OPENING CEREMONY AGENDA
2017 BIA TRIBAL PROVIDERS CONFERENCE
November 28, 2020
“EMBRACING CHANGE”
8:00 – 8:30 | Sleeping Lady Drummers
8:30 – 8:40 | Call to Order/Greeting
8:40 – 8:50 | Posting of Colors - Native Veterans Association
8:50 – 9:15 | Choral Performance - Alaska Native Cultural Charter School
9:15 – 9:20 | Blessing – Lee Stephan, Chief, Eklutna Tribe
9:20 - 9:30 | Welcome - Kevin Bearquiver, Acting Alaska Regional Director, BIA
9:30 – 9:40 | Welcome – Ethan Berkowitz, Mayor of Anchorage
9:40 – 9:55 | Opening Remarks -Bryan Rice, Director, BIA
9:55 - 10:15 | Opening Remarks - John Tahsudea, Acting Assistant Secretary, Indian Affairs
10:15 – 10:40 | Dance Performance – Lepquinm Gumilgit Gagaadin Tsimshian Dancers (LGGT) Dancers
10:40 – 10:50 | Tribal Justice - Tricia Tingle, Associate Director, Office of Justice Services
10:50 – 11:00 | Budget Formulation - Rick Harrison, Co-Chair, Tribal Interior Budget Council (TIBC)
11:00 – 11:15 | THRIVE! - Greg Nothstine, Program Manager, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
11:30 – 11:50 | Exit Dance Performance – LGGT Dancers