Agenda

University Center Theatre, University of Montana campus

  • 7:30-8:30
    • Continental Breakfast – Symposium Registration
    • University Center Theatre Foyer
  • 8:30-8:45
    • Opening Ceremony & Invocation
    • Tony Incashola, Salish Elder, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribe
    • Chief Cliff Singers, Drum Honor Song
  • 8:45-9:00
    • Welcome Address
  • 9:00-9:45
    • Current Status of Climate Change Research
    • Dr. Steven Running, Nobel Peace Prize Co-recipient, and Director,
    • Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group, University of Montana
  • 9:45-10:30
    • Overview: Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples & Adaptation
    • Dr. Daniel Wildcat (Muscogee), Haskell Indian Nations University,
    • Lawrence, Kansas
  • 10:30-10:45
    • Coffee Break and Networking
  • 10:45-11:30
    • NASA and Indigenous Peoples: Collaborating on Climate Change
    • Dr. Nancy Maynard, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
  • 11:30-12:30
    • Lunch (on your own)
  • 12:30-12:50
    • Introduction to the National Climate Assessment
    • Dr. Ralph Cantral, NCA Sector Coordinator, U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP)
  • 12:50-1:30
    • Climate Change Impacts on Navajoland and Potential Adaptation Strategies
    • Dr. Margaret Hiza-Redsteer (Crow), U. S. Geological Survey
  • 1:30-2:15
    • Canadian Aboriginal Issues with Climate Change & Adaptation
    • Dr. Leroy Little Bear (Blackfoot), University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
  • 2:15-2:45
    • Coffee Break and Networking
  • 2:45-3:30
    • Working Toward the Seventh Generation: Legal Solutions to Climate Change Available to Indigenous Peoples
    • Elizabeth Kronk, J.D. (Saulte Ste Marie Chippewa), Law Professor, University of Montana
  • 3:30-5:00
    • Tribal College and University Student Poster Presentations on Climate Change
    • – UC Theatre Foyer
  • 5:00-7:00
    • Traditional Foods Reception has been cancelled.
    • A replacement activity is to be scheduled.