Join us September 9 @ 11am ET for a dialogue on the opportunity to advance land and ocean conservation and a sustainable economy.

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** A Dialogue on the Opportunity to Advance Land and Ocean Conservation and a Sustainable Economy ([link removed])
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September 9, 11-11:50am ET | Register to Reserve Your Spot ([link removed])

The American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN) and Businesses for Conservation and Climate Action (BCCA) invite you to join us for a dialogue with the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Wizipan Garriott, other administration leadership and Indigenous business leaders on the opportunity to advance land and ocean conservation and a sustainable economy.

The Department of the Interior has a solemn obligation to protect America’s lands, waters and ecosystems for future generations, and is taking bold initiatives including the America the Beautiful Initiative to meet that goal.

Co-stewardship represents the best of land conservation and enables local communities to conserve areas of tremendous cultural and economic importance. Conservation can drive economic output through the long-term protection of resources.

Carrying out this work in collaboration with Tribes will help fulfill this obligation. Since time immemorial, tribes have developed land and water stewardship practices across many diverse ecosystems on this continent. These practices are based on traditional ecological knowledge that has been accumulated over countless generations through observation and analysis. These practices were also focused on ensuring that ecosystems remained healthy and resilient for generations into the future.

Now is the time for a public-private partnership for ambitious action to protect our land and oceans to build a strong and sustainable economy.

Confirmed Speakers:
* Marissa Merculieff (Director, Office of Justice and Governance Administration, Aleut Community of St. Paul Island ([link removed]) )
* Dune Lankard (President & Founder, Native Conservancy ([link removed]) )
* Clay Colombe (CEO of Siċaƞġu Co. ([link removed]) )
* David Levine (Co-Founder & President, ASBN ([link removed]) )

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Wizipan (Wee-zee-pan) Little Elk Garriott, an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota, is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior. He was appointed to this role by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland in October 2021.

The Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs serves as the first assistant and principal advisor to the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs in the development and interpretation of policies affecting Indian Affairs bureaus, offices, and programs.

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Garriott served as chief executive officer from 2012 to 2021 of the Rosebud Economic Development Corporation (REDCO), an ecosystem of Tribal organizations serving the Rosebud Indian Reservation. In this capacity, Mr. Garriott led and started businesses and community-based programs, including a Native language immersion school and 1,500-head buffalo herd.

Mr. Garriott’s previous federal service included serving under the leadership of Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Larry Echo Hawk from 2009 to 2011.

Mr. Garriott was born and raised on the Rosebud Indian Reservation where he attended St. Francis Indian School, a Bureau of Indian Affairs (now Bureau of Indian Education) facility. In 1998 he received the National Indian School Board Association’s Student of the Year Award.

Following high school, Mr. Garriott became the first BIA student to attend and graduate from Yale University, where he also was the first student to use an Indigenous language – Lakota – to complete a foreign language graduation requirement. In 2003, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies.

In August 2003, Mr. Garriott joined the Washington, D.C., office of then-Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota as a staff assistant. He went on to serve as Special Assistant for Indian Affairs and Economic Development, advising on various issues impacting Tribal communities including agriculture, health care, housing, and renewable energy development.

Mr. Garriott received his Juris Doctor degree in 2008 from the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College.

Mr. Garriott is part of the Aske Gluwipi Tiyospaye (They Wrap Their Hair) family clan of the Sicangu Oyate (See-con-zhu Oh-yah-tay) or Rosebud Sioux Tribe. His name, from his grandfather who lived six generations before him, has three meanings: a parfleche to carry sacred objects, a great burden or life calling, and the sacred Black Hills of the Lakota. Mr. Garriott lives on the homelands of the Sicangu with his wife and four children.
American Sustainable Business Network (ASBN) is a movement builder in partnership with the business and investor community. ASBN develops and advocates solutions for policymakers, business leaders, and investors that support an equitable, regenerative, and just economy that benefits all⁠—people and planet. As a multi-issue, membership organization advocating on behalf of every business sector, size, and geography, ASBN and its association members collectively represent over 250,000 businesses across our networks.

Businesses for Conservation & Climate Action’s mission is to establish national, regional, and state policies that recognize sustainable, BIPOC and community- based businesses as compatible with healthy lands and oceans, and to enhance rather than exclude these sustainable businesses from conversations about resource access at every step of the decision-making process. Our work is guided by a firm commitment to social equity, local and traditional wisdom, and triple bottom line solutions that restore social, ecological and economic health.

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