FLANDREAU, S.D. – South Dakota Indian tribes shared traffic safety success stories during the 2nd Annual Tribal Transportation Safety Summit on Oct. 26-27 hosted by the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe’s Road Department staff, Carol Robertson and Amber Allen.
The opening session of the two-day summit offered each of South Dakota’s nine tribes (7 Tribes were represented) a chance to share a transportation safety best-practice or success story. That could be a law enforcement effort, a highway safety program or some social program  that is improving transportation safety on that reservation.
The summit also focused on traffic-safety programs, resources and assistance available to tribes from various state, federal and non-profit agencies and groups. One goal of the summit is to address specific tribal transportation-safety issues and gain a better understanding of the needs of each South Dakota tribe.
At the first Tribal Transportation Safety Summit in Lower Brule in 2010, participants discussed ways to obtain more consistent crash data from reservations and identified pressing roadway safety issues in Indian Country.
“Last year’s summit was an important first step toward improving safety of all highways in our state,” said South Dakota Transportation Secretary Darin Bergquist. “I know tribal leaders are extremely concerned about traffic fatalities and highway safety. It takes all of us working together to make a difference, and I look forward to continuing our dialogue.”
AGENDA
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 
Opening Prayer -Everett Weston
Welcome-Carol Robertson
Summit Moderator: Richard Greenwald, Oglala Sioux Tribe Chief of Police
Presentation: Review of 2010 Summit Recommendations
Speakers: Mark Hoines (FHWA) & June Hansen (SD DOT)
Presentation: Sharing of Lessons Learned – Best Transportation Safety Practices Tribal Presentations-Flandreau, Rosebud, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Sisseton Wahpeton, Yankton Sioux, Standing Rock Siou &, Cheyenn River.
Brief Remarks: Secretary of Transportation, Darin P. Bergquist; Secretary of Public Safety, Trevor Jones & Secretary of Tribal Relations, J.R. LaPlante
Presentation: I.H.S.
Speaker: Chris Allen (Ind. Health Services)
Presentation: Project 8
Speaker: Melissa Fluckey (Department of Social Services)
Presentation: DPS-Office of Highway Safety
Speakers: Lee Axdahl (DPS) & Cl. Craig Price (SD Highway Patrol)
Presentation: NHTSA
Speaker: Leslie Nelson-Taullie (MHTSA Regional Program Manager)
First Day Wrap-Up
Dinner- 6 pm
Hosted by the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Continental Breakfast Prayer-Pete red Tomahawk
Hosted by the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
Presentation: SDDOT-FHWA
Speakers: Sharon Johnson (FHWA) & Dough Kinniburgh (SDDOT)
Presentation: BIA Safety Program
Speaker: Gerry Foell (BIA)
Presentation: FHWA – Federal Lands
Speaker: Craig Genzlinger (FHWA-Federal Lands)
Presentation: DPS Crash Simulator
Speaker: Sgt. Jon Stahl (SD Highway Patrol)
Presentation: Volunteers of America
Speaker: Eric Majeres
Break & Simulator Demonstrations
Presentation: Northern Plains TTAP
Speaker: Dennis Trusty (TTAP)
Group Discussion
Summit Wrap-up & Closing Comments
End of Summit
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