Sunday, April 26
8:30 Meet in Grand Casino Hotel Lobby for Bus to the Mille Lacs Indian Museum
8:30 – 9:15 Continental Breakfast in Lobby
9:15 – 10:30 Opening Prayer, Welcome, Introductions
10:30 – 11:15 Keynote (Dr. Brian Waabak McInnes)
10:45 – 12:00 Tours of Mille Lacs Indian Museum
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch in Lobby
1:00 – 3:45 Afternoon Sessions
Room A: Working with Community Artists (MnHS Staff)
Room B: Making NAGPRA Practical (Willie Johnson and Shannon Martin)
Room C: A Pocketful of Resources: A Library Program Exchange (Sandy Tharp)
Room D: Connectedness: Fostering a Garden through Librarianship, Cultural Preservation, and Service Learning (Mark Holman, Claudia Seymour West, and Rebecca Dallinger)
5:30 – 6:30 Welcome Feast
6:30 – 8:00 Game and Movie Night
Monday, April 27
8:30 Meet in Grand Casino Hotel Lobby for Bus to the Mille Lacs Indian Museum
8:30 – 9:30 Continental Breakfast in Lobby
9:00 – 10:15 Language Panel and Conversation (Dr. Brian Waabak McInnes and Mille Lacs Community Member)
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00 Concurrent Classes
Room A: Processing Archives 101 (Jennifer O’Neal)
Room B: Library Tech: Digital Tools for Advocacy and Programming (Robin Amado and Jenny McBurney)
Room C: Preparing for Museum Disasters: Risk Assessment and Building a Disaster Supply Cache for Your Collection (Elisa Redman)
Room D: Caring for Your Museum’s Collection: A Team-Based Approach – Day 1 (Holly Cusack McVeigh)
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 4:30 Concurrent Classes (continued)
4:30 – 6:45 Dinner (on your own)
7:00 – 8:30 Creating a CGLCK Traveling Exhibition – Introduction and Group Planning (Saul Sococi-Drake and Rita Lara)
Tuesday, April 28
8:30 Meet in Grand Casino Hotel Lobby for Bus to the Mille Lacs Indian Museum
8:30 – 9:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00 – 10:15 Working with Youth Panel and Conversation (Coral Moore and Missy Whiteman)
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:30 – 12:00 Concurrent Classes
Room A: Creating Exhibitions through the Collective: Insight into Community Co-Curation (Saul Sococi-Drake)
Room B: Bridging the Digital Divide: Basic Guidelines and Best Practices for Digitization Projects (Jeanine Nault)
Room C: Program Evaluation 101 for Curators, Librarians, Tribal Historical Preservation Officers (Nicole MartinRodgers)
Room D: Caring for Your Museum’s Collection: A Team-Based Approach – Day 2 (Holly Cusack McVeigh)
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 4:30 Concurrent Classes (continued)
6:00 – 7:00 Indian Taco Dinner (at Mille Lacs Indian Museum)
7:00 – 9:00 Birch Bark Crafts (Pat Kruse)
Wednesday, April 29
8:00 Meet in Grand Casino Hotel Lobby for Bus to the Mille Lacs Indian Museum
8:00 – 9:00 Continental Breakfast
8:30 – 10:00 Institute Reflections and Future Plans
10:30 – 11:00 Final words and to-go lunch
11:00 Bus departs
Updated: 13 April 2015