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Advisory Group
We thank the Advisory Group for their invaluable contributions to the project, especially those who helped author the Frequently Asked Questions and Answers.
The following individuals served on the Advisory Group during the Project. The Native American Rights Fund extends its sincerest
thanks for their input.
• David Simmons,
MSW, Contributing Author, Director of Government Affairs
and Advocacy, National
Indian Child Welfare Association,
5100 SW Macadam Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, OR 97239, Ph: 503-222-4044
ext. 119, Email: desimmons@nicwa.org.
• Rochelle G. Apodaca, MSW,
Branch of Human Services, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Southwest Regional Office, P.O. Box 26567, 1001 Indian
School Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM 87125, Ph: 505-563-3524, Fax: 505-563-3058.
• Phyllis
J. Bigpond, MSW, Executive
Director, Denver
Indian Family Resource Center, 393
S. Harlan Street, Suite 100, Lakewood,
CO, 80226, Ph: 303-871-8035, Email: pbigpond@difrc.org.
• Janeen
Comenote, Development Officer,
United
Indians of All Tribes Foundation,
Coordinator, National
Urban Indian Family Coalition,
Discovery Park, P.O. Box 99100, Seattle,
WA 98199, Ph: 206-285-4425, Email:
jcomenote@uiatf.org.
• Di
Daughtery-King, formerly with the Snoqualmie
Nation.
• Kathy
Deserly,
Consultant, Deserly & Associates, 2270
Snowdrift Rd., Helena, MT 59602, Ph:
406-431-5941, Email: kdeserly@msn.com.
• Craig
Dorsay, Esq., Contributing Author, Law
Office of Craig Dorsay, 1 S.W. Columbia
St., Suite 440, Portland, OR 97258, Ph:
503-790-9060, Email: craig@dorsayindianlaw.com.
• Bertram
Hirsch, Esq., Contributing Author, Email:
berthirsch@hotmail.com.
• B.J.
Jones, Esq., Contributing Author, Director, Tribal
Judicial Institute,
Northern Plains Indian Law Center, University
of North Dakota School of Law, P.O. Box 9003,
Grand Forks, ND 58202, Ph: 701-777-6176,
Email: jones@law.und.edu.
• Vincent
Knight, Esq., Executive Director, National
Tribal Justice Resource Center,
4410 Arapahoe Ave, Suite
135 , Boulder, CO 80303,
Ph: 303-245-0786, Email:
Vincent@tribalresourcecenter.org.
• Patrice
H. Kunesh, Esq., Contributing
Author, Assistant
Professor of Law, University
of South Dakota School of Law,
414 East Clark Street,
Vermillion, SD 57069, Ph: 605-677-6360, Email:
Patrice.kunesh@usd.edu.
• Judge
Willardene Lewis, Childrens Court, Gila
River Indian Community Court, P.O. Box 97, Sacaton, AZ 85247,
Ph: 520-562-1983, ext. 231, Email: willardenelewis@yahoo.com.
• Christina
Morrow, formerly
with the National
Congress of American Indians.
• Judge
Mary L. Pearson, Chief Judge/Court
Administrator;
Coeur d'Alene Tribe, 29 Route 22,
Plummer, ID 83851, Ph: 208-686-1777, Fax:
208-686-5805, Email: mpearson@cdatribe-nsn.gov.
• Roxanne
Roos-Finney, Program Manager
III, State of Washington, Dept. of Social and Health Services, Children's
Administration,
Office of Indian Child Welfare, 4045 Delridge Way SW, Suite
300, Seattle, WA 98106, Ph: 206-923-4974; Email: ROXF300@dshs.wa.gov.
• Ethan
Schutt, Esq., (formerly
with Tanana
Chiefs Conference)
General Counsel,
Cook Inlet Region, Inc., P.O. Box 93330,
2525 C. Street, Suite 500, Anchorage, AK
99509, Ph: 907-263-5180, Email: ESchutt@ciri.com.
• Kim
Thomas,
Native American Affairs Specialist,
New York State
Office of Children and Family Services, Native
American Services,
295 Main Street, Suite 545, Buffalo
NY 14203, Ph: 716-847-3123,
Email: kim.thomas@ocfs.state.ny.us.
• Jack F. Trope,
Esq., Contributing Author, Executive Director,
Association
on American Indian Affairs,
966 Hungerford Drive, Suite 12-B, Rockville, MD 20850,
Ph: 240-314-7155, Email: jt.aaia@verizon.net.
• Linda
Woodward, Director, Children,
Youth and Family Services,
Cherokee Nation, P.O. Box 948,
Tahlequah, OK 74465, Ph: 918-431-4115,
Fax: 918-458-6146, Email: lwoodward@cherokee.org.
• Regina
Yazzie, MSW, Program Director, Division
of Social Services, Navajo Children and
Family Services Program,
P.O. Box 1930, Window Rock, AZ 86515,
Ph: 928-871-6806, Fax: 928-871-7667,
Email: navajonationicwa@yahoo.com.
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