A National Advisory Council, comprised of more than twenty tribal child welfare professionals, tribal leaders, and community stakeholders from around the country will continue to review plans and activities of the NRC4Tribes and the larger T&TA Network, provide recommendations regarding the Networks approach to serving Title IV-B funded tribal child welfare systems and improving practices with American Indians and Alaska Native children and families. Advisory Council Members: - Abby Abinanti (Yurok), Dependency and Delinquency Judge, San Francisco Superior Court, Chief Judge, Yurok Tribal Court, California
- Denise Altvater (Passamaquoddy), Tribal Council, Passamaquoddy, Maine
- Ella Anagick (Inupiaq), General Practitioner, criminal defense, child custody and divorce, worked with Alaska Supreme Court on ICWA cases, Alaska
- Elsie Boudreau (Yupik), Victim Advocate, Alaska
- Lucille Echohawk (Pawnee), Strategic Advisor, Casey Family Programs, Colorado
- Roman Duran (Pueblo of Tesuque and Hopi Tribe), President, National American Indian Court Judges Association (NAICJA) and Associate Judge, Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico
- Carrie Garrow (St. Regis Mohawk), Director, Center for Indigenous Law, Governance and Citizenship, Syracuse University College of Law and former Chief Judge, St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Court , New York
- Barbara Jones (Eastern Cherokee), Program Manager, Eastern Cherokee Tribe, Tennessee
- Tracy King (Assiniboine), President, Fort Belknap Indian Community, Montana
- Dr. Art Martinez (Chumash), Clinical Psychologist, California
- Mary McNevins (Muskogee Creek), Indian Child Welfare Manager/Tribal Liaison, State of Oregon Department of Human Services, Children, Adult and Families, Oregon
- Renee Meyers (Three Affiliated Tribes), Social Worker, Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota
- Rose-Margaret Orrantia (Yaqui), Tribal STAR, San Diego State University, California
- Cora Maxx Phillips (Navajo), Director Social Services, Navajo Nation, Arizona
- Ed Reina (Pima/Maricopa), Director Public Safety, Tohono O’Odham Nation, Chair, Native American Committee, International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Arizona
- Pat Riggs (Isleta Del Sur Pueblo), Director, Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo (YDSP) Department of Economic Development and former Administrator/Judge, YDSP Tribal Court, Texas
- Sue Settles/Louise Reyes (Minnesota Chippewa), Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of Social Services, Washington, DC
- Dr. Delores Subia-Bigfoot (Cado), Associate Professor of Research, Department of Pediatrics/Director, Project Making Medicine, OUHSC, Oklahama
- Evelyn Stevenson (Salish and Kootenai), Attorney, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, former President, Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Board of Directors, Montana
- Judge William Thorne (Pomo), Judge, Third Judicial District Court, Utah
- Virginia Thomas (Muskogee Creek), President, National Johnson O’Malley Association, Oklahoma
- Theresa Two Bulls (Oglala Sioux), President, Oglala Sioux Tribe, South Dakota
- Hope White Bear (Cheyenne River Sioux Nation), Wellness and Healthy Living Instructor, North Dakota
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