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title: "Federation Of Saksatchewan Indian Nations “Trading Places” Conference"
url: https://geobetnetwork.com/home/photo-gallery/fsin-conference/
description: "Album record from the Federation Of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Trading Places Conference, with captions naming Gerry Gionet, Chief Darcy Bear, Bernie Sheppard and other."
published: 2026-08-07
updated: 2026-08-07
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# Federation Of Saksatchewan Indian Nations “Trading Places” Conference

Published 2026-08-07

Delegates and speakers at the Federation Of Saksatchewan Indian Nations “Trading Places” Conference.

The album record below preserves every photograph caption from the conference gallery.

1. Gerry Gionet, Eric Tootoosis and Bernard Shepherd
2. Gerry Gionet, Chief Darcy Bear, Robert F Kennedy Jr, Eric Tootoosis
3. Robert F Kennedy Jr. giving his speech about environment.
4. Sol Sanderson explained the jurisdictional basis for First Nations' sovereign claim to their right to develop any business that is beneficial to the community.
5. Jake Soroka
6. Adam Cortiula
7. iGaming marketing experts Adam Cortiula and Jake Soroka discussed the many job opportunities and business opportunities that would be generated by an online gambling industry in Saskatchewan.
8. Michael Caselli explained just how lucrative the online gambling business can be.
9. Peter Karroll of IAM Corp moderated a panel that remembered the events leading up to the creation of Saskatchewan's current First Nations land-based casinos and related that to developments currently underway.
10. Walter Janvier
11. Michael Caselli
12. Jake Soroka
13. Adam Cortuila
14. Gerry Gionet
15. First Nations entrepreneur Gerry Gionet founded the GEObet Gambling Network to create employment and business opportunities for First Nations communities.
16. Walter Janvier is one of several prominent First Nations business leaders involved in moving the GEObet Gambling Network ahead.
17. Bernie Sheppard, former Chief of the White Bear First Nation and the driving force behind the first Indian owned land-based casino in Canada, recalled that day an army of police shut down his peoples' casino and explained how that experience prepared him for his current undertaking.