Nichols – BIRS Project Coordinator)
2:15PM – Health Break
2:30PM – Genealogy (Bonnie Alston & Geneva Smoke)
3:30PM – Round Table Discussion & Day 1 Recap
4:30PM – Conclude Day 1
6:00PM – Supper
7:00PM – Kahomani
10:00PM – End of Kahomani

Day 2:

8:00AM – Registration Opens
9:00AM – Opening Prayer/Prayer Song
9:15AM – SVDN Traditional Lands Research (Calliou Group)
10:30AM – Health Break
10:45AM – Connection to Lands (Eugene Ross)
12:00PM – Lunch
1:00PM – Lands & Environment (Cheyenne Ironman & Darby Essie)
2:00PM – Round Table Discussion/Next Steps
3:00PM – Closing Comments Chief Jennifer Bone
3:10PM – Closing Song & Prayer