AISES 2013 National Conference
Denver, Colorado
Summary Report
Summary and Highlights
Held in Denver, CO from October 31 – November 2, 2013, AISES 35th annual National Conference was themed “Elevate.”
The conference featured customary events such as:
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Caucus and constituent meetings
Closing circle
Ely S. Parker Award ceremony
Largest Career Fair in Indian Country
Professional members dinner
Professional of the Year awards
Research presentations for high school juniors and seniors, college students and graduate students,
Resume resource room
Sequoyah Fellows breakfast
Sponsors reception
Student awards and recognition ceremony
Women’s and Men’s talking circles
Pow wow and traditional marketplace
Over 50 learning sessions selected by an external committee and organized by tracks
The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Nancy Jackson – manager of the International Chemical Threat Reduction
Department in the Global Security Center at Sandia National Laboratories
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Four Campus Tours over two days
Gemstone Reception that honored ALL conference sponsors
Return of the Plenary Session
1st annual AISES Ignite Session
AISES 2013 National Conference Data Report – November, 2013
Revenue
Overall 2013 National Conference reached 80% of the budgeted income projection, at $929,210 total income. The total
budget projection was $1,158,275.
Overall Revenue goals were not met: large shortfalls in Sponsorships; More (3/4) Non-profit booths ($800) where sold then
corporate (1/4) booths ($1,900); Many exhibitors partnered and shared booths this year; Attendee (Registration Fee
Increase) and Marketplace revenue experienced increases this year.
Historical information: 2010 and 2011 where AISES National Conference best years for Revenue and Attendance.
Revenue Type
Exhibitors
Sponsors
Sponsor & Exhibitor
Marketplace
Attendees
Comped Booths
Total
2010
2011
$217,125
$85,000
$505,300
$1,400
$159,690
2008
$183,325
$70,000
$486,650
$2,400
$120,807
2009
$201,300
$80,600
$622,625
$2,600
$192,502
$253,825
$122,800
$670,050
$3,200
$163,950
$150,595
$66,000
$595,350
$4,000
$177,032
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2012
$158,950
$32,200
$551,650
$5,250
$186,160
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2013
$970,140
$863,232
$1,112,627
$1,196,825
$992,377
$934, 210
Attendance
2013 National Conference attendance fell short of goal. Seeing noticeable shortfalls in Exhibitors/Sponsors and High
School Students.
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Professionals
College Students
HS Students &
Chaperones
Educators &
Judges
Registrant Type
125
399
230
134
443
252
192
510
328
197
565
195
168
621
175
162
509
182
64
142
52
76
65
Exhibitors/Sponsors
Speakers
600
99
538
98
567
62
Assessed
differently in
registration;
8 judges in
2011
566
50
436
67
463
63
Other
Comped
Registrations
84
55
70
70
15
5
21
25 (not in
count)
1601
1435
1781
1651
1563
1481
Total
Attendee Demographics: Students vs. Professionals
The 2013 National Conference reported the following breakdown of students and professionals, the latter including
exhibitors, many of whom participate in conference activity outside of the Career Fair.
Professional - 53%
Breakdown of Professionals:
STEM Professional – 17%
Educator – 13%
Other Professional- 23%
Student - 47%
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Attendee Demographics: Attendee Type
The 2013 National Conference reported the following breakdown of attendee type:
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Demographic Statistics: Current College Level
Among current students, registrants for the 2013 National Conference were invited to indicate their level of study pursued
at present, for statistical purposes. 512 total responses were collected.
Undergrad – 87%
Of which are made up of:
Freshman – 13%
Sophomore – 27%
Junior-26%
Senior – 33%
Other – 1%
Master's – 8%
Doctorate – 5%
Post-Doc - 0%
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Demographic Statistics: Gender
The 2013 National Conference reported near-parity in gender of participants
Male - 47%
Female - 53%
Demographic Statistics: Race and Ethnicity
For the 2013 National Conference we invited registrants to provide detailed demographic information. This information was
not mandatory.
