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

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  • 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