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1 Logistics

The  event  is  being held in the  designated  ALAC  room  at the ICANN  conference  event.  The  tables and  speeches will be in the main room followed by the performance and  

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Action  Heidi to contact  Tony for  a  CD  CD, MP3 files 

3. Speakers

Sponsors

•  Affilias 
•  Verisign
•  ICANN
•  Native Media
  
  
  Speakers

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Jacqueline Pata is the Executive Director of NCAI. She is a member of the Raven/Sockeye Clan of the Tlingit Tribe (pronounced – Kling-get) and a member of the Central Council of the Tlingit-Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. MJrs. Pata was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) during the Clinton Administration.

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6.  Preformers 

Performer, Speaker, Artistic Director, Choreographer - Derrick Suwaima Davis

Derrick Suwaima Davis is a Native Arizonan, from the Hopi and Choctaw Nations. Suwaima, who began

participating in Pow Wows at the age of 3, is the only adult, SEVEN Time World Champion Hoop Dancer and a

Champion Fancy Dancer. Suwaima is the 2014 Champion!

In addition to dancing competitively and professionally, Suwaima is also a gifted Choreographer & Artistic

Director. He currently serves (and has for the last 12 years) as Artistic Director for “Native Trails” in Scottsdale.

Suwaima has been honored to be named Artist of the Year – Performing Arts category – by the Scottsdale

Cultural Council, for his contribution to the Arts community.

Suwaima was a member of the pop/rock group “Clan/destine” and he has also worked with the Heard Museum,

The Phoenix Symphony, The American Indian Dance Theater, Canyon Records and Willie Nelson. He was also

honored to be designated as Head Man Dancer at the Inaugural Pow Wow at the Smithsonian National Museum

of the American Indian.

After having performed internationally sharing his interpretation of hoop dance in places such as Germany,

Spain, Australia, Denmark, Malaysia, Africa, Japan and Singapore, in recent years Suwaima has turned his

attention to presenting the people and cultures of the Southwestern U.S. via The Living Traditions Dance Troupe.

Suwaima speaks regularly on First Nations history, culture, and issues of importance to Native people. He was

recently asked to record a PSA for the Arizona Dept. of Health Services on Diabetes Prevention, an issue about

which he is passionate. Suwaima is involved with his community in many ways, including serving on the Miss

Hopi Pageant Committee.

Suwaima has appeared as a model in Marie Clare and his image can be seen on everything from billboards, to

Heard Museum and Arizona Office of Tourism ads, to a US Postal Service campaign. Auspicious publications

Suwaima has been featured in include Smithsonian (cover), Native Peoples (3 covers), Phoenix Home & Garden

(as Master Dancer of the Southwest), and Cosmopolitan (man of the month), Dance Life Magazine (cover)

Arizona Highways Magazine, as well as many newspaper articles.

Along with his dance troupe and as a solo artist, Suwaima regularly performs in theatrical productions, school

programs, concerts, festivals, corporate shows, key note speaking, and other special events.

Suwaima may be reached through www.TheCharlesAgency.com / phone 602.547.0708

Action items  of meetings  
Membership  add their  names  by  August 5  

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