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12–12:55 p.m. Networking Break: Intro to AITC Session 2b: Resilience Planning: Lessons Learned from COVID-19

Meet the AIANTA team and also learn more about this week’s schedule, including our Seleni Matus, Executive Director, International Institute of Tourism Studies,
Networking Breaks, Zoom Happy Hour events, entertainment scheduled for the conference, The George Washington University
and how to win fun prizes throughout the conference. Having trouble getting full functionality Anna Barrera, Research Scholar, International Institute of Tourism Studies,
through your AITC Conference App? Bring your tech questions as well and we’ll help you get The George Washington University
up and running. Talia Salem, Principal, The Urban Nomad

This session will share practical guidance that tourism destinations and businesses in Indian
Country can take to plan their reopening, attract and inspire confidence among travelers
1–1:55 p.m. Breakout Session 2 and manage through this unprecedented global pandemic. Learn best practices and lessons
related to resilience planning and leadership, product innovation and communications.

Session 2a: Blending Cultural Heritage with Outdoor Adventure

Linda Cooley, Deputy Director, Yurok Economic Development 2–2:55 p.m. Regional Breakout Session
For the Yurok people, the California condor (prey-go-neesh) has been spiritually tied to Yurok
ceremonies since the beginning of time. But it has been more than a century since condors Join members of the AIANTA Board of Directors and nearby colleagues to discuss issues and
have inhabited the Northern California tribe’s ancestral lands. In 2008, the Tribe created the challenges facing your region.
Yurok Tribe Wildlife Program (YTWP) to determine if Yurok Ancestral Territory could provide
a suitable habitat for a reintroduced population of the endangered California condor. Now Input gathered at these sessions will help AIANTA advise decision makers in supporting tribal
an official release program into Redwood National Park is planned for later this year. Linda tourism development and growth, and determine how to best deliver training and other
Cooley, Deputy Director of the Yurok Economic Development Corporation will explain how resources. Moderators:
the Yurok community worked with the National Park Service and other federal partners to
blend the Tribe’s relationship to the land, codified the Yurok Constitution, into a cultural Alaska Region:
heritage program open to visitors and residents alike. Rachel Moreno, Mario Fulmer (AIANTA Board Representatives, Alaska Region)

Eastern Region:
Linda Cooley (AIANTA Board Representative, At-Large)

Midwest Region:
Crystal Holtz, Kirby Metoxen (AIANTA Board Representatives, Midwest Region)

Pacific Region:
Jamie Sijohn, Hi’ilani Shibata (AIANTA Board Representatives, Pacific Region)
CHEROKEE Plains Region:
Travis Owens (AIANTA Board Representatives, Plains Region)
ADVENTURE Southwest Region:

Emerson R. Vallo, James Surveyor (AIANTA Board Representatives, Southwest Region)
AWAITS 3:00 p.m. Zoom Happy Hour: Meet and Greet

Unwind, grab your favorite virtual beverage and say hello to your fellow AITC delegates in a
post-conference recap of the day’s events.
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