International Open Data Conference 2015

Gwen is a citizen of the Ktunaxa Nation and has worked for her Nation for the past thirty years, serving as Director of Education, Director of Health, Director of Corporate Services, Director of Traditional Knowledge and Language and most recently, was the Director responsible for Governance Transition, for the Ktunaxa Nation Council. | | In the early 1990’s, following a population health approach, Gwen established the Community Healing... Read More →

Eileen Briggs, Executive Director, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Ventures (Lakota, enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe), received her Bachelor’s and Master’s from the University of Minnesota.  As Executive Director, she is currently in year nine of a ten-year poverty reduction plan with Tribal Ventures.  Eileen is now serving as Principal Investigator on the Cheyenne River Voices Research – a reservation... Read More →

Desi Rodriguez Lonebear (née Small-Rodriguez) is a member of the Northern Cheyenne Nation from Montana, U.S.A  She holds a Bachelors Degree with Honours and Masters Degree in Sociology from Stanford University.  Desi is pursuing a Dual PhD in Demography at the University of Waikato in New Zealand and Sociology at the University of Arizona. Her PhD thesis is entitled Data For Sovereignty: Counting and Classifying Tribal Identity. Her... Read More →

Stephanie Carroll Rainie (Ahtna Athabascan) is Associate Director, Manager of the Tribal Health Program, and Senior Researcher at the Native Nations Institute (NNI), Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Rainie's research program explores the links between governance, health care, and community wellness. She is collaboratively engaged with a community of tribal leaders and program managers as well... Read More →