Conferences
2025 GPTWA Water & Climate Conference
Nov. 5-6, 2025
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Former Chairwoman Janet Alkire, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Reflections on Women in Tribal Leadership & Motivations for the Future
Meet the Board Members of the Great Plains Tribal Water Alliance Introductions: Tribal Water Leadership & Resilience
Clean Water Act 106 Panel & Discussion
Moderator: Peter Capossela
Giulia Good-Stephani, NRDC Attorney
Issabelle Provost, Yankton Sioux Tribe Water Quality Coordinator
Dan Cordalis, Diné, NARF Attorney
Evan Smith, CSKT Water Quality Officer
Joseph Robertson, Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, Mato Ohitika Analytics LLC The Indigenous Perspective Praxis: Holistic Data Science Workflow Designs for Building Community Partnerships, Education and Citizen Engagement
NO DAPL Update Panel
Moderator: Natali Segovia, Quechua, Water Protector Legal Collective
Doug Crow Ghost, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Tim Mentz, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Shawn Bordeaux, State Representative, Rosebud Sioux Tribe South Dakota State Water Projects
Laura Edwards, South Dakota State University State Climatologist Climate Outlook
Indigenous Data Sovereignty Panel
Moderator: Doug Crow Ghost
Katie Jones, Blackfeet, Wise Ancestors
Trina Lone Hill, Oglala Sioux Tribe
Joni Tobacco, Oglala Sioux Tribe
Faith Spotted Eagle & Alexis Archambault, Brave Heart Society Protecting Land, Water, and All Relatives from Transmission Line Development in Oceti Territory
Sundown & Hawkeye Montileaux, Oglala Lakota Sacredness of the Black Hills
Pine Ridge Girls School Adopting a Creek
GPTWA Board Members Water Warrior Award
Mining in the Black Hills
Moderator: Reno Red Cloud
Tim Mentz, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Jeff Parsons, OST Pro Bono Attorney
Trina Lone Hill, Oglala Sioux Tribe
Lilias Jarding, Black Hills Clean Water Alliance
Peter Capossela, GPTWA Attorney Army Corps of Engineers Draft 2025-2026 Annual Operating Plan
Howard Valandra, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Indian Land Tenure Foundation The Native Version of the 1928 Meriam Report
Kynser Bell & Janna Black, GPTWA Tribal Resilience Liaisons Supporting Tribal Community Resilience
Leigha Bradford, Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy Tribal Energy Sovereignty
Henry Red Cloud, Red Cloud Renewables Indigenous Leadership in Renewable Energy
2024 GPTWA Water & Climate Conference
Sept. 18-19, 2024
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Chief Arvol Looking Horse 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe, and Spiritual Leader of the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota Oyate, known as the Great Sioux Nation
Natali Segovia Water Protector Legal Collective
Peter Capossela Overcoming Obstacles to Protect Tribal Water
Azmal Hossan Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Water Needs and Priorities
Kynser Wahwahsuck Bell & Janna Black How GPTWA Liaisons can support you
Natali Segovia, Doug Crow Ghost, Tim Mentz Panel on Dakota Access Pipeline
Reno Red Cloud & Lilias Jarding Panel on Protecting the Black Hills from Mining
Dr. Ranjan Datta Indigenous Community Perspectives about Climate-Water Crisis and Land-based Adaptations: A Decolonial Learning Journey
Azmal Hossan, Dr. Rajan Datta, Faith Spotted Eagle, Doug Crow Ghost, William Crawford Workshop on Decolonizing Climate Change Adaptation Knowledge
Tim Mentz Cultural Importance of Water
Nathan Edwards Updates on Mesonet stations on Tribal lands
Billie Kingfisher USACE Omaha District updates
Imtiaz Rangwala Climate Tools & Methods for Climate Adaptation
Crystal Stiles NIDIS Tribal Engagement Updates
Robert Ludgren USGS Updates
Faith Spotted Eagle & the Braveheart Society Yankton Sioux Cultural Bioregion and Traditional Knowledge
2023 GPTWA Water & Climate Conference
Dec. 6-7, 2023
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Wes Martel Major Issues of Federal Reserved Indian Water Right’s and Tribal Water Code Development
Reno Red Cloud & Mario Gonzalez Oglala Sioux Tribe’s Drought Adaptation Plan
Phil Two Eagle Sicangu Climate Center
Jim Grijalva Missouri River Watershed Environmental Justice Program
Joni Tobacco A Lakota Perspective on Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Peter Capossela Water Justice from the Black Hills to the Missouri River
Tim Mentz Programmatic Agreement with Department of Interior & Advisory Council Historic Preservation & Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Kynser Wahwahsuck Support for Tribal Climate & Water Resource Managers
Crystal Stiles NIDIS Updates on Regional Drought and Tribal Engagement
Cody Knutson National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) Tribal Assistance
Doug Kluck Overview of the National Climate Assessment: Northern Great Plains & A Climate Outlook
Logan Kofpmann FSA Disaster Relief Program and Tribal Opportunities
Nathan Edwards SDSU Mesonet Updates
Wayne Stone Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Updates
Jason Gildea EPA Updates + Funding Opportunities
Melissa Smith National Weather Service Updates
Taylor Gunhammer He Sapa Initiative
Chase Iron Eyes Lithium Mining in the Black Hills
James Rattling Leaf, Sr. Utilizing Indigenous Leadership to Advance Equity in a Changing Climate
Azmal Hossan Tribal Climate Adaptation Water Needs in the Great Plains
2022 GPTWA Fall Water Conference
Nov. 16-17, 2022
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SD Extension Partnerships on Tribal Lands Laura Edwards
Tribal Resilience across the North Central Region Kynser Wahwahsuck
Role of NIDIS/NOAA and Tribes Molly Woloszyn
Tribal Activities and Long-term Research Planning Robert Lundgren
SD Mesonet Growth and Benefits Nathan Edwards
Rosebud Sioux Tribe Climate Change Phil Two Eagle & Robin O’Malley
EPIC- Tribal Compensatory Mitigation Mariah Black Bird-Perry
NCAI Updates and 1872 Mining Act Carolina Wasinger
Environmental Justice: GPTWA report to ACE Peter Capossela
2021 GPTWA Fall Water Conference
Oct. 6-7, 2021
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Corrie Knapp National Climate Assessment
Becky Baker Overview of GPTWA Projects
Doug Kluck Climate Models
Crystal Stiles Role of NOAA/NIDIS and Tribes
Tony Krause Update on Corp projects with Tribes and Programs available
Jeff Parson, Rick Bell & Lilias Jarding Panel: Dewey Burdock and Black Hills Issues
Peter Capossela Legal Perspective
Dan West Climate Change in Indian Country
Stefan Tangen NC CASC Updates
Errol D. Crow Ghost Overview of GPTWA Initiatives and Benefits of Membership
2019 GPTWA Fall Water Conference
Oct. 10-11, 2019
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Updates in Regional Tribal Adaptation Stefan Tangen
Tribal Engagement with NOAA/NIDIS Emily Bamford
Oglala Sioux Tribe Water Resources Department Reno Red Cloud
Black Hills Clean Water Alliance Lilias Jardin
National Drought Mitigation Center Cody Knutson
GPTWA and NC CASC partnership James Rattling Leaf