NABS

Meet Our Staff

Moki Bear Eagle

Oral Historian

Oglala Lakota

Tsinni Russell

Digital Archives Specialist

Diné

Serene Thin Elk, MA, LPC-MH, LAC

Director of Indigenous Mindfulness

Ihanktonwan Dakota

River Freemont

Digital Archives Specialist

Umoⁿhoⁿ Tribe of Nebraska and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Descendant

Dr. Ponka-We Victors Cozad

Director of Policy & Advocacy

Tohono O’odham Nation/Ponca Tribe

Kathy Howkumi

Grants Manager

Pueblo of Nambe

Arlin Yazzie

Salesforce Administrator

Diné/Navajo Nation

Alicia Horne

Executive Assistant

Tulalip

Dr. Denise Lajimodiere

Oral Historian

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Charlee Brissette

Oral Historian

Sault St. Marie Tribe of Ojibwe

Tom Kinley

Human Resources Manager

Lummi Nation

Tyesha Ignacio

Finance & Operations Specialist

Diné

Sherrie Catanach

Communications Officer

Pueblo of Pojoaque

Deborah Parker

Chief Executive Officer

Tulalip/Yaqui/Apache

Joe Tahdooahnippah

Research Assistant

Comanche

Joannie Suina

Director of Communications

Pueblo of Cochiti

Iko’tsimiskimaki Beck

Community Engagement Coordinator

Blackfeet/Red River Métis

Cleora Scott

Development Director

Crow/Dakota Lakota/Pawnee

Lacey Kinnart

Programs Coordinator

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Ojibwe

Meg Singer

Director of Community Impact

Navajo Nation

Fallon Carey

Digital Archives Manager

Cherokee Nation

Deidre Whiteman

Director of Research and Education

Meskwaki, Dakota, Ojibwe, Hidatsa

Sandy White Hawk

Elder-In-Residence

Sicangu Lakota

Jennifer Blevins

Director of Operations

Samuel B. Torres, Ed.D.

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Mexica/Nahua

Meet Our Board

Ruth Anna Buffalo

President

Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Nation, Chiricahua Band of Apache descent

Ramona Klein, Ed. D

1st Vice President

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa

Juana Majel-Dixon, Ph.D.

2nd Vice President

Pauma-Yuima Band of Luiseño Indians

Travis Miller

Treasurer

Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans

Rochelle Ettawageshik

Secretary

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians

Agnes Attakai, MPA

Board Member

Diné/Navajo Nation

Chief Benjamin Barnes

Board Member

Shawnee

James LaBelle, Sr.

Board Member

Inupiaq