Title: 1NA04: Saving Sovereignty: Will Big Business Prevail? Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2025 Start Time: 2:00pm End Time: 2:50pm Description: With financially strapped states "cutting deals" with tribes to permit new or expanded tribal gaming operations in exchange for revenue-sharing and other concessions, tribes are questioning whether these negotiations have sacrificed sovereign rights and cultural traditions for lucrative economic ventures. But, is this just the price that must be paid for doing business in the 21st century and assuring a long-term, financially secure future for the tribe? A distinguished panel of tribal leaders, state officials and others will discuss the ways that state-tribal partnerships are affecting tribal communities. Speaker(s): Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier, Esq. - Partner - Snell & Wilmer George Skibine - Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy and Economic Development - Office of Indian Gaming Management Howard Dickstein Esq. - Attorney - Dickstein & Zerbi Daniel M. Kolkey - Partner - Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Frank Lawrence - Attorney - Holland & Knight