Who We Are

Board of Directors

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Ron Lameman

IITC Board President

Affiliation

Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Alberta Canada, Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations

Alternate: Counselor Brian Lee, Ermineskin Cree Nation

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Radley Davis

IITC Board Vice President

Affiliation

Pit River Nation, California

Alternate: Mickey Gemmill Jr.

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Tai Pelli

Secretary and Treasurer

Affiliation

Borikén Taíno Nation, Guainía Tribe; United Confederation of Taíno People

Alternate: Roberto Múkaro Agueibaná Borrero

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Maria Celestina Balan

Centro de Proyectos para el Desarrollo Integral Indígena (CEPRODI)
Affiliation: Maya Kaqchikel, Guatemala

Alternate: Francisco Cali Tzay
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Rodney Factor

Board Member
Affiliation: Seminole Nation, Oklahoma; Former Band Chief, Seminole Nation, Seminole Sovereignty Protection Initiative

Alternate: Jacquelynn Warledo
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Leonard Foster

Board Member
Affiliation: Dine’ Nation; Native American Prisoners’ Rights Coalition, Arizona

Alternate: Dwayne “Chili” Yazzie, President, Shiprock Chapter, Navajo Nation, traditional Dineh farmers
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William A. Means

Board Member Emeritus
Affiliation: Oglala Lakota Nation, Wicahpi Koyaka Tiospaye, Pine Ridge, South Dakota

Alternate: Open
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Faith Gemmill

Board Member
Affiliation: Venetie Tribal Government, Gwich’in Athabascan Nation, Alaska

Alternate: Venetie Tribal Chief Julian Roberts
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Lisa Bellanger

Board Member
Affiliation: White Earth Anishnabe Nation, Three Fires Society, Manitoba Canada

Alternate: Rainey Gaywish, Ojibway
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Pu’uhonoa “Bumpy” Kanahele

Board Member
Affiliation: Hawaiian Nation; Spokesperson and Head of State, Sovereign Nation State of Hawaii

Alternate: Brandon Makaawaawa
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Saul Vicente Vásquez

Board Member
Affiliation: Zapoteca, Oaxaca México; IITC Board Secretary; Unidad de la Fuerza Indígena y Campesina (UFIC)

Alternate: Rocío Miranda Pérez
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Maninaindi R. Roldán

Kuna Youth Movement, Panama
Affiliation: Kuna Nation, Panama; Movimiento Juventud, Kuna/Kuna Youth Movement

Alternate: Kibian Staley
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Juan Gregorio Jaime Leon

Board Member
Affiliation: Yaqui Traditional Authorities, Rio Yaqui Sonora Mexico/Autoridades Tradicionales Yaquis, Rio Yaqui Sonora Mexico

Alternate: Dolores “Tulio” Gonzales Buitimea
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Rigoberta Menchu Tum

Honorary Board Member, Nobel Laureate
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Board Member
Affiliation: Ngati Ranginui/Tauranga Moana/Ngati Kahungunu/Nuhaka, Maori Aotearoa Te Whanau o Te Rau Aroha

Alternate: Ngahuia Harawira

Staff

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IITC Strategic Planning staff meeting, October 10-12, 2023, Thunder Valley Casino and Resort, United Auburn Indian Community, Lincoln California

Employees

Andrea Carmen

Andrea Carmen

IITC Executive Director
Affiliation: Yaqui Nation, Tucson, AZ
Rochelle Diver

Rochelle Diver

UN Environmental Treaties Coordinator
Affiliation: Fond du Lac, Anishnabe Nation, Minnesota
Janeen Antoine

Janeen Antoine

IITC San Francisco Office Manager
Affiliation: Sicangu (Rosebud), Lakota
Armando Alvarez

Armando Alvarez

Fiscal and Administrative Coordinator
Affiliation: Yaqui Nation
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Morning Star Gali

California Tribal and Community Liaison
Affiliation: Pit River Tribe
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Jose Rafael Rivera

Administrative Assistant, Tucson Office
Affiliation: Yaqui Nation
Marina Hernandez

Marina Hernandez

San Francisco Office Administrative and Programs Assistant
Affiliation: Yaqui Nation

Program Consultants

June Lorenzo

June Lorenzo

IITC Legal Counsel
Affiliation: Laguna Pueblo/Dine Nation, New Mexico
Saul Vicente Vasquez

Saul Vicente Vasquez

Food Sovereignty Program Coordinator
Affiliation: Zapoteca, Oaxaca Mexico
Roberto Borrero

Roberto Borrero

Communications Program Coordinator
Affiliation: Taino
Francisco Villegas

Francisco Villegas

Environmental
Affiliation: Yaqui Nation, Vicam Pueblo, Sonora Mexico
Juan Leon Alvarado

Juan Leon Alvarado

Human Rights and Bio-Diversity Consultant
Affiliation: K’iche Mayan
Dionicio Canahui

Dionicio Canahui

Guatemala Office Manager
Affiliation: Achi’ Mayan
Tushka Hill

Tushka Hill

Oklahoma Tribal and Community Liaison
Affiliation: Apache/Choctaw Nations, Oklahoma
Angel Valencia

Angel Valencia

Environmental Health/Pesticides Program Advisor
Affiliation: Yaqui Nation, Arizona
Jorge Mani Stanley

Jorge Mani Stanley

Food Sovereignty Program Consultant
Affiliation: Kuna Nation, Panama
Nicole Yanes

Nicole Yanes

Food Sovereignty Program Consultant
Affiliation: Opata Nation
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Anaru Fraser

Food Sovereignty Program Consultant
Affiliation: Maori, Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Amy Juan

