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Board of Directors
Maria Celestina Balan
Centro de Proyectos para el Desarrollo Integral Indígena (CEPRODI)
Affiliation: Maya Kaqchikel, Guatemala
Alternate: Francisco Cali Tzay
Alternate: Francisco Cali Tzay
Radley Davis
Board Member
Affiliation: Pit River Nation, California
Alternate: Mickey Gemmill Jr.
Alternate: Mickey Gemmill Jr.
Rodney Factor
Board Member
Affiliation: Seminole Nation, Oklahoma; Former Band Chief, Seminole Nation, Seminole Sovereignty Protection Initiative
Alternate: Jacquelynn Warledo
Alternate: Jacquelynn Warledo
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
Alternate: Dwayne “Chili” Yazzie, President, Shiprock Chapter, Navajo Nation, traditional Dineh farmers
William A. Means
Board Member
Affiliation: Oglala Lakota Nation, Wicahpi Koyaka Tiospaye, Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Alternate: Open
Alternate: Open
Faith Gemmill
Board Member
Affiliation: Venetie Tribal Government, Gwich’in Athabascan Nation, Alaska
Alternate: Venetie Tribal Chief Julian Roberts
Alternate: Venetie Tribal Chief Julian Roberts
Lisa Bellanger
Board Member
Affiliation: White Earth Anishnabe Nation, Three Fires Society, Manitoba Canada
Alternate: Rainey Gaywish, Ojibway
Alternate: Rainey Gaywish, Ojibway
Pu’uhonoa “Bumpy” Kanahele
Board Member
Affiliation: Hawaiian Nation; Spokesperson and Head of State, Sovereign Nation State of Hawaii
Alternate: Brandon Makaawaawa
Alternate: Brandon Makaawaawa
Saul Vicente Vásquez
Board Member
Affiliation: Zapoteca, Oaxaca México; IITC Board Secretary; Unidad de la Fuerza Indígena y Campesina (UFIC)
Alternate: Rocío Miranda Pérez
Alternate: Rocío Miranda Pérez
Yamilka Hernandez
Board Member
Affiliation: Kuna Nation, Panama; Movimiento Juventud, Kuna/Kuna Youth Movement
Alternate: Taina Hedman
Alternate: Taina Hedman
Juan Gregorio Jaime Leon
Board Member
Affiliation: Yaqui Traditional Authorities, Rio Yaqui Sonora Mexico/Autoridades Tradicionales Yaquis, Rio Yaqui Sonora Mexico
Alternate: Open
Alternate: Open
Rigoberta Menchu Tum
Honorary Board Member, Nobel Laureate
Staff
Employees
Andrea Carmen
IITC Executive Director
Affiliation: Yaqui Nation
Janene Yazzie
Sustainable Development Program Coordinator
Affiliation: Dine’ Nation, New Mexico
Janeen Antoine
IITC San Francisco Office Manager
Affiliation: Sicangu (Rosebud), Lakota
Amy Juan
Arizona Tribal/Community Liaison
Affiliation: Tohono O’odham Nation, Arizona
Rochelle Diver
Environmental Health Program Coordinator
Affiliation: Lake Superior Ojibwe
Chris Honahnie
Administration and Programs Assistant, Tucson Office
Affiliation: Dine/Hopi Nations
Morning Star Gali
California Tribal/Community Liaison
Affiliation: Pit River Nation
Armando Alvarez
Tucson Office Manager
Summer Blaze Aubrey
IITC Staff Attorney/Human Rights (Tucson Office)
Affiliation: Cherokee Nation
Program Consultants
Nicole Yanes
Food Sovereignty Program Consultant
Affiliation: Opata Nation, Arizona/Sonora
June Lorenzo
IITC Legal Counsel
Affiliation: Laguna Pueblo/Dine Nation, New Mexico
Saul Vicente Vasquez
Food Sovereignty Program Coordinator
Affiliation: Zapoteca, Oaxaca Mexico
Tushka Hill
Community Liason Consultant
Affiliation: Apache/Choctaw Nations, Oklahoma
Roberto Borrero
Communications Consultant
Affiliation: Guainía Taino Tribe, Borikén
Angel Valencia
Pesticides/Environmental Health Program Advisor
