60th Annual Convention Program & TENTATIVE Agenda
Navajo Nation – Window Rock, Arizona
June 18 – 21, 2009
Thursday, June 18th
Department of Youth Services – Fort Defiance, Arizona
9:00 am Fun Run (Youth Coordinator to present activity)
Volley Ball & SPARK Activities
Team Building Activities
Horse Shoe Games
Football Throw
3 on 3 Basketball
Tug of War
12:00 pm Refreshment & Light Meal
4:00 pm End of Day General Sessions: Youth Panel Discussion
5:00 pm NACNA Registration & Agenda Meeting
7:00 pm Native American Church Services
Friday, June 19th
7:00 am Breakfast – Bigman Family NAC Monument Valley Utah
8:00 am Posting of Colors – Tohatchi Veterans Organization
8:30 am Meeting Called to Order
9:00 am Welcome Address – Emerson Jackson Sr.
9:20 am Reading & Approval of Minutes of previous meeting
Reports – President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer & Editor & Chief
Election – NACNA Executive Officers
11:30 am Youth Presentation – Questions to the Delegates etc.
12:00 pm Lunch: Cicarello/Howard/Roanhorse families - In memory of the late Frank
Roanhorse (1885-1970)
1:30 pm Guest Speaker: President of Navajo Nation Dr. Joe Shirley
2:00 pm Fish & Wild Life – Washington, D.C.
4:30 pm Retrieval of Colors
5:00 Recess
6:00 pm Dinner: Anneth NAC
8:00 pm Native American Church Service
Saturday, June 20th
7:00 am Breakfast: Lucy Yazzie – NAC Teecnospos, Arizona In Memory of Chee Yabeney
8:00 am Flag Raising Ceremony: Honoring Code Talkers - Keith Little
Tuba City ROTC – Danielle Attakai, Nicolette Attakai, Daniel Keams &
1:30 pm Guest Speaker: President of Navajo Nation Dr. Joe Shirley
2:00 pm Fish & Wild Life – Washington, D.C.
4:30 pm Retrieval of Colors
5:00 Recess
6:00 pm Dinner: Anneth NAC
8:00 pm Native American Church Service
Saturday, June 20th
7:00 am Breakfast: Lucy Yazzie – NAC Teecnospos, Arizona In Memory of Chee Yabeney
8:00 am Flag Raising Ceremony: Honoring Code Talkers - Keith Little
Tuba City ROTC – Danielle Attakai, Nicolette Attakai, Daniel Keams &
RoDaniel Keams
National Anthem – Kaylyn Henderson
Navajo Pledge – Chanel Coolie
8:30 am Meeting Called to Order
9:00 am Religion Freedom in Prisons
9:30 am US Customs & Border Protection (Passport, Indian ID & Religious Items)
12:00 pm Lunch: Lorraine Fannman – Honoring Seth Bigman Sr., Emerson Jackson Sr &
National Anthem – Kaylyn Henderson
Navajo Pledge – Chanel Coolie
8:30 am Meeting Called to Order
9:00 am Religion Freedom in Prisons
9:30 am US Customs & Border Protection (Passport, Indian ID & Religious Items)
12:00 pm Lunch: Lorraine Fannman – Honoring Seth Bigman Sr., Emerson Jackson Sr &
Joe Holgate Jr.
1:20 pm US Dept of Agriculture (Plants, Herbs, Sage & Tobacco)
4:30 pm Convention Sponsor for the following year
5:00 pm Retrieval of Colors
5:30 pm Adjournment
6:00 pm Dinner: Ilene & Hanson Johnson In Memory of Ernest Y. Johnson
Raffle Drawing
8:00 pm Native American Church Service - Individuals donation the use of their
1:20 pm US Dept of Agriculture (Plants, Herbs, Sage & Tobacco)
4:30 pm Convention Sponsor for the following year
5:00 pm Retrieval of Colors
5:30 pm Adjournment
6:00 pm Dinner: Ilene & Hanson Johnson In Memory of Ernest Y. Johnson
Raffle Drawing
8:00 pm Native American Church Service - Individuals donation the use of their
Teepees
· Billex Isaac – Tuba City, Arizona
· Eddie Gloshay – Apache Land, White Mountain Apache
· Thomas Little – Red Valley, Arizona
· Stanley Bitsoi – Naschitti, New Mexico
Sunday, June 21, 2009
· Billex Isaac – Tuba City, Arizona
· Eddie Gloshay – Apache Land, White Mountain Apache
· Thomas Little – Red Valley, Arizona
· Stanley Bitsoi – Naschitti, New Mexico
Sunday, June 21, 2009
8:00 am Breakfast: Coffee & Donuts
12:00 pm Dinner: Shonto Charter In Memory of:
· Late Dr. Truman Washington Dailey – Indian Name: Soaring High
& Iva Lavina Koshiway Dailey
· Late Omer Begay Sr.
Darin Snake – Winnebego Meal
1:00 pm Teepee Drawing