NSF Tribal Conference
Tribes and the Subsurface: Native American Perspectives on Natural Resource Developments in the American West
March 23, 2017
Colorado School of Mines
Student Center Ballrooms B&C
پ
- To facilitate open dialogue between tribal members about the challenges and opportunities related to resource development on tribal lands.
- To discuss solutions to common development obstacles and strategies for inter-tribal partnership.
- To develop a more comprehensive understanding of the unique and changing circumstances affecting energy-producing tribes.
- To generate shared goals and objectives regarding tribal representation at the subsurface workshop at the University of Colorado, Center of the American West in May.
- To grow a network of tribal representatives who are committed to facilitating the next steps of this collaboration.
- To engage undergraduate and graduate students in issues related to natural resource development with tribes on tribal lands.
Conference Speakers
- ,Keynote Address
Oil and Gas Development: Applying a historical perspective to contemporary issues. - Leonard Smith,Overview of Economic Development on Tribal Lands
- ,Facilitated Discussion
What are some of the “Unintended Consequences” of energy production that you have encountered, and how can they be successfully predicted and mitigated? - ,Strategic Planning Discussion
- ,Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) Analysis
- Synthesis and Steps Forward