Affiliation: Yaqui Nation, Tucson Arizona
Francisco Villegas
Pesticides/Environmental Health Program Consultant
Affiliation: Yaqui, Sonora, Mexico
Jorge Mani Stanley
Food Sovereignty Program Consultant
Affiliation: Kuna Nation, Panama
Anaru Fraser
Food Sovereignty Program Consultant
Affiliation: Maori, Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Danika Littlechild
IITC Consulting Attorney
Affiliation: Ermineskin Cree Nation
Juan Leon Alvarado
Human Rights Program Consultant
Affiliation: Mayan Quiche, Guatemala
Staff (Employees)
- Andrea Carmen, Yaqui Nation, Tucson, Arizona: IITC Executive Director
- Janene Yazzie, Dine’ Nation, New Mexico: Sustainable Development Program Coordinator
- Janeen Antoine, Sicangu (Rosebud), Lakota: IITC San Francisco Office Manager
- Amy Juan, Tohono O’odham Nation, Arizona: IITC Tucson Office Manager
- Rochelle Diver, Lake Superior Ojibwe, Minnesota: Environmental Health Program Coordinator
- Chris Honahnie, Dine/Hopi Nations: Administration and Programs Assistant, Tucson Office
- Morning Star Gali, Pit River Nation: California Tribal/Community Liaison
- Armando Alvarez: Tucson Office Manager
- Summer Blaze Aubrey, Cherokee Nation: IITC Staff Attorney/Human Rights (Tucson Office)
Program Consultants
- Nicole Yanes, Opata Nation, Tucson Arizona: Food Sovereignty and Youth Outreach Program Consultant
- June Lorenzo, Laguna Pueblo/Dine Nation, New Mexico: IITC Legal Counsel
- Saul Vicente Vasquez, Zapoteca, Oaxaca Mexico: Food Sovereignty Program Coordinator
- Roberto Borrero, Taino: Communications, New York
- Tushka Hill, Apache/Choctaw Nations, Oklahoma: Community Liaison
- Angel Valencia, Yaqui Nation, Tucson Arizona: Environmental Health/Pesticides Program
- Francisco Villegas, Yaqui Nation, Vicam Pueblo, Sonora Mexico: Environmental Health/Pesticides Program
- Jorge Mani Stanley, Kuna Nation, Panama: Food Sovereignty Program
- Anaru Fraser, Maori, Aotearoa (New Zealand): Food Sovereignty Program
- Danika Littlechild, Ermineskin Cree Nation: IITC Consulting Attorney
- Juan Leon Alvarado, Mayan Quiche, Guatemala: Human Rights Program Consultant
Professional Service Consultants (contracted non-representational positions)
- Gabe Carmen, owner of IntoClicks Online Marketing Agency – Specializing in Web Design & SEO Marketing for Non-Profits
- Ronda Lane, Bookkeeping, (In the Black Accounting)
- Sherri Flying Hawk, California Accountant (Kapalahike Accounting)
- Karen Foster and Company: CPA/Auditor, Wasilla Alaska
- Tai Pelli, Rebecca Knight and James Clark: Translation
- Jeff Haut: Assets Management, Tucson Arizona
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.
Bill Wahpepah
Sac and Fox/Kickapoo Nations
Phillip Deere
Muskogee Creek Nation
Frank Fools Crow
Oglala Lakota Nation
Mathew King
Oglala Lakota Nation
Russell Means
Oglala Lakota Nation
Ingrid Washinawatok
Menominee Nation
Kawaipuna Prejean
Nation of Hawaii
Ed Burnstick
Paul Nakota Cree Nation
James Main Sr.
White Clay (Gros Ventre) Nation
Mickey Gemmill Sr.
Pit River/Wintu Nations
Greg Zephier
Yankton Sioux (Ihanktowan Nakota) Nation
Floyd Westerman
Dakota Nation
Kee Watchman
Diné Nation
Mariano Ochoa
Yaqui Nation, Torim Pueblo, Rio Yaqui, Mexico
Roberta Blackgoat
Diné Nation
Patricia Bellanger
Anishinabe Nation
David and Myra Sohappy
Yakima Nation
Jacquelynn 'Jackie' Warledo
Seminole Nation
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?”