Our Staff

**Maggie Lorenz**
*Turtle Mountain, Spirit Lake*
Executive Director

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

**Chaske Henry**
*Oglala, Santee,* *Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe*
Community Outreach and Engagement Coordinator

**Abby Paulsen**
*Grand Portage Band descendant*
Director of Operations

**Tierra Baird**
*Oglala, Sicangu Lakota, Dine*
Environmental Restoration Manager

**Lucia Hernandez**
*Spirit Lake*
Visitor Services Assistant

**Katie Gamades**
*Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Ojibwe*
Director of Development

**Kayla Duoos**
*Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe*
Communications Manager

**Sophie Polski**
*Lakota Sioux (Rosebud)*
Visitor Services Assistant

**Gabby Menomin**
*Forest County Potawatomi*
Director of Land + Environment

**Delia Touche**
*Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and Assiniboine, Citizen of Spirit Lake Nation*
Exhibits & Interpretative Programs Manager

Our Board

**Dr. Katherine Beane**
*Flandreau Santee Dakota*
Co-Board Chair

Brandon Alkire
Standing Rock Sioux
Board Member

Erin Griffin, Ph.D
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Board Member

**Thomas Draskovic**
*Standing Rock Lakota*
Co-Board Chair

Shelley Buck
Prairie Island Indian Community
Board Member

**Leah Jurss**
*White Earth Ojibwe descendant*
Secretary

**Samantha Odegard**
*Upper Sioux Community*
Board Member

WAḲAN ṬÍPI AWANYANKAPI

Engaging people to honor and care for our natural places and the sacred sites and cultural value within them

Tax ID: #27-5469929

Contact Us

Email:
info@wakantipi.org

Phone
(651) 370-2106

Hours
Mon - Tues Closed to the Public
Weds - Sat 10:00am - 4:00pm

GPS Driving Address:
265 Commercial St
Saint Paul, MN 55106

Mailing Address:
590 4th St E
Saint Paul, MN 55106

Waḳaƞ Ṭípi Awaƞyaƞkapi is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against any person due to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national origin, disability, ancestry, sexual orientation, familial status, public assistance, local human rights commission activity or any other discriminatory basis prohibited by state or federal law.