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The Suquamish Tribe

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2025 Cultural Resource Protection Summit

Reflections

The 2025 Cultural Resource Protection Summit marks our 18th gathering! It will be our 4th “hybrid” Summit, as well, with both in-person and virtual participation options to facilitate participation. The Summit family remains hard at work fulfilling the mission we have had since the Summit’s inception:

The primary goal in organizing the annual Summit has been to facilitate amongst all affected parties an open, frank discussion about the intersection between cultural resources and land use.  The Summit is designed to promote collaborative cultural resource planning as an effective means of finding resolution to issues before they escalate into emotionally-charged, divisive, and expensive stalemates or law suits.

This year, the Summit agenda includes an engaging array of cutting-edge topics that will encourage attendees to reflect on new ideas as we continue seeking innovative solutions for today’s most pressing challenges to effective cultural resource protection, thereby raising the bar on our practice. Panel discussions, lightning talks, and experiential activities will highlight useful examples of the links between CRM and responsible land use. We will also reserve time for great food and general socializing as we reflect on and advance our work.

Please join us in-person at Suquamish, virtually on Zoom, or “hybridly” (a little of both) for two days of engaging conversation and reflection that will help you improve your technical skills while deepening your connection to why we do this work. Then, with renewed commitment, move forward with helpful tools for protecting cultural resources and sharing the important stories they tell in partnership with descendant communities.

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SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS:
Keynote, panels, and lightning talks exploring critical CRM topics, including
- Tribal contributions to surveys, city government, and technology
- Federal and State policy/regulatory updatess
- Lightning talks on captivating topics from grants to CMTs to tire toxins
Experiential opportunities for learning and socializing:
- Private guided tour of the Suquamish Museum (included w/ registration)
- 5th Annual Summit Book Club (The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer)
- New slate of Summit Cohort activities, including the Museum tour

2025 SUMMIT REGISTRATION:

*Rates
General registration opened February 19! Registration rates are as follows, with new adjustments for Tribal employees and speakers:
In-Person Both Days: $280
In-Person One Day: $150
Virtual Both Days: $120
Virtual One Day: $80
Hybrid: $230
Tribal employees (NEW in 2025): register for 50% OFF the regular rates listed above!
Tribal speakers (NEW in 2025): your registration fee will be WAIVED!
Students: email Mary Rossi for our special student rates!

*Forms
Links to registration forms can be found on the Registration webpage.

*Deadlines
In-person & hybrid registration/refunds will close once we reach our in-person cap of 180 or on Tuesday, May 6, whichever comes first.
Virtual registration/refunds will close on Wednesday, May 14.

WIN A FREE REGISTRATION!
Each year, our event producer, the nonprofit Eppard Vision, donates one FREE Summit Registration in each of the following categories: Tribes, agencies, consultants, and students. Submissions are due April 4.
The Agenda Planning Committee will review the submissions, and recipients (one in each category) will be notified on April 8. Good Luck!

Booking your Room:

HOTEL ROOM BLOCK
While our in-person Summit sessions will take place at the incomparable House of Awakened Culture, we have reserved a block of hotel rooms at the gorgeous Clearwater Casino Resort just a short drive away.
Reservations can be made now, either by calling 866.609.8700 and referencing Group ID #24090 (Cultural Resource Summit 2025) or by booking online using the same Group ID. The cutoff date for reservations in our group block is Monday, April 21.

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