7^th Annual GreatLakes Indigenous Farming Conference

February 18^th-20^st,2010

Maplelag Resort, White EarthReservation

2^nd Draft Agenda

Wednesday, February 17^th 

Evening Arrivals (pleasecontact seedsovereignty@gmail.com forcarpool or pickup information)

& contactMaplelag Resort with expected arrival time

30501Maplelag Road, Callaway, MN 56521-9643

Phone:218-375-4466 · Toll Free Reservations: 1-800-654-7711 

Thursday,February 18^th

                                     ^{8:00 am                Registrationopens}

8:30 am                       BREAKFASTin Maplelag Dining Hall

9:15 – 9:30 am                      Blessingby Mike Dahl in the Great Room

 9:45- 10:15 am           9:30– 9:45 am          Welcomeand Conference Overview:  WinonaLaDuke

9:45 – 10:45 am            PLENARY: Seed Stories/Saving– Metis Agricultural Society – Caroline Chartrand, Dream Of Wild Health– Diane Wilson, Luis Salas

 10:45 – 11:45 am            Presentation – InternationalIndigenous Food Sovereignty – Andrea Carmen

11:45 – 12:30 pm           InteractiveTabling/Visiting/Vendors – Groups have tables and displays set-up

12:30 pm                      LUNCH in Maplelag Dining Hall 

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm             Workshops– SeedSovereignty/GMO: Onieda’s, Tribal Food Policy/Tribal Food Economy: W. LaDuke & S. Senegoles, Fair Trade: M. Curry WildHarvesting Rights: R. Shimek, Kerry Hughes USDA: Interacting w. Small-scale IndigenousFarmers

  3:00 pm – 3:30 pm            BREAK 

 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm            Workshops– 2^nd Session ^Repeat of Above

5:00 pm – 6:30 pm             FreeTime– Skiing/Visiting/Sharing

      6:30 pm                         DINNERin Maplelag Dining Hall – Slow Dinner 

7:30 pm – BedTime           Socializing, Sauna, Steam Room, Piano, snooze, etc.

Caroline Chartrand – Step Dancing/Fiddle Music