Meet Our Staff

Administration Staff

Executive Director  
Fawn YoungBear-Tibbetts

White Earth Nation
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Program Director  
Laura Trujillo

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
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Administrative Assistant  
Savanah Pomani

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
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Full Charge Bookkeeper
Karla Humbeutel

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Classroom Staff

Ojibwe Language Teacher  
Liz Zinsli – Zoongwegiizhigook

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Ojibwe Language Apprentice  
Karissa Kier-Ficken – Waasekomigookwe

White Earth Nation

 

 

Ojibwe Language Apprentice  
Lilah White – Miskwaanakwadookwe

Anishinaabe – (ML, LDF) & Ho Chunk

 

Dakota Language Teacher  
Mary Abraham

Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
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Dakota Language Apprentice  
Sonja Martinez

Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska

Dakota Language Apprentice  
Lea Rimpel – Tlazohtzin

Mexica – Azteca of Zacapoaxtla, Puebla