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"IEN's 13th Annual Protecting Mother Earth Gathering, June 17-20, 2004 near Rapid City, South Dakota. Topics of Water, Globalization, Energy, Climate Change, Native youth organizing, training on the NEPA process, and other topics."
http://www.ienearth.org/

remaining schedule:

Saturday, 19 June

*Sunrise ceremony* (Daybreak)

Breakfast (7:00 am)

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*Morning Plenary. Topic: Fossil Fuel Energy* (9:30 – 11:45 am)

Moderator: Clayton Thomas-Muller, IEN oil/gas organizer, an overview of
petro-politics, Manitoba, Canada

Presenters:

* Brandon Little Elk Glenn, Energy Specialist, overview of fossil
fuel policy in Native lands, Berkley, CA
* TBA, Fort Berthold Environmental Committee, North Dakota, proposed
oil refinery
* Faith Gemmill, REDOIL, Alaska, oil/gas issues, Fairbanks, Alaska
* Dwayne and Casey Camp, Campaign for Sovereignty, Ponca Nation,
Oklahoma, carbon black and oil refinery issues, White Eagle, OK
* Wahleah Johns, Black Mesa Water Coalition, coal mining, coal-fired
power plants, oil and gas development in /Dine’ /territories,
Winslow, AZ

Lunch (12:00 noon)


*Afternoon Plenary No. 1: Topic: Climate Justice* (1:30 – 3:30 pm)

Moderator: Pat Spears, Intertribal COUP

Presenters:

* Clayton Thomas-Muller, IEN oil/gas organizer, Manitoba, Canada
* Amit Srivastava, Global Resistance, El Cerrito, CA
* Wahleah Johns, Climate Change Curricula, Winslow, AZ
* Faith Gemmill, REDOIL, Fairbanks, Alaska

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*Late Afternoon Plenary No. 2: Topic: Solutions/Wind* (3:45 – 5:45 pm)

Moderator: Winona LaDuke, Honor the Earth Campaign, White Earth, Minnesota

Presenters:

* Pat Spears, Intertribal Council on Utility Policy (COUP), Lower
Brule, SD
* Pennelys Goodshield, Renewable Energy Survey of Tribes and Steps
for Energy Efficiency and Conservation, Arcata, CA

*Later Afternoon Workshops. 1. Topic: Understanding the Clean Air Act
and the Clean Water Act and Current Challenges* (4:00 – 5:45 pm)

Trainer: Luke Cole, Attorney, Center for Race, Poverty and The
Environment, San Francisco, CA

2. Topic: New Generation Waste Incinerators in Disguise and Current
Incinerator Battles in Indian Country

Moderator: Robert Shimek, Special Projects Coordinator, IEN, on
waste-to-burn incinerators

Presenters:

* Bradley Angel, Greenaction, on the dangers of gasification,
pyrolysis and plasma arc, technologies being promoted as safe and
renewable energy
* Dave Harper, CRIT Community, tribal grassroots organizing against
toxic incineration

*3. Topic: Native Youth Organizing*

Facilitator: Heather Milton-Lightening and the Youth Caucus

*l** Special Activity: Memorial Event in Remembrance of Nilak Butler,
Jan Stevens *(6:30 pm – 8:00)

Evening supper following the Memorial (No break-out Sessions)


Sunday, 20 June

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*Sunrise Ceremony* (Daybreak)

Breakfast (7:30 am)

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*Morning Regional Plenary.** **Topic: Tribal Wind Power Development in
the Northern Great Plains: A Model Project for Community-Based
Participation and Sustainable Economic Development *(8:30 – 11:30)

Moderator - Daniel Gogal, Office of Environmental Justice, USEPA

Presenters:

* Invocation by Diane Crow Dog
* Charles Colombe, Chairman, Rosebud Tribe, on “Rosebud Tribe Vision”
* Daniel Gogal, Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ)/USEPA, on the
“Federal Inter-agency Working Groups Environmental Justice
Demonstration Projects. Rosebud Wind Power Project”
* Pat Spears, President, Inter-Tribal Council on Utility Policy
(ICOUP), on the “Overview of the Proposed Wind -Power Projects in
the Northern Great Plains”
* Tom Goldtooth, Indigenous Environmental Network and Eva Iyotte,
Concerned Rosebud Area Citizens, on the ”Importance for Tribal
Community Input and Decision-Making”
* Oleta Mednansky, CRAC on the importance of the “Environmental
Assessment Process – NEPA”
* Representative, EPA Region 8, on “Potential Environmental Impacts”
* Albert White Hat, on “Cultural and Sacred Places Issues”
* General Discussion and Questions and Answers (Facilitated)
* Next Steps & Closing of Plenary

*Morning Workshops** (Repeats) *(9:30 – 11:30 am)

1. Topic: Understanding the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act and
Current Challenges

Trainer: Luke Cole, Attorney, Center for Race, Poverty and The
Environment, San Francisco, CA

2. Topic: Understanding the Precautionary Principle

Trainer: Carolyn Raffensperger, Environmental Health & Science Network, Iowa

*3. Topic: Organizing on Mercury *

Moderator: Robert Shimek, Special Projects Coordinator, IEN

Presenters:

* Shirley Little Bird, Indigenous Women’s Mercury Investigation,
North America Water Office, Lake Elmo, Minnesota
* Lakota Harden, International Indian Treaty Council, Mercury
Project, San Francisco, CA

*4. Topic: Native Youth Organizing*

Facilitator: Heather Milton-Lightening and the Youth Caucus

Lunch (12:00 Noon)

*Closing Ceremony and Passing of the Fire* (1:30 – 3:00 pm)