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Native Nation Rebuilders

The Foundation has selected three cohorts of Rebuilders, including Cohorts 1 and 2 in 2010 and Cohort 3 in 2011. 

Rebuilders by Native Nation

(Cohort 2 denoted by *, Cohort 3 denoted by **)

  • Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe - D. Eileen Briggs, Wayne Ducheneaux II**, Tracey Fischer, Julie Garreau**, Leroy LaPlante Jr., Ryman LeBeau**
  • Crow Creek Sioux - Belinda F. Joe**, Donita Loudner**
  • Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa - Susan Connor*, Wayne Dupuis**, Jason Hollinday**, Patricia Petite, Ed.D.
  • Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe - Benay Fairbanks**, LeRoy Fairbanks III, Esther Humphrey**, Leah Monroe**, Veronica Veaux*
  • Lower Brule Sioux - Boyd Gourneau, Benny Janis*
  • Lower Sioux Community - Daniel Lemm
  • Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe - Phillip Sam*
  • Oglala Sioux - Frances Big Crow*, Lisa Schrader-Dillon*, Richard W. Iron Cloud, Kevin Killer, Richard Little Hawk**, Tina R. Merdanian, Kimberly Tilsen-Brave Heart
  • Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians - Justin Beaulieu*, Samuel R. Strong
  • Rosebud Sioux - Shawn Bordeaux**
  • Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community - Rebecca Crooks*
  • Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate - Lorraine Davis**, Robert Shepherd**
  • Spirit Lake Nation - Lori Brown*
  • Standing Rock Sioux Tribe - Dave Archambault II, Scott J. Davis, Chase Iron Eyes**, Stacey M. LaCompte
  • Three Affiliated Tribes-Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation - Twyla B. Baker-Demaray*, Ruth Buffalo Zarazua*, Ryan Eagle**, Michelle C. Fredericks DuBray
  • Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa - Tami De Coteau, Joseph Eltobgi**, William L. Gourneau, Les LaFountain, Josett Monette**, Kristy Zaste**
  • White Earth Band of Ojibwe - Sharon Bellcourt*, Cherilyn Davies*, Henry Flocken
  • Yankton Sioux Tribe - Joseph Dudley III*

 

 

Read bios of the individual Rebuilders from Cohort 1Cohort 2 and Cohort 3.