Title: 2NA01: Tribal, State and Local: We CAN Get Along Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2025 Start Time: 8:00am End Time: 8:50am Description: Too often, there is an adversarial relationship between the state, the local community and the tribes that run Indian gaming, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Experts discuss effective methods for developing healthy relationships among all these parties and how honest and direct communication can prevent the problems that have been endemic in the early years of Indian gaming. Speaker(s): Sheila Morago - Executive Director - Arizona Indian Gaming Association Deron Marquez - Chairman - San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians Waltona Manion - President - Waltona Manion & Associates Doreen Hagen - Tribal Council President - piic.org Kate Spilde Contreras, Ph.D. - Visiting Scholar - Center for California Native Nations