DAY 1:
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
DAY 2:
Thursday, April 25, 2013
7:30 AM REGISTRATION (SWIAA Board)
8:00 am: Coffee Service –Coffee, Tea, Juice
9:00 Opening: Homer Marks Sr, President, SWIAA
Welcome: Martin Havier, Vice Chairman,
SRPMIC
Invocation: Garfield King
Post Colors: Pacer Reina / Bushmasters
National Anthem: Traditional O’odham Singers
9:00 Opening: Homer Marks Sr, President, SWIAA
Invocation: Frances Stephens
9:15 Wild Horse & Burro Act (Panel Discussion
Philip Bravo, President, Hualapai Cattle
Association, Hualapai Nation
Augustine Toro, Director, Department of
Natural Resources, Tohono O’odham Nation
10:00 AM BREAK (DOOR PRIZES)
10:15 4-H Livestock Programs on the Reservation
Ms. Marcella Talamente, Extension Agent,
Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
9:15 Agricultural Census 2012
Steve Manheimer, NASS/USDA
10:00: Outreach - SURP Program
Carl Etsitty, Navajo Nation
10:30: BREAK (DOOR PRIZES)
10:45 Invasive Species – Karen Howe, Ecologist
Vegetation & Wildlife Program Tohono
O’odham Nation
11:30 Wrap Up & Door Prizes
12:00 pm Benediction
11:00 Farm Bill Update – Trent Teegerstrom,
Arizona FRTEP Project Director& Associate
Specialist, University of Arizona Department
of Ag & Resource Economics
12:00 PM LUNCH
1:00 Keepseagle: Trent Tegerstrom Arizona, FRTEP
Project Director& Associate Specialist,
University of Arizona Department of Ag &
Resource Economics
1:00pm: Garden Tour
1:45 Animal Disease Traceability Framework
Dr. Terry Clark, APHIS, USDA
2:30 BREAK (DOOR PRIZES)
2:45 Drought Management for Grazing Areas
Gilbert Two Two, District Conservationist
NRCS / SFO, Tohono O’odham Nation
COURTYARD at SCOTTSDALE
Rate: $179-$229/Night (Rates Apply to Season)
RESERVATIONS: 1-800-230-4134 Scottsdale, AZ
3:30 SRPMIC Wild Horse Facility Tour
Brian Gwecke
5:00 PM END OF SESSION
6:00 DINNER & CULTURAL EVENT Huhugam
Ki Museum/O’odham/Piipaash Singers/Dancers
HOTEL INFORMATION
TALKING STICK RESORT
Ask for block of rooms for Southwest Indian Agricultural
Association Livestock Field Days
Rate: $159/Night + Tax (Rates apply, night before the
Livestock Field Day & 1 day after the Conference)
RESERVATIONS: 1-800-230-4134
9800 E. Indian Bend Rd Scottsdale, AZ 85256
HAMPTON INN SUITES
Rate: $179-$229/Night (Rates Apply to Season)
RESERVATIONS: 1-800-230-4134
9550 E. Indian Bend Rd Scottsdale, AZ 85256
HYATT PLACE PHOENIX/MESA
Rate: $169-$229/Nite (Rates Apply to Season)
RESERVATIONS: 1-877-829-9804 Mesa, AZ
CLARION INN MESA
Rate: $70/Night + Tax
951 W. Main St. Mesa, AZ 85201
RESERVATIONS: (480) 833-1231
MESA TRAVEL LODGE
Rate: $59/Night + Tax
22 S. Country Club Dr. Mesa, AZ 85210
RESERVATIONS: (480) 964-5694
AMERICAN EXECUTIVE INN MESA
Rate: $55/Night + Tax
22 S. Country Club Dr. Mesa, AZ 85201
RESERVATIONS: (480) 964-6476
KNIGHTS INN
Rate: $55/Night + Tax
630 W. Main St. Mesa, AZ 85201
RESERVATIONS: (480) 610-1200
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
You can register and pay by credit card online at
swiaa@q.com or mail brochure form with payment:
check or money order to:
SWIAA P.O. BOX 93524 PHOENIX, AZ
85070-3524
Phone: 520-954-0618
Registering is IMPORTANT to insure adequate
seating space and meals
PLEASE CIRCLE YOUR REGISTRATION
FULL PROGRAM: 2 Days (Breaks, & Lunch) $50
1 DAY ONLY: (Break (s) (Wed. or Thurs.) $35
Amount Paid:__________________________
Name:________________________________
Address:_______________________________
______________________________________
Phone:_________________________________
Email:_________________________________
Planning Committee
Homer Marks Sr., Tohono O’odham Nation
Sadie Marks
Tohono O’odham Nation
Jay Martinez,
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
Johnny Hill, Jr.
Colorado River Indian Tribe
Andrew Antone
Tohono O’odham Nation
Frances Stephens Tohono O’odham Nation
Tim Garcia,
Tohono O’odham Nation
Michael Lejero,
Tohono O’odham Nation
Agnes Joaquin,
Tohono O’odham Nation
Billman Lopez
Tohono O’odham Nation
Dorothy Sunna
Gila River Indian Community
Gerald Sunna
Gila River Indian Community
Bill Worthey
Sustainable Ag Products
Jacob Butler
Salt River Pima Maricopa
Indian Community Cultural
Resources Department
Angela Garcia-Lewis Salt River Pima Maricopa
Indian Community
If we missed anyone who assisted to make the
Southwest Indian Agricultural Association
Livestock Field Days a success, we apologize.
APRIL 24 & 25, 2013
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