Agenda

Day 1, June 27, 2024

TIME

SESSION 

8:00 - 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast and Check-In Opens

8:30 - 8:40 a.m.

Welcome
Melissa Buffalo, American Indian Cancer Foundation

8:40 - 9:15 a.m.

Tobacco Ceremony and Youth Presentation with Indigenous Peoples Task Force

9:15 - 10:15 a.m.

Keynote Session:

Traditional Tobacco is Medicine 

Linda Black Elk and Ahán Heȟáka Sápa, NATIFS (North American Traditional Indigenous Food Systems)

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m

Break

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 

Cross Cultural Panel 
Rod Lew (Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership), 
Carol McGruder (African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council), 
Yaneth Rodriguez (University of Southern California), 
Lou Moerner (Lou Moerner Consulting)
Moderator: Claradina Soto

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch
Office on Smoking and Health: Current and Future Tribal
Initiatives
Kevin Collins, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

Session I – Youth Based Programming

Breakout Session 1: Vaping Endgame with TUPE Native Youth
Lisa Craig and Youth (RISE Resources for Indian Student Education, Inc.)

Breakout Session 2: Reward and Reminder Retail Intervention
Chase Kornacki, Indian Health Council, Inc.

2:30 - 2:45 p.m.

Break

2:45 - 4:15 p.m.

Sessions II - Traditional Tobacco

Breakout 1: Honor What Is Sacred: Preserving Traditions
Jan Lowery, Matthew Hinshaw, Kella Bessette, Nino Reyes, Dusti Shoemake, Kelsey Eastman, Tiffany and Amber Webb (Circle of Cultures)

Breakout Session 2: Access to Traditional Tobacco in Urban Settings
Ben Sanford, Native American Youth Association and Family Center

4:15 - 4:30 p.m.

Closing of Day

4:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Poster Session/Seed Exchange/Cultural Exchange/Barter Evening (Bring items you would like to trade, share, gift and a time to visit and learn)

Day 2, June 28, 2024

TIME

SESSION/ACTIVITY

7:00 a.m. 

Sunrise Ceremony  (Come to start the day in a good way with Indigenous Peoples Task Force Youth leading a ceremony)

8:00 – 8:30 am

Breakfast 

8:30 - 8:35 a.m. 

Welcome, Prayer, Housekeeping

8:35 - 10:00 a.m.

Matt Pierce, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Keynote: Keepers of the Apsaalooke Oral Tradition
Ada Bends, Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council

10:00 - 10:15 a.m.

Break

10:15 – 11:00 a.m.

Breakout Session 1:

10:20 – 10:40 a.m. Finding purpose in a fight for change 
Maximillion Marmon, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. SmokefreeNATIVE:​ Empowering Native Communities ​ to Quit Commercial Tobacco ​ Through Culturally Tailored Texting
Wyatt Pickner, American Indian Cancer Foundation

Breakout Session 2:

10:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. Canli Coalition 
Rae O’Leary, Missouri Breaks Industries Research

10:40 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Youth and Vaping
Suzanne Nash, Indigenous Peoples Task Force

Moderator (Dana Carroll)

11:00 a.m - 12:00 p.m.

Breakout session 1: Exploring Cannabis and Commercial Tobacco Use Patterns Among Young Native American Adults
Claradina Soto, University of Southern California

Breakout session 2:  Community-Led Initiatives: California’s Tribal Tobacco Prevention Projects
Ravena Soto, ETR, Tribal Community Coordinating Center 

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Breakout Session 1: Tribal Resiliency Toolkit
Ada Bends, Sonya Big Leggins, Robbie Gondara, Charleena Penama, Rocky Mountain Tribal Leaders Council

Breakout Session 2: Native Imagery and Tobacco Products 
Dr. Anna Epperson, University of California-Merced

2:00 - 2:15 p.m.

Keynote: Reflection Session

2:15 - 2:30 p.m.

Closing Ceremony and Adjourn