The Keynote Address by Pat Gonzales-Rogers for the Seventh Assembly is Beyond Extraction: Public Lands, Native Precepts, and Our Sacred Inheritance. The speech critiques the Western profit extraction model for causing ecological degradation and climate crisis. It contrasts this with traditional Native worldviews and governance frameworks like the ʻAha Kiole, advocating for a bottom-up approach to environmental stewardship and moral responsibility.
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Pat Gonzales-Rogers
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Pat Gonzales-Rogers is a national thought leader, attorney, and expert practitioner in tribal co-management and Indian law, distinguished by over four decades of high-level executive experience spanning federal agencies, major national philanthropies, and elite academic institutions. Recognized as a singular agent of connectivity between vertical institutions and marginalized communities, he was the primary architect of the historic first federal land management plan for the Bears Ears National Monument—a paradigm-shifting framework that elevates traditional ecological knowledge alongside modern conservation science. A deeply respected educator and mentor, he serves on the faculty at Yale University, where his highly sought-after courses earned him the student-voted 2024 Faculty of the Year award for mentorship and community. Guided by the core cultural precepts of kuleana (responsibility), malama(stewardship), and pono (righteousness), Gonzales-Rogers is a proven and profound fundraiser whose practice and approach are centered around real-time restorative justice and pragmatic coalition building, consistently advancing conservation and indigenous sovereignty through a steadfast commitment to building trust and enduring multi-sector partnerships. |
