1 HIDDEN ELEPHANTS: A DIALOGUE TO ENGAGE DIFFERENCE & CREATE CONNECTION THROUGH AMERICAN INDIAN VALUES Author, Organizer, & Chair: Amy Klemm Verbos, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Management Beacom School of Business University of South Dakota 414 E. Clark St. Vermillion, SD 57069 Amy.Verbos@usd.edu Tribal Affiliation: Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians (Enrolled Member) Panelists: Lisa Little Chief Bryan, ABD Instructor of Entrepreneurship Beacom School of Business University of South Dakota Tribal Affiliation: Rosebud Sioux (Enrolled Member) Joe Gladstone, Ph.D. Candidate New Mexico State University Tribal Affiliation: Blackfeet (Enrolled Member); Nez Perce Deanna Kennedy, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor Texas A&M University Tribal Affiliation: Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma (Enrolled Member) Daniel Stewart, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Management Gonzaga University Tribal Affiliation: Spokane Tribe (Enrolled Member) OBTC_2010_Proceedings-Page0092