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Native Nation Rebuilders

The Foundation has selected four cohorts of Rebuilders, including Cohorts 1 and 2 in 2010, Cohort 3 in 2011, and Cohort 4 in 2012. The Foundation will choose a fifth cohort in late 2013.

Native Nation Rebuilders by Cohort

Cohort 1 (2010-2011)

  • Dave Archambault II (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe)
  • D. Eileen Briggs (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe)
  • Scott Davis (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe)
  • Tami DeCoteau (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa)
  • LeRoy Fairbanks III (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe)
  • Henry Flocken (White Earth Nation)
  • Michelle C. Fredericks DuBray (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation)
  • Boyd Gourneau (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe)
  • William Gourneau (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa)
  • Richard W. Iron Cloud (Oglala Sioux Tribe)
  • Kevin Killer (Oglala Sioux Tribe)
  • Stacey M. LaCompte (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe)
  • Les LaFountain (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa)
  • Leroy LaPlante, Jr. (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe)
  • Daniel Lemm (Lower Sioux Community)
  • Tina R. Merdanian (Oglala Sioux Tribe)
  • Patricia Petite (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa)
  • Sam Strong (Red Lake Nation)
  • Kimberly Tilsen-Brave Heart (Oglala Sioux Tribe)
  • Tracey (Fischer) Zephier (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe)

Cohort 2 (2010-2012)

  • Twyla B. Baker-Demaray (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation)
  • Justin Beaulieu (Red Lake Nation)
  • Sharon Bellcourt (White Earth Nation)
  • Frances Big Crow (Oglala Sioux Tribe)
  • Lori Brown (Spirit Lake Nation)
  • Susan Connor (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa)
  • Rebecca Crooks (Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community)
  • Cherilyn Davies (White Earth Nation)
  • Joseph Dudley III (Yankton Sioux Tribe)
  • Benny Janis (Lower Brule Sioux)
  • Phillip Sam (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe)
  • Lisa Schrader-Dillon (Oglala Sioux Tribe)
  • Veronica Veaux (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe)

Cohort 3 (2011-2013)

  • Shawn Bordeaux (Rosebud Sioux Tribe)
  • Lorraine Davis (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate)
  • Wayne Ducheneaux II  (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe)
  • Wayne Dupuis (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa)
  • Ryan Eagle (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation)
  • Joseph Eltobgi (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa)
  • Benay Fairbanks (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe)
  • Julie Garreau (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe)
  • Jason Hollinday (Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa)
  • Esther Humphrey (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe)
  • Ryman LeBeau (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe)
  • Richard Little Hawk (Oglala Sioux Tribe)
  • Belinda F. Joe (Crow Creek Sioux Tribe)
  • Leah Monroe (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe)
  • Kristy Zaste (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa)

Cohort 4 (2012-2014)

  • Natalie Bergquist (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe)
  • Kim Clausen (Oglala Sioux Tribe)
  • Grace Goldtooth-Campos (Lower Sioux Indian Community)
  • Chris Hall (Crow Creek Sioux Tribe)
  • Emily Iron Cloud-Koenen (Oglala Sioux Tribe)
  • Chase Iron Eyes (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe)
  • Melinda Iverson (White Earth Nation)
  • Darrell Kingbird (Red Lake Nation)
  • Jennifer Kolden (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation)
  • Crystal Owen (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate)
  • Genevieve Smith (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation)
  • Mary Waln (Rosebud Sioux Tribe)

 

 

 

 

Read bios of the individual Rebuilders from Cohort 1, Cohort 2, Cohort 3 and Cohort 4.