Amy Juan

Arizona Tribal and Community Liaison
Affiliation: Tohono O’odham Nation, Arizona
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Onel Inanadinia Masardule Herrera

Food Sovereignty Program Consultant
Affiliation: Kuna Nation
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Janene Yazzie

Food Sovereignty Program Consultant
Affiliation: Diné Nation
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Summer Blaze Aubrey

Legal Advisor
Affiliation: Cherokee Nation
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Taily Terena

Environmental Health Program Consultant
Affiliation: Terena Nation, Brazil
Ghazali Ohorella

Ghazali Ohorella

Human Rights/Legal Consultant
Affiliation: Maluku
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Billi Jo Beheler

Special Projects Consultant
Affiliation: Lakota/Dakota, Standing Rock Tribal Nation

Staff (Employees)

  1. Andrea Carmen
    IITC Executive Director
    Affiliation: Yaqui Nation, Tucson, AZ
  2. Rochelle Diver
    UN Environmental Treaties Coordinator
    Affiliation: Fond du Lac, Anishnabe Nation, Minnesota
  3. Janeen Antoine
    IITC San Francisco Office Manager
    Affiliation: Sicangu (Rosebud), Lakota
  4. Armando Alvarez
    Fiscal and Administrative Coordinator
    Affiliation: Yaqui Nation
  5. Morning Star Gali
    California Tribal and Community Liaison
    Affiliation: Pit River Tribe
  6. Jose Rafael Rivera
    Administrative Assistant, Tucson Office
    Affiliation: Yaqui Nation
  7. Marina Hernandez
    San Francisco Office Administrative and Programs Assistant
    Affiliation: Yaqui Nation

Professional Service Consultants (contracted non-representational positions)

  1. June Lorenzo
    IITC Legal Counsel
    Affiliation: Laguna Pueblo/Dine Nation, New Mexico
  2. Saul Vicente Vasquez
    Food Sovereignty Program Coordinator
    Affiliation: Zapoteca, Oaxaca Mexico
  3. Roberto Borrero
    Communications Program Coordinator
    Affiliation: Taino
  4. Francisco Villegas
    Environmental
    Affiliation: Yaqui Nation, Vicam Pueblo, Sonora Mexico
  5. Juan Leon Alvarado
    Human Rights and Bio-Diversity Consultant
    Affiliation: K’iche Mayan
  6. Dionicio Canahui
    Guatemala Office Manager
    Affiliation: Achi’ Mayan
  7. Tushka Hill
    Oklahoma Tribal and Community Liaison
    Affiliation: Apache/Choctaw Nations, Oklahoma
  8. Angel Valencia
    Environmental Health/Pesticides Program Advisor
    Affiliation: Yaqui Nation, Arizona
  9. Jorge Mani Stanley
    Food Sovereignty Program Consultant
    Affiliation: Kuna Nation, Panama
  10. Nicole Yanes
    Food Sovereignty Program Consultant
    Affiliation: Opata Nation
  11. Anaru Fraser
    Food Sovereignty Program Consultant
    Affiliation: Maori, Aotearoa (New Zealand)
  12. Amy Juan
    Arizona Tribal and Community Liaison
    Affiliation: Tohono O’odham Nation, Arizona
  13. Onel Inanadinia Masardule Herrera
    Food Sovereignty Program Consultant
    Affiliation: Kuna Nation
  14. Janene Yazzie
    Food Sovereignty Program Consultant
    Affiliation: Diné Nation
  15. Summer Blaze Aubrey
    Legal Advisor
    Affiliation: Cherokee Nation
  16. Taily Terena
    Environmental Health Program Consultant
    Affiliation: Terena Nation, Brazil
  17. Ghazali Ohorella
    Human Rights/Legal Consultant
    Affiliation: Maluku
  18. Billi Jo Beheler
    Special Projects Consultant
    Affiliation: Lakota/Dakota, Standing Rock Tribal Nation

In Memory

IITC recognizes all those whose strength of spirit and hard work built this organization and advanced the cause we believe in.  We want to especially honor the IITC founders, Board members, staff and representatives who have left this world.  Their words and their examples of struggle, achievement and love for the Peoples will continue to guide and inspire us.

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Bill Wahpepah
Sac and Fox/Kickapoo Nations
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Phillip Deere
Muskogee Creek Nation
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Frank Fools Crow
Oglala Lakota Nation
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Mathew King
Oglala Lakota Nation
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Russell Means
Oglala Lakota Nation
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Ingrid Washinawatok
Menominee Nation
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Kawaipuna Prejean
Nation of Hawaii
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Ed Burnstick
Paul Nakota Cree Nation
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James Main Sr.
White Clay (Gros Ventre) Nation
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Mickey Gemmill Sr.
Pit River/Wintu Nations
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Greg Zephier
Yankton Sioux (Ihanktowan Nakota) Nation
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Floyd Westerman
Dakota Nation
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Kee Watchman
Diné Nation
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Mariano Ochoa
Yaqui Nation, Torim Pueblo, Rio Yaqui, Mexico
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Roberta Blackgoat
Diné Nation
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Patricia Bellanger
Anishinabe Nation
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David and Myra Sohappy
Yakima Nation
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Jacquelynn 'Jackie' Warledo
Seminole Nation
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Chris Honahnie
Hopi and Diné Nations
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Hinewirangi Kohu
Maori Nation, Aotearoa (New Zealand)

We thank them… and many more.

“Our word is sacred to us and so are these Treaties. The US government came to us, not the other way around. They asked us to lay down our arms and to live in peace and friendship with them in perpetuity. They said they would respect our traditional land rights in return. We have held up our end of the bargain. When can we expect the same from them?”

~ James Main Sr., IITC Board member – Gros Ventre (White Clay) Nation, Montana

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