Indigenous – 68%
Breakdown of Indigenous:
American Indian – 64%
Alaska Native - 2%
First Nation – 1%
Native Hawaiian – 1%
White – 13%
Prefer not to answer – 6%
Black/African-American – 3%
Hispanic/Latino – 3%
Asian – 2%
Other – 4%
Demographic Statistics: STEM Interest
Registrants for the 2013 National Conference were invited to provide STEM interest (area of study or interest) for statistical
purposes. Of the 1474 total declarations of STEM interest collected, the percentages were as follows:
Science – 25%
Technology – 7%
Engineering – 27%
Math – 3%
Health Sciences – 9%
Other STEM-related – 6%
Non-STEM – 22%
How Did You Hear about AISES NC
Registrants for the 2013 National Conference were invited to provide STEM interest (area of study or interest) for statistical
purposes. Of the 1474 total declarations of STEM interest collected, the percentages were as follows:
Facebook – >1%
Email – >1%
School – 41%
Tribe – 8%
Place of Employment – 21%
Friend/Colleague – 15%
Community Organization – 6%
Other – 9%
Demographic Statistics: Regional Representation
The breakdown among all participants by region is as follows:
Region 1: Northwest – 11%
Region 2: West – 8%
Region 3: Southwest – 39%
Region 4: South Central – 7%
Region 5: Upper Midwest – 17%
Region 6: Northeast – 8%
Region 7: Southeast – 9%
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Tribal Representation
The 2013 National Conference also queried
participants for their tribal affiliation. This was not
a mandatory question.
Tribal Affiliation for all participants, where stated as:
Absentee Shawnee
1
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Acjachemen 1
Acjachemen - Juaneno Band of Mission Indians 1
Acoma Pueblo 4
Ahtna/Doyon 1
Aleknagik Natives Limited
1
Apache
2
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
1
Aquinnah Wampanoag
2
Arikara 1
Arikara & Menominee 1
Athabascan 2
Blackfeet
15
Blackfeet/ Haida-Tlingit 1
Blackfeet/Cherokee
1
Bois Forte
1
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa 2
Brothertown
2
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma
1
Canoncito Band of Navajo
1
Catawba Indian Nation
1
Chappaquiddick Wampanoag 1
Cherokee
38
Cherokee and Shawnee
1
Cherokee Nation
11
Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama 1
Cherokee, Choctaw
1
Cherokee/ Pawnee
1
Cherokee/African American
1
Cherokee/Native Hawaiian
1
Cherokee/Shawnee
1
Chevak Village 1
Cheyenne & Arapaho 2
Cheyenne River Sioux 9
Chickahominy Tribe
1
Chickasaw
8
Chimichanga Nation 1
Chippewa
3
Chippewa Cree
2
Choctaw
14
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma 5
Choctaw/Delaware
1
Choctaw-Apache of Ebarb
1
CIRI
1
Citizen Nation Potawotomi
4
Clarks Point Village Council
1
Coharie
1
Colorado River 1
Colville1
Comanche
2
Comanche - Numunu 1
Conf Tribes of Warm Springs
1
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Indian Nation
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde 1
Cook Inlet Tribal Council
1
Coquille Indian Tribe
1
Coweessess First Nation 3
Cree/Lakota 1
1Creek 1
Crow 14
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe 1
Crow, N. Cheyenne, Blackfoot 1
Crow/Blackfeet
1
Dakota/Arapaho
1
Delaware Western Oklahoma 1
Diné/Navajo 221
Doyon, K'oyitl'ots'ina
1
Dry Creek Rancheria 1
Eastern Band Cherokee 7
Euchee, Menominee 1
First Nation
1
Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 1
