53rd Annual
Native American Critical Issues Conference
March 9-11, 2023
Kewadin Hotel & Casino
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Day 1: Thursday, March 10, 2022
8:30-1:45pm EST
Grand Island I
March 10, 2023
Paula Finfrock
Grand Ball Room
March 10, 2023
Opening Ceremony Welcome Song by Baweting Singers and Prayer by Lou Anne Bush
Welcome by Dr. Martin Reinhardt, MIEC President and Austin Lowes, Sault Tribal Chairperson
General MIEC Election
Keynote Speaker, Dr. Robin Clark “Giizhik's Teachings on Adaptation & Education”
March 10, 2023
Grand Island I
March 10, 2023
Dr. Kate Riestenberg, Kenny Pheasant, &
Dr. Martin Reinhardt
Grand Island II
March 10, 2023
Tiina Morin
Grand Island II
March 10, 2023
Amber Morseau
Grand Ball Room
March 10, 2023
Rochelle Ettawageshik
Grand Ball Room
March 10, 2023
Woodlands
March 10, 2023
Eva Menefee
Robin Menefee
Woodlands
March 10, 2023
Roxy Sprowl
Eva Menefee
Grand Ball Room
March 9, 2023
Plenary Session in Grand Ball Room
Music by Tyler Dettloff
Day 2: Friday, March 11, 2022
8:30-1:45pm EST
Networking Cafe
8:30-9 am
ii.0.A.
Come on in! Join us for pre-conference networking. This will take place in Zoom Webinar and you'll have the option to unmute and turn on your audio, not video.
Moderated by Dr. Martin Reinhardt
Jonny R. the Ojibwe Outlaw
9-10 am
ii.1.A.
Jonny R. the Ojibwe Outlaw
Moderated by Dr. Martin Reinhardt
Kinomaage: Collaborations for Anishinaabemowin Education
10:15-11:15 am
ii.2.A.
Sean Kottke
Kelli Cassaday
Darcy McMahon
Joe Lubig
Dr. Martin Reinhardt
Michele Wellman-Teeple
Moderated by Frank Ettawageshik
Exposed: How High-Profile Litigation Impacts Indian Children’s Privacy
10:15-11:15 am
ii.2.B.
Cassondra Church
Moderated by Rochelle Ettawageshik
Journaling Sketching and Lyrics
10:15-11:15 am
ii.2.C.
Melinda Hernandez
Lennon Wolcott
Moderated by Lisa Kurtz-Tollenaar
Town Hall Plenary: Michigan Indian Education
11:30am-12:30 pm
ii.3.A.
Jannan Cotto
Frank Ettawageshik
Chris Gordon
MDE’s Indigenous Education Initiative Team
Moderated by Mary Pelcher
Vendor Booths
12:45pm-1:45pm
ii.4.
-Reinhardt & Associates
-Michigan Veterans Resource Service Center
-Williamson Creative Agency LLC
Want to be a Vendor? Head to "call for participation"
Moderated by Amber Morseau
Day 3: Saturday, March 11, 2022
8:30-12:30pm EST
Networking Cafe
8:30-9 am
iii.0.A.
Come on in! Join us for pre-conference networking. This will take place in Zoom Webinar and you'll have the option to unmute and turn on your audio, not video.
Moderated by Dr. Martin Reinhardt
Maawn-doon-ga-nan Resource Manual Panel
9-10 am
iii.1.A.
Stephanie Chau
Melissa Isaac
Jannan Cotto
Amanda Weinert
Kriyah Gaillard
Melissa Kiesewetter
Moderated by Amber Morseau
MSUE Self-Assessment regarding Tribal Extension Education
9-10 am
iii.1.B.
Emily Proctor
Moderated by June Mamagona Fletcher
Rematriation of Indigenous Seeds
10:15-11:15 am
iii.2.A.
David Michner
Shiloh Maples
Joe VanAlstine
Veronica Pasfield
Moderated by Rochelle Ettawageshik
Enacting Entrepreneurial Sovereignty: A Review of Literature on Anishinaabe Economics Before the Twentieth Century
10:15-11:15 am
iii.2.B.
Bazile Panek
Moderated by Melinda Hernandez
A Truthful Relation with One's Self Strengthens One's Relation with Mother Earth
10:15-11:15 am
iii.2.C.
Brandon Garlow
Fiona Byrne Ryan
Moderated by Eva Menefee
Plenary: Claiming and Centering Identity
11:30-12:30 pm
iii.3.A.
Keynote Speaker, Angeline Boulley, Author of Firekeeper’s Daughter
Prayer, Frank Ettawageshik
Hand Drum Song, Dr. Martin Reinhardt