Great Lakes Indigenous Farming Conference 2010

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      • 7th Annual Great Lakes Indigenous Farming Conference
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      • February 18th-20st, 2010
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      • Maplelag Resort, White Earth Reservation
      • Wednesday, February 17th
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      • Evening Arrivals (please contact seedsovereignty@gmail.com for carpool or pickup information & contact Maplelag Resort with expected arrival time
    •                                      30501 Maplelag Road, Callaway, MN 56521-9643
    •                          Phone: 218-375-4466 · Toll Free Reservations: 1-800-654-7711 
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      • Thursday, February 18th
    •                           8:00 am              Registration opens
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      • 8:30 am               BREAKFAST in Maplelag Dining Hall 
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      • 9:15 – 9:30 am   Blessing by Mike Dahl in the Great Room
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      • 9:30 – 9:45 am   Welcome and Conference Overview:  Winona LaDuke 
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      •  9:45 – 10:45 am            PLENARY: Seed Stories/Saving – Metis Agricultural Society – Caroline Chartrand, Dream Of Wild Health – Diane Wilson, Luis Salas
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      •  10:45 – 11:45 am            Presentation – International Indigenous Food Sovereignty – Andrea Carmen
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      • 11:45 – 12:30 pm Interactive Tabling/Visiting/Vendors – Groups have tables and displays set-up 
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      • 12:30 pm   LUNCH in Maplelag Dining Hall 
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      • 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm             Workshops – Seed Sovereignty/GMO: Onieda’s, Tribal Food Policy/Tribal Food Economy: W. LaDuke & S. Senegoles, Fair Trade: M. Curry Wild Harvesting Rights: R. Shimek, Kerry Hughes USDA: Interacting w. Small-scale Indigenous Farmers
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      •  3:00 pm – 3:30 pm            BREAK
    •                                3:30 pm – 5:00 pm            Workshops – 2nd Session 
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      • 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Free Time – Skiing/Visiting/Sharing     6:30 pm -DINNER in Maplelag Dining Hall – Slow Dinner
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      •  7:30 pm – BedTime, Socializing, Sauna, Steam Room, Piano, snooze, etc.
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