Fond du Lac Ojibwe
1
Fort Peck Assiniboine 1
Gila River
4
Gila River Akimal O'odham
1
Gila River Indian Community
2
Gila River Pima 3
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians
2
Haida 1
Haliwa-Saponi 3
Hannahville Potawatomi
2
Ho Chunk Nation
2
Hopi 10
Hunkpati Dakota
1
Ihanktonwan Band of the Dakota/Nakota/
Lakota Nation of South Dakota
1
Indian 1
Inupiaq
4
Inupiaq of Barrow, AK 1
Inupiat 3
Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico
1
Isleta Pueblo/Navajo 1
Jemez Pueblo 3
Jicarilla & Mescalero Apache 1
Jicarilla Apache
1
Kahnawake Mohawk 1
Kaibab Paiute 1
Kalinago Carib 2
Kashunamiut Tribe
1
Kaw 2
Kenaitize
1
Kewa Pueblo 1
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma
1
Kiowa 1
Klahoose First Nations of Canada
1
Klamath Tribes 2
Knik
1
Kootenai
2
Oklahoma Band Choctaw
1
Lac Courte Oreilles
1
Oklahoma Cherokee 1
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe
2
Oklahoma Choctaw & Cheyenee River Sioux
1
Lac Courte Orielles
1
OMAA - the Woodland Métis Tribe
1
Laguna Pueblo 2
Omaha
1
Laguna Pueblo, Acoma Pueblo, Navajo 1
Omaha, Crow Creek Sioux
1
Laguna/Navajo
1
Oneida
7
Lake Superior Chippewa (Fond du Lac Band)
1
Oneida & Navajo
1
Lakota 6
Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
1
Lakota Sioux 1
Oneida of New York
1
Lakota/Ogalala Sioux 1
Oneida of the Thames 1
Lenape
2
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
2
Lenape (Delaware)
1
Onondaga
5
Lenape, Lakota, and Northern Cheyenne
1
Onondaga Nation
1
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
2
Osage 5
Little Travers Bay Band of Odawa Indians
1
Pala Band of Mission Indians
1
Lower Brule Sioux and Blackfeet 1
Passamaqouddy
1
Lumbee
20
Pawnee
3
Lumbee/Coharie
1
Peguis First Nation
7
Lumbee/Oglala Sioux 1
Pend d'Oreille 1
Lumbee/Tuscarora
1
Penobscot
1
Lummi and Quinault
1
Peublo of Laguna
1
Maidu - Mooretown Rancheria 1
Picuris Pueblo 1
Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation
2
Pilot Station Traditional Council 1
Mekoryuk Native Village
1
Pima 2
Menominee
16
Piscataway
6
Menominee & Navajo 1
Piscataway-Conoy
1
Menominee and Three affiliated Tribes 1
Poarch Bank of Creek Indians 1
Mescalero Apache
1
Potawatomi
1
Mescalero Apache & Comanche
1
Potowatomi - Citizen Band
1
Mescalero Apache Tribe
2
Prairie Band Potawatomi
1
Metis 1
Pueblo of Acoma
2
Mewuk
2
Pueblo of Acoma (New Mexico) and Hopi Tribe (Arizona)
Pueblo of Zuni 1
Miccosukee
1
Puyallup
1
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
1
Pyramid Lake Paiute
2
Miqmak, Cherokee
1
Quapaw, San Juan Pueblo, Taos Pueblo 1
Mississippi Choctaw
2
Quapaw/Pawnee
1
Mohawk
11
Quartz Valley Indian Reservation
2
Mohegan
1
Quileute
1
Morongo Band of Serrano Indians
1
Quinault Indian Nation 3
Muckleshoot 9
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
1
Muscogee
4
Red Cliff Ojibwe
3
Muskogee Creek/Yuchi 1
Red Lake Band of Chippewa 1
Nambe Pueblo 1
Red Lake Nation
1
Native Hawaiian
1
Red Lake Ojibwe
2
Native Village of Afognak
1
2
Native Village of Barrow Inupiat Traditional Government 1Rosebud Lakota
Rosebud Oyate Lakota 1
Native Village of Unalakleet
1
Rosebud Sioux Tribe
12
Nez Perce
2
Round Valley Indian Tribes
3
NiMiiPuu (Nez Perce) 2
Sac & Fox of OK
1
Northern Arapaho
1
Saginaw Chippewa
1
Northern Cheyenne
1
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
1
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi
