Our Staff

Abby Paulsen
Grand Portage Band descendant
Director of Operations

Chaske Henry
Leech Lake Ojibwe
Community Outreach and Engagement Coordinator

Gabby Menomin
Forest County Potawatomi
Director of Land + Environment

Katie Gamades
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe
Director of Development

Louisa Harstad
Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Director of Programs

Maggie Lorenz
Turtle Mountain + Spirit Lake
Executive Director

Rebecca Mousseau
Spirit Lake Dakota
Dakota Lifeways Program Manager

 

Our Board

Dr. Katherine Beane
Flandreau Santee Dakota
Board Chair

Glenn Johnson
Member

Shelley Buck
Prairie Island Indian Community
Vice Chair

Leah Jurss
White Earth Ojibwe descendant
Member

Thomas Draskovic
Standing Rock Lakota
Secretary

Samantha Odegard
Upper Sioux Community
Member

Chip Lindeke
Treasurer