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
Hon. Sophie Pierre
KOOTENAY, KTUNAXA NATION
Former Chief Commissioner, British Columbia Treaty Commission
Robert Yazzie
NAVAJO NATION
Chief Justice Emeritus, Navajo Nation
IAC Members
Hon. John A. "Rocky" Barrett
CITIZEN POTAWATOMI NATION
Chairman, Citizen Potawatomi Nation
Eileen Briggs
CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX TRIBE
Executive Director, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Ventures
Dr. Greg Cajete
TEWA PUEBLO
Director of Native American Studies & Associate Professor, University of New Mexico
Gabriel "Gabe" Galanda
ROUND VALLEY INDIAN TRIBE
Managing Partner at Galanda Broadman, PLLC
Hon. Patricia “Patty” Ninham Hoeft
ONEIDA NATION OF WISCONSIN
Trial Court Judge, Oneida Judiciary
Hon. Denny Hurtado
SKOKOMISH TRIBE
Former Chairman, Skokomish Tribal Council
Hon. Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell
AKWESASNE MOHAWK
Grand Chief, Mohawk Nation
Hon. Regis Pecos
PUEBLO DE COCHITI
Co-Director, Leadership Institute at Santa Fe Indian School
Patricia Zell
ARAPAHO/NAVAJO
Partner, Zell & Cox Law P.C.
Eldena Bear Don’t Walk
CROW NATION
Ned Norris, Jr.
TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION
Chairman, Tohono O'odham Nation
Daryle Rigney
NGARRINDJERI
Director, Indigenous Nations and Collaborative Futures Research, University of Technology Sydney
Peter Yucupicio
PASCUA YAQUI TRIBE