Bio

Tina Kuckkahn, J.D. (She/Her), is a citizen of the Lac du Flambeau Tribe of Lake Superior Chippewa and a descendant of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. As the Managing Director for NDN Collective’s Foundation, Tina helps lead a holistic, multilingual grantmaking strategy for the international funding streams across Turtle Island and related Island Nations. Tina was the Founding Director of the “House of Welcome” Longhouse Education and Cultural Center at The Evergreen State College, from 1996 until 2018, when she became Evergreen’s first Vice President of Indigenous Arts, Education and Tribal Relations. Tina serves on the Board of Directors for Grantmakers in the Arts, and Advisory Councils for the Waaswaaganing Living Arts and Cultures Center, and the NARF-Morning Star Sacred Places Protection Project.

To learn more about Tina and her work, click here: Tina Kuckkahn Joins NDN Collective as Director of Grantmaking - NDN COLLECTIVE!