Tuesday, June 10th
Welcome Reception
Come early for an evening welcome reception on Tuesday, June 10, co-hosted by NNABA and the Oklahoma Indian Bar Association at the National Native American Hall of Fame (adjacent to the First Americans Museum).
Wednesday, June 11th
Full day and evening program
Okana Resort in Oklahoma City, OK
8:30 Breakfast available
9:00 Voting Rights Summit 2.0
10:45 Break
11:00 Sponsors Roundtable
11:45 Box Lunch Available
12:00 LGBTQ+ Two Spirit Program
1:00 Break
1:30 Business Meeting (including officer and committee
chair reports, introduction of strategic plan, state
and regional affiliate roundtable, officer and board
elections)
5:00 Break
6:00 Reception
7:00 Justice is Medicine Awards Dinner
*Thr., June 12 – Fri, June 13.
Sovereignty Symposium
Stay longer to participate in the Sovereignty Symposium on Thursday, June 12 and Friday, June 13. The Symposium is an annual Indian Law event hosted by the Oklahoma City University School of Law and Oklahoma City University.
You can register for the Sovereignty Symposium at their website:
https://web.cvent.com/event/b2487b5c-1bb2-46be-b63a-5830e5148443/regProcessStep1
NNABA Board Elections
Description: Presentation of NNABA’s New Strategic Plan and Officer and Board Elections
Voting Rights Summit 2.0: Lessons Learned in 2024 and Looking Ahead
Description:
Session Leaders:
*additional speakers to be added
Celebrating the NNABA Two Spirit Relatives Lunch Program
Description: Lunch program celebrating Two Spirit LGBTQ+ members
Session Leaders:
*additional speakers to be added
Local Chapters Roundtable
Description: State and Regional NNABA Affiliate and Sponsor Roundtables
Session Leaders:
*additional speakers to be added
Justice is Medicine Dinner including Awardees and Keynote Speaker Jo Harjo
Description: We will present our Advocacy Warrior, Community Keeper, and Guardian of Justice Awards. There will also be a special presentation by celebrated author and former Poet Laureate of the United States Joy Harjo.
Joy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2019-2022 and is winner of the Poetry Society of America’s 2024 Frost Medal, Yale’s 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry, and was recently honored with a National Humanities Medal.