1
Salish/Northern Cheyenne
1
Oglala Lakota 17
Samish 1
Ojibwa1
San Carlos Apache
1
Ojibway
1
San Carlos Apache Tribe
1
Ojibwe 4
San Felipe Pueblo
3
Ojibwe/Chippewa - White Earth Nation 2
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San Juan Pueblo
2
Santa Clara Pueblo
1
Santa Rosa County Creek Indian Tribe 1
Santo Domingo
2
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians 1
Sealaska
1
Seminole Cherokee
1
Seminole Nation
1
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma 1
Senaca-Cayuga
1
Seneca
6
Seneca Nation of Indians
2
Seneca-Cayuga
1
Seton Lake Indian Band 1
Shinnecock
1
Shoshone Paiute
4
Shoshone-Bannock
1
Sicangu Lakota
2
Sicangu Lakota/Mattinecock 1
Sicangu Lakota/Navajo1
Siginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
Siksika Nation 1
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
4
Six Nations of the Grand River 1
Six Nations Upper Cayuga
1
SLT
2
Southeastern Cherokee 1
Spirit Lake Nation
2
Spokane Tribe 2
St. Croix Ojibwe
1
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe 9
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
6
Stockbridge-Munsee 6
Taíno (Borikén) 1
Taos Pueblo
2
Taos Pueblo/Navajo
1
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone
1
Te-Moak Western Shoshone
1
Three Affiliated Tribes 3
Tiwa, Yaqui, and Ojibwe
1
Tlingit 2
Tlingit & Haida Tribes of Alaska 1
Tohono O'odham
5
Tonawanda Seneca
1
Tongva
1
Tsimshian
2
Tule River Band of Yokuts
1
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
18
Umatilla/Coeur d Alene 1
Unangan
1
Unangax
1
United Keetowah Band 1
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe 3
Waccamaw Siouan
1
Warm Springs, Yakama 1
1
Western Shoshone Te-Moak
1
White Earth Nation
4
White Earth Nation, Anishinaabe
White Earth Ojibwe
3
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska 3
Winnemem Wintu
1
Wuskwi Sipihk Swampy Cree
1
Wyandotte
1
Yakama
4
Yakama/Navajo
1
Yankton and Chicksaw 1
Yavapai-Apache Nation
1
Yurok Tribe
5
Zapotec
1
Zuni
2
Zuni Pueblo
3
Zuni Pueblo/Mescalero Apache 1
Zuni/Navajo
1
1
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Thank You to our Sponsors
3M
AISES Publishing, Inc.
American Chemical
Society
BLM
BNSF Railway
Boeing
Central Intelligence
Agency
Chevron
Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma
Chrysler
CHS Foundation
Colorado School of
Mines
Department of
Defense
Department of Energy
ExxonMobil
General Motors
Goldman Sachs
Goodyear
Google
IBM
Intel
Kellogg's
Lockheed Martin
Merck
Microsoft
NASA
NAVSEA/NAVAIR/
SPAWAR/NAVFAC
Navy
NOAA
Northrop Grumman
NOVA Corporation
Raytheon
Salt River Project
University of Phoenix
URS Corporation
US Army Corps of
Engineers
USDA NRCS
USDA-ARS
(bold indicates Gemstone sponsor)
Survey Summary Data
AISES received 111 attendee survey responses, wherein 88.5% of respondents rated the National
Conference at a 4 (38.1%) or 5 (50.4%) on a scale from one to five, where five is the best rating.
In addition to scored questions, there was an opportunity to leave comments, which on the
vast majority were positive.
Speaker session results are sent separately and are provided directly to each speaker,
along with narrative comments, if they are provided.
List of Exhibitors and Marketplace Vendors
EXHIBITORS
Society of American Indian Government Employees
3M Corporation
Accenture
AISES Publishing, Inc.
