Meet the Team | North American Indigenous Center of New York

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NORTH AMERICAN INDIGENOUS CENTER OF NEW YORK

for Culture, Equity & Economic Justice

100% Indigenous Stewardship

American Indian/Alaskan Native, First Nations Status

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TANIS PARENTEAU

Metis Nation

Director of

Events & Media

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IAKOWI:HE'NE' OAKES

Mohawk Nation

Executive Director

& Founder

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Tatiana Benally

Dine Nation

Communications & Development Manager

Maintaining Sovereign futures
for all Indigenous Nations now and for the generations to come

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OPALANIETET' PIERCE

Nanticoke

Artistic Development Coordinator

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Lisa Lotacha
Oneida Nation

Advisory Committee

100% Indigenous

Committed to the steadfast leadership of tribally enrolled citizens and descendants of,

and living within the North-East Region of Turtle Island.

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Chef Dave Smoke-McCluskey
Mohawk Nation

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Melisa Rose, Mohawk Nation, Midwife

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Nancy Wood,
Seneca-descent

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Paul Delaronde, Mohawk

“The Good Mind is not one that is obedient, the Good Mind is one that works!”

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