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\r\n<\/P>\r\nNote: Post updated with fuller agenda.<\/em><\/strong>\r\n <\/p>\r\nThe Native American Contractors Association<\/a> is hosting its annual Federal Contracting Policy and Advocacy Conference this week.\r\n <\/p>\r\nThe two-day event kicks off on Wednesday afternoon. The virtual event features presentations from officials from President Joe Biden’s administration, key members of Congress, including the two tribally-enrolled Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives<\/a>, as well as leaders of several Indian Country organizations.\r\n <\/P>\r\n <\/P>\r\n3:05 pm <\/P> \r\n3:15 pm <\/P>\r\n3:30 pm <\/P>\r\n4:00 pm <\/P>\r\n4:15 pm <\/P>\r\n4:25 pm <\/P>\r\n4:45 pm <\/P>\r\n5:00 pm <\/P>\r\n5:15 pm <\/P>\r\n5:45 pm <\/P>\r\n6:30pm <\/p>\r\nFebruary 18, 2021 (All Times Eastern)<\/em> <\/p>\r\n3:10 pm <\/P>\r\n3:15 pm <\/P>\r\n3:25 pm <\/P>\r\n3:45 pm <\/P>\r\n4:30 pm <\/P>\r\n4:45 pm <\/P>\r\n5:00 pm <\/P>\r\n5:15 pm <\/P>\r\n5:35 pm <\/P>\r\n6:30 pm <\/p>\r\nNACA advocates on behalf of tribal nations, Alaska Native corporations and Native Hawaiian organizations on issues relevant to federal government contracting. \r\n \r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Native American Contractors Association will hear from Secretary of the Interior nominee Deb Haaland and other key members of Congress this week.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10,20,1,14],"tags":[869,482,1157,80,221,1158,925,170,481,1156,88,94,781,118,71,1159,48,1162,53,1155,841,138,1154,36,653,868,1166,280,213,91,1160,299],"class_list":["post-7662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-indian-trust","category-national","category-politics","tag-117th","tag-8a","tag-amber-schulz-oliver","tag-ancs","tag-anvca","tag-atni","tag-brian-schatz","tag-congress","tag-contracting","tag-dante-desiderio","tag-deb-haaland","tag-democrats","tag-derrick-watchman","tag-doi","tag-economic-development","tag-hallie-bissett","tag-house","tag-jacky-rosen","tag-joe-biden","tag-joe-valandra","tag-kai-kahele","tag-meetings","tag-naca","tag-nafoa","tag-native-hawaiian","tag-ncaied","tag-philip-kahue","tag-sba","tag-scia","tag-senate","tag-shannon-edie","tag-sharice-davids","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/16\/debhaaland-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-1ZA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\r\n3:00 pm
Opening Prayer
\r\nWizipan Little Elk, Rosebud Sioux Tribe\r\n
Call to Order
\r\nIntroduction of Board of Directors – Welcome Remarks
\r\n Annette Hamilton, President, NACA\r\n
Welcome Remarks and Membership Update
\r\nIncluding EIS update & Review of election process and Bylaws
\r\n Joe Valandra, Executive Director, NACA\r\n
Native American Contractors Association History
\r\n Sheri Buretta, NACA Board Member
\r\n Chris McNeil, Native Strategy Group (former CEO Sealaska)
\r\n Lance Morgan, CEO, Ho-Chunk, Inc.\r\n
Cotia Haia
\r\nDeputy Chief of Staff to Senator Mazie Hirono, member of Senate Armed Services and Small Business Committees\r\n
Eric Bryant
\r\n Chief of Staff to Congressman Kweisi Mfume, member of House Small Business Committee\r\n
Legislative Update
\r\n 8(a) & Native Small Business
\r\nAllison Binney \u2013 Akin Gump\r\n
Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii)
\r\n Chair of Senate Committee on Indian Affairs\r\n
Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska)\r\n
\r\n Members of Congress (Via Video)
\r\n Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico)
\r\nRep. Sharice Davids (D-Kansas)\r\n
Native Organization Panel\r\n
Working Together to Strengthen Native Economies \u2013 117th Congress & Biden Administration
\r\n Moderator: Joe Valandra, Executive Director, NACA
\r\nDerrick Watchman, Chairman of the Board, The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development<\/a>
\r\nDante Desiderio, Executive Director, Native American Finance Officers Association<\/a>
\r\nAmber Schulz-Oliver, Executive Director, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Economic Development Corporation<\/a>
\r\nHallie Bissett, Executive Director, Alaska Native Village Corporation Association<\/a>
\r\nPhilip Kahue, Vice President, Native Hawaiian Organization Association<\/a>\r\n
Announcements
Adjourn for the Day\r\n
\r\n3:00 pm
Welcome Back \u2013 Announcement of Board Election Results
\r\n Annette Hamilton, President, NACA\r\n
Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nevada)
\r\nMember, Senate Small Business Committee\r\n
Dylan Laslovich
\r\nChief of Staff Senator John Tester, Chair of Defense Appropriations Subcommittee\r\n
Communicating with the 117th Congress
\r\nNACA Priorities- Cornerstone Government Affairs\r\n
Federal Contracting: Policy Issues for FY 2021
\r\n Moderator: Joe Valandra, Executive Director, NACA
\r\n Tim \u201cHoops\u201d Hopper, President , Chugach Government Services
\r\n Anthony Lazarski, Cornerstone Government Affairs
\r\n CJ Zane, BlankRome Government Relations, LLC\r\n
\r\nCongressman Jared Golden
\r\nMember, House Armed Services and Small Business Committees (invited)\r\n
Small Business Association
John Klein & Mark Hagedorn\r\n
Congressman Jesus \u201cChuy\u201d Garcia (D-IL)
Member House Natural Resources Committee\r\n
Contracting Opportunities
\r\n Heather Dawn Thompson
\r\n Director, Tribal Relations
\r\nU.S. Department of Agriculture \r\n
Buy Indian Update and Status
\r\n Santiago Almaraz
\r\nActing Director Office of Management Services Indian Health Service \r\n
Closing Remarks and Announcements
\r\n Adjourn\r\n