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
American Chemical Society
American Indian College Fund
American Indian Graduate Center
American Indian Program - New Mexico State University
Arizona Public Service (APS)
Ball Aerospace
Bank of America, Merrill Lynch
Barrick Gold of North America
Be An Actuary
Berkeley Lab
BHP Billiton New Mexico Coal
BNSF Railway
BP Americas
Bristol Bay Native Corporation
Bristol Bay Native Corporation
Bristol Bay Native Corporation
Bristol Bay Native Corporation
Bureau of Indian Affairs
California Institute of Technology
Capitol College
Center of American Indian and Minority Health
Central Intelligence Agency
Cherokee Nation
Chevron
Chrysler Group LLC
Colorado School of Mines Graduate School
Columbia University
Computing Research Association
Cornell University
Defense Contract Management Agency
Department of the Interior
DHHS/NIH/NIAID
Division of Energy & Mineral Development
Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment
GE
GE Aviation
General Motors
Goldman Sachs
Gonzaga University Graduate School of Business
Google
Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
IBM
Illinois Institute of Technology
Indians into Medicine
INRSEP
Institute of Environmental Health,
Oregon Health & Science University
Intel
Intertribal Timber Council
Int'l Union of Forest Research Organizations
Iowa State University College of Engineering
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Kellogg Company
LIGO
Lockheed Martin Corporation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Merck
Michigan State University
Microsoft
MIRTHE Center
Montana State University
Montana Tech at Butte
Mortenson Construction
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
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National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
University of Arkansas Graduate School
National Institutes of Health/NIDDK
University of California, Berkeley-Undergraduate Admission
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
University of California, Davis
National Research Council of the National Academies
University of Colorado - Skaggs School of Pharmacy
National Science Foundation
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
National Science Foundation (ASEE)
University of Colorado Denver|Anschutz Medical Campus
National Security Agency
University of Denver
Natural Resources Conservation Service-USDA
University of Illinois at Chicago Graduate College
Navajo Agricultural Products Industry
University of Illinois Graduate College
Navajo Generating Station
University of Kansas School of Engineering
Navajo Tribal Utility Authority
University of Michigan
NAVSEA/NAVAIR/SPAWAR/NAVFAC
University of Minnesota
New Mexico Tech
University of Minnesota, Morris
NIST
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
NOAA - Boulder
University of New Mexico
NOAA- Office of Education
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
North Carolina State
University of Notre Dame
Northeastern University
University of Phoenix
Northrop Grumman
University of Rhode Island
Northwest Indian College
University of Rochester
NOVA Corporation
University of Utah
NSF Engineering Research Centers
University of Washington - JISAO
NSTA
University of Wisconsin Law School
Oak Ridge Associated Universities
URS Corporation
Oklahoma State University
US Army Corps of Engineers
Organization for Tropical Studies
US Department of State
Peace Corps
US Environmental Protection Agency
Pennsylvania State University
US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Princeton University - The Graduate School
US Coast Guard Academy
Procter & Gamble
US Coast Guard Recruiting Office Denver
Purdue University Native American Educational and Cultural
Center
USDA
APHIS
Raytheon Company
USDA FS Forest Products Laboratory
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
USDA, Food Safety & Inspection Service
Rochester Institute of Technology
UW- School of Medicine- Center for Equity
Sanford Research
Diversity & Inclusion
SMART Scholarship Program
UW/Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center
Society of American Indian Government Employees
UWSMPH
Society of Women Engineers
VA-MD Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Stanford University School of Earth Sciences
VMware
Student Conservation Association
Washington Internships for Native Students (WINS)
Teach For America
Washington State University
The Boeing Company
Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium
The Ohio State University
Yale School of Forestry & Environ. Studies
The Public Health Sciences Institute - (PHSI)
Yale University Office of Undergraduate Admissions
The Scripps Research Institute
U.S. Navy
MARKETPLACE
UC Berkeley, American Indian Graduate Program
Apishipa Edge
UND/ Seven Generations Center of Excellence
Arts & Crafts
United National Indian Tribal Youth, Inc. (UNITY)
Arts & Crafts Marie Yellowhawk
United States Air Force Academy
Bessie Sherwood
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/National Bilagody
Center for
Atmospheric
Arts
& Crafts Research/UCP
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Duke & Daisy Jewelry
Dineh Designs
Dukepoo Fine Arts
H&D Jewelry
Handmade American Indian Cloth Dolls
Hatahlie Arts & Crafts
Indian Arts & Crafts
Muscogee (Creek)
Navajo Jewelry and Crafts
Notah Indian Arts
Notah's Southwest Connection
Peach Blossom Art
Rez Roz Creations
Shan's Indian Art
Southwest Indian Jewelry
2014 AISES National Conference
November 13-15, 2014
Orlando, FL
Caribe Royale Resort and Convention Center
Stay tuned for more information. We hope to see you there!
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