APRIL 19 - 20, 2012
Trading at the River is the PREMIER event in the Pacific Northwest for Native entrepreneurs and Tribal Business Development. We brings together Native-owned businesses, social entrepreneurs and leaders in Native American business development initiatives in a continued effort to grow the economies of Indian Country and strengthen cultures and communities.
In our 10th year, the conference will continue our exploration of the multiple dimensions and applications of creative enterprise to community and economic development. This year’s conference theme is “Transforming our Communities through Entrepreneurship: Catch the Dream, Follow the Spirit, Make it Happen.”
Trading at the River is a celebration of the spirit of Native American innovation and a showcase for Native American enterprises of all shapes and sizes. Like the historic gatherings that occurred among traders of this region in our past, Trading at the River creates a venue where goods are exchanged services rendered, inspiring stories are told and lessons are learned. It is a place where connections are made--business-to-business, native-to-native, tribe-to-tribe, and past to present.
The 10th annual Trading at the River conference will include:
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An intensive Business Development Conference with community discussions, workshops, symposiums, and celebrations.
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A Trading at the River marketplace of ideas, products, and services - the famous traditional gathering of Indianpreneurs.
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A gathering of emerging and established Native CDFI's convened by the newly established Pacific Northwest Native Capital Development Peer Group which will explore ways of generating new forms of capital to support Native entrepeneurship and tribal-individual joint ventures.
PAST KEYNOTE SPEAKERS, PRESENTERS, AND PANELISTS:
Tracy Stanhoff, AD PRO
Clara L. Pratte, Former National Director, Office of Native American Affairs, US Small Business Administration
Ernie Stevens, Jr., National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA)
Antone Minthorn, Confederated Tribes of Umatilla (CTUIR)
Michael Roberts, First Nations Development Institute
Monica Simeon, Sister Sky
Marina TurningRobe, Sister Sky
Brian "Mike" Myers, Tribal Development Division, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Chris Eyre, Filmmaker
Tanya Fiddler, Four Bands Community Fund
Joan Timeche, Native Nations Institute
Helen Wai, Community Consultant
Chris McNeil Jr., Sealaska Corporation
Michael Liu, Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing
Bill Yellowtail, Cook Center for Sustainable Agriculture in the American West
Dennis Martinez, Indigenous Peoples' Restoration Network
Ted Piccolo, NW Native Development Fund
John Panamaroff, First Nations OWEESTA
Bryan Mercier, ONABEN Board of Directors
Anthony Genia, Northwest Area Foundation
Chandra Hampson, Enterprise Cascadia
Malaika Maphalala, Natural Investments LLC
Cal Mukumoto, Coquille Economic Development Corporation
Kathleen Flanagan, Umatilla Business Service Center
Mark Bilton-Smith, Umpqua Indian Development Corporation
Nancy Jordan, Lummi Ventures
Jeff Anspach, Warm Springs Ventures
Kernin Steinhauer, Umpqua Indian Development Corporation
Danny Jordan, Hoopa Valley Tribe
Jennifer Uhlrich, Island Enterprises Inc.
Annie Laverdure O'Brien, LVD Media Inc.
Mike Dickerson, Enterprise Cascadia
Sarah Chenven, Innovative Changes
Robert Whitener, Island Enterprises Inc.
Jim Stanley, Quinault Nation Enterprise / Northwest Native American Chamber
Adib Jamshedi, Lummi Ventures
Jack Lenox, Coquille Indian Tribe/ONABEN Board of Directors
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