September 24-26, 2017
Ramkota Conference Center – Pierre, SD
Subject to Change
September 24-26, 2017
General Agenda
Sunday, September 24 – 5:00-8:00 pm
- 5:00 – Opening ceremonies; dinner
- 6:45 – Keynote address, Dr. AnnMaria Rouchey DeMars
- 7:45 – Honoring ceremony
Monday, September 25 – 7:15 am-8:00 pm
- 7:15 – Breakfast; welcome; announcements
- 8:30 – Featured speaker Kent Nerburn
- 9:30-3:00 – ‘Youth Day’ with high school students
- 9:40-11:35 – Breakout sessions
- 11:50 – Luncheon; keynote address, Hattie Kauffman
- 2:10-5:00 – Breakout sessions
- 5:30 – Dinner
- 6:30 – Movie Neither Wolf Nor Dog with author Kent Nerburn
Tuesday, September 26 – 7:15 am-3:30 pm
- 7:15 – Breakfast; announcements
- 9:30-11:20 – General session with Dr. Scott Simpson, Sharla Steever, Panel
- 11:50 – Lunch; prize drawings
- 1:00-2:50 – Breakout sessions
- 3:00-3:30 – Prize drawings, closing ceremonies
Youth Day Agenda
Monday, September 25 – 9:30-3:00 in Galleries A, B, C
- 9:30 – 9:40 – Welcome – Mato Standing High, SD Indian Education Director
- 9:40-11:10 – Higher Education Panel – Panelists share, then field questions from audience. Panelists include: NSU-Lara Nelson, OLC-Shannon Amiotte, LATI-Eric Peters, SDSMT-Jesse Herrera, SGU-Cheryl Medearis, SETI-James Jacobsen, BHSU-Urla Marcus, SWC-Joey Mason, MTI-Clayton Deuter, SDSU-April Eastman, LBCC-Erica Moore, WDTI-Kim Bettelyoun, USD-Donis Drappeau & DSU-Megan Leisinger.
- 11:10-11:50 – Student Panel – Panelists share, then field questions from audience
- 11:50-2:00 – Luncheon; Keynote Hattie Kauffman ‘Do a Little Bit More’ with book signing
- 2:00-3:00 – ‘Experience Traditional Games’—Hope Kleine, Prairey Walkling, Darci Laurenz, Nathania Knight. Learn how these games came to be and how they were used. Try several games by rotating through stations, and discuss how the games can be used in your home communities.