Our Staff
Abby Paulsen
Grand Portage Band descendant
Director of Operations
Chaske Henry
Oglala/Santee/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
Delia Touche
Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota and Assiniboine, Citizen of Spirit Lake Nation
Exhibits & Interpretative Programs Manager
Maggie Lorenz
Turtle Mountain + Spirit Lake
Executive Director
Benjamin Bailey
Administrative Support Specialist
Tierra Baird
Oglala + Sicangu Lakota, Dine
Environmental Restoration Manager
Kayla Duoos
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Communications 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
Glenn Johnson
Treasurer
Chip Lindeke
Board Member
Leah Jurss
White Earth Ojibwe descendant
Secretary
Samantha Odegard
Upper Sioux Community
Board Member
