Events

# Web Link Hits
1 Link NSGIC's 2008 Annual Conference in Keystone, Colorado
September 7-11, 2008; Keystone, Colorado. Draft agenda tag cloud: NSGIC, meeting, GIS, provided, state, hospitality, corporate, USGS, Transportation, Fire, Mining 		66
2 Link Preserving the Historic Road 2008
Sept 11 -14, 2008 Albuquerque, NM
Program Program http://www.historicroads.org/PHR_Conf_Sched_2008.pdf
Session 4: Before the Interstate: The Perpetuation of Indigenous Roads - Highlight three diverse methods to connect the public with historic road resources and archives, and offer methods ranging from traditional archives to oral histories to ensure that our road history isn’t lost.
Moderator:
Bonnie Hundrieser, America’s Byways Resource Center, Duluth, MN
Papers:
-Trading Posts of Navajoland Along Route 66: A Cultural-Historical Landscape - Klara Kelley, Cultural Resource Consultants, Gallup, NM and Harris Francis, Cultural Resource Consultants, Gallup, NM
-Perpetuating Native Infrastructure in the 21st century.- J Andrew Darling, Gila River Indian Community, AZ
-Tracing “Tribal” Journeys: Cultural Contacts, Collisions and Intersections on the Birdsville Track - Rosemary Kerr, University of Sydney, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Session 12 Twelve-Thousand Years of Transportation (new session) "Native roads traveled by our ancestors to the far reaching communities of our brothers and sisters across the North American continent were later claimed as trade routes by other peoples from other worlds. From El Camino Real to the modern Interstate System, learn how the legacy of the trading and transportation networks of Native Americans continues to shape and influence our modern highway network."
Papers:
Joe S. Sando, Pueblo Historian, Jemez Pueblo, NM
Lee Marmon, Native American Photographer, Laguna Pueblo, NM
Edward Hall, Tourism and Transportation Specialist, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC 		54
3 Link GIS Educator's Day
Sunday, September 21, 2008;
Co-sponsored by Northeast Regional Geography Alliances and NEARC
Enhance your classroom through the use of GPS (Global Positioning System), GIS (Geographic Information System), and RS (Remote Sensing). For new or veteran users, receive new resources, teaching materials, free software, meet leaders in geospatial
education and receive free software and teaching materials. The conference for both K-12 and Higher Ed participants. 		41
4 Link Roundtable on Climate, Tribal Energy Development, and Habitat Protection
September 23-24, 2008; Denver, Colorado
...High level tribal, NGO, industry, and government leaders and experts in energy, environment, wildlife, science and technology, law, and policy to discuss tribal designs of multi-purpose energy projects. 		57
5 Link 2008 ESRI Health GIS Conference
Sept 28 – Oct 1, 2008; Washington, D.C
GIS use in managing and sharing geospatial data and analysis for community health programs, health care delivery, hospitals, epidemiology, disease surveillance, health research, and more. 		49
6 Link FOSS4G 2008 - Open Source Geospatial: An Option for Developing Nations
Sept 29 - Oct 3, 2008; Cape Town, South Africa
2008 Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) Conference, incorporating GISSA 2008.
Presentation "Developing Open Source Tools for Regional Land Use Planning" by Jeff Hamm details how free Open Source software application was developed for the Yukon First Nations to resolve land claims. 		53
7 Link Blending Indigenous & Western Planning Tools, APA Indigenous Planning Division, Hawaii Chapter, Alaska Chapter
Oct 1-3, 2008; Anchorage, Alaska.
American Planning Association’s 2008 Indigenous Planning Division Conference, Leading Change: Blending Indigenous and Western Planning Tools. This conference will bring together community planners, tribal planners, local leaders, and all other community development professionals to share local experiences, planning tools, and indigenous planning perspectives.
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8 Link 16th Annual Region 9 Tribal EPA Conference
October 22-24, 2008—San Francisco, CA
Link to Flyer, Registration and draft agenda.
Focused on California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington. Draft agenda tag cloud includes regional, environmental, hazard, climate, water, tribal, tribe, emergency, management portola, gold, fema 		54
9 Link IMN's Ninth Semiannual Native American Finance Conference
October 27-28, 2008; Ledyard, CT
Includes panel on "Building Infrastructure on Native Land" - addresses the trend toward investing tribal monies in infrastructure projects (housing, water, access to healthcare and education), grant and loan programs with examples of infrastructure and cultural facilities financed in Indian Country, and discussion by tribal leaders how improvements advance of the entire tribe, not just tribal ventures.
Panelists: Philip Viles, Chief, Division of Capital Investment, Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development, U.S. DOI,
Thomas Davis, Chief Planning & Development Officer, AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS 		54
10 Link Indian Nations Conservation Alliance and Intertribal Agricultural Council Conference
Dec 12-14, 2008; Las Vegas, NV.
"Native Americans Coming Together Caring for Mother Earth" Check site for conference update. 		48
11 Link 33rd Annual National Indian Timber Symposium
April 20 - 23, 2009; Nez Perce Tribe, Lewiston, ID
"Symposium is designed to facilitate communication ... of tribes, the BIA, private industry, legislative bodies ... (concerning) current forestry management practices."
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