SYMPOSIUM

ON THE

SETTLEMENT OF INDIAN RESERVED WATER RIGHTS CLAIMS


AGENDA




WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2005


  7:00 am                  Registration and Continental Breakfast

 

  8:30                    Invocation                                                                                                                                                                                      


                                WELCOME                                                                                                                                                                                      

                                Introductory Remarks                                                                     Karl Dreher, Director, Idaho Department of Water Resources

                                 Rebecca Miles, Chairwoman, Nez Perce Tribe

 

  9:00 - 10:00            KEYNOTE ADDRESS


                                                Barbara Cosens, Associate Professor of Law, University of Idaho

                                                                                

10:00 - 10:30           Break


NEGOTIATION OF INDIAN WATER RIGHTS CLAIMS: THE BASICS


10:30 - 12:00         Gathering Background Information and the Role of Technicians in Negotiations


                                Moderator: Yvonne Knight, Attorney, Native American Rights Fund


                                Panel: 

                                             Federal: Chris Kenney, Director, Native American Affairs Office, Department of Interior

                                                State: Gregory C. Ridgley, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the New Mexico State Engineer

                                                      Tribal: Susan Williams, Williams & Works, Corrales, NM


12:00 - 1:30             Lunch Break


 1:30 - 3:00               Identifying Parties and Issues and How Negotiations Bind Larger Groups


                                Moderator: Barbara Markham, Assistant Attorney General, Washington Attorney General’s Office, Ecology 


                                Panel:

                                                Tribal: Rodney Lewis, Counsel, Gila River Indian Community

                                                Federal: Susan Schneider, Senior Trial Attorney, Environment & Natural Resources Section, Department of Justice

                                                State: Bill Staudenmaier, Attorney, Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite

                                                

3:00 - 3:15               Break



POST-SETTLEMENT MANAGEMENT ISSUES


3:15 - 5:00               Moderator: Daniel Belcourt, Counsel, Chippewa Cree Tribe


                                Panel:

                                                State: Jay Weiner, Legal Counsel, Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission

                                                Tribal: Bruce Sunchild, Chairman, Water Resources Committee, Chippewa Cree Tribe

                                                Federal: Duane Mecham, Office of the Solicitor, Department of Interior

                                                


 6:00                         Reception 



THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2005


 7:30 am                   Continental Breakfast


THE ADMINISTRATION’S SETTLEMENT POLICY

 

 8:30 - 10:00           Invocation                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

Speakers: Jennifer Gimbel, Counselor to the Secretary of the Interior and Chair of the Indian Water Rights Settlement

                                                  Working Group

                                                  Michael D. Olsen, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, Department of Interior

 

10:00 - 10:30           Break


10:30 - 12:00           Response

 

                                Moderator: John Utton, Attorney, Sheehan, Sheehan & Stelzner, PA


                                Panel:

                                                State: Susan Cottingham, Program Manager, Montana Reserved Water Rights Compact Commission

                                                Tribal: Nelson Cordova, Water Rights Adjudication Coordinator, Taos Pueblo

                                                Other: Jim Sims, Executive Director, Western Business Roundtable


12:00 - 12:30           Lunch Break (Please pick up box lunch, provided.)


12:30 - 2:00             Overview of Nez Perce Settlement


                                Moderator: Steven Moore, Attorney, Native American Rights Fund


                                Panel:

                                                Tribal: Rebecca Miles, Chairwoman, Nez Perce Tribe

                                             Federal: Frank Wilson, Attorney, Office of the Regional Solicitor, Department of Interior

                                       State/Local: Clive Strong, Deputy Attorney General, Idaho Attorney General’s Office 


2:30                         Field Trip - Tour of the Snake River Settlement Features and Dinner at the Nez Perce Reservation

2:30 - Buses depart for field trip; 4:00 - Tour of Nez Perce Tribal Fish Hatchery; 5:30 - Leave hatchery; 6:00 arrive at Nez Perce Tribal Administration Complex in Lapwai for dinner; 8:00 - Leave Lapwai; 9:15 - Arrive in Moscow





FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2005


  7:30 am                  Continental Breakfast


SETTLEMENT LEGISLATION: GETTING BILLS THROUGH CONGRESS


  8:30 - 10:15          Invocation                                                                                                                                                                                      

 

                                Congressional Outlook for Indian Water Rights Settlements

 

Moderator: Candace West, Assistant Attorney General, Montana

 

                                Panel (invited):

                                                David Mullon, Majority General Counsel, Senate Indian Affairs Committee

                                                Janet Erickson, Minority Counsel, Senate Indian Affairs Committee

                                                Nate Gentry, Majority Staff, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

                                                Mike Connor, Minority Staff, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

                                                Chris Fluhr, Director of the Office of Native American and Insular Affairs, House Resources Committee

                                                Steve Lanich, Minority Legislative Asst., Office of Native American & Insular Affairs, House Resources Com.

                                                Marie Howard Fabrizio, Minority Legislative Asst., Office of Native American & Insular Affairs, House Res. Com.

                                                Ryan Serote, Majority Staff Member, House Native American Caucus

                                                Kimberly Teehee, Minority Staff Member, House Native American Caucus


10:15 - 10:30           Break


10:30 - 11:30           Response


                                Panel:

                                                Tribal: Stanley Pollack, Counsel, Navajo Nation

                                                State: Bill Hume, Policy & Planning Director, Office of New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson

                                                Federal: Pam Williams, Director, Secretary’s Indian Water Rights Office, Department of Interior

                                                Other: John Thorson, Administrative Law Judge, California Public Utilities Commission


11:30 - 12:00           WRAP-UP/SUMMARY - Clayton Matt, Natural Resources Department Head, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes



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