The NNI International Advisory Council (IAC) is composed of current and past Native leaders, scholars, community leaders, administrators, and nonprofit and nongovernmental organization executives. The IAC provides counsel and advice to help ensure that NNI's programs are having the maximum beneficial effect for Native nations. The IAC meets with NNI twice a year, with less formal consultation occuring on a continuing basis.
IAC Co-Chairs
Eileen Briggs
CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE
Grant Making Director, Bush Foundation
Robert Yazzie
NAVAJO NATION
Chief Justice Emeritus, Navajo Nation
IAC Members
Hon. John A. "Rocky" Barrett
CITIZEN POTAWATOMI NATION
Chairman, Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Eldena Bear Don’t Walk
CROW NATION
Chief Justice, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
Dr. Greg Cajete
TEWA PUEBLO/SANTA CLARA PUEBLO
Former Director of Native American Studies & Emeritus Professor, University of New Mexico
Gabriel "Gabe" Galanda
ROUND VALLEY INDIAN TRIBE
Managing Partner at Galanda Broadman, PLLC
Jeff Harris
CATAWBA NATION
Tribal Attorney, Catawba Nation
Hon. Denny Hurtado
SKOKOMISH TRIBE
Former Chairman, Skokomish Tribal Council
Carla Johnson
TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION
Vice Chairwoman, Tohono O'odham Nation
Jaime M.N. Lavallee
MUSKEG LAKE CREE NATION
Assistant Professor in the College of Law, University of Saskatchewan
Hon. Regis Pecos
PUEBLO DE COCHITI
Co-Director, Leadership Institute at Santa Fe Indian School
Daryle Rigney
NGARRINDJERI
Director, Indigenous Nations and Collaborative Futures Research, University of Technology Sydney
Angela Wesley
HUU-AY-AHT FIRST NATIONS
Speaker (Chairperson), Huu-ay-aht First Nations
Peter Yucupicio
PASCUA YAQUI TRIBE
Patricia Zell
ARAPAHO/NAVAJO
Partner, Zell & Cox Law P.C.
IAC Emeritus Members
Hon. Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell
AKWESASNE MOHAWK
Grand Chief, Mohawk Nation
Hon. Patricia “Patty” Ninham Hoeft
ONEIDA NATION OF WISCONSIN
Trial Court Judge, Oneida Judiciary
Hon. Sophie Pierre
KOOTENAY, KTUNAXA NATION
Former Chief Commissioner, British Columbia Treaty Commission