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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 for 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��