GIA's Indigenous Resource Network
The Indigenous Resource Network (IRN) formed within Grantmakers in the Arts in 2004 with the goal to increase cultural competency and awareness within philanthropy regarding Indigenous models of giving, values, arts, and expressive culture. It aims to strengthen the role of Native voices in GIA's programs including the annual conference and the Reader.
The IRN is made up of the following GIA members:
Vickie Benson, Lakota, co-chair
The McKnight Foundation
Lori Pourier, Oglala Lakota, co-chair
First Peoples Fund
Lulani Arquette, Native Hawaiian
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
Jeffrey Campbell
Christensen Fund
David Cournoyer, Rosebud Sioux
Native Americans in Philanthropy
Roger Fernandes, Lower Elwha Klallam
Potlatch Fund
Jonathon Freeman, Choctaw/Mexica
Seventh Generation Fund
Ken Gordon
Potlatch Fund
Joy Harjo, Muskoke/Creek
Native Arts and Culture Foundation
Susan Jenkins, Choktaw
Cherokee Preservation Foundation
Diane Kaplan
Rasmuson Foundation
Rosalie Little Thunder, Sicangu Lakota
Seventh Generation Fund
Chag Lowry, Yurok/Maidu/Pit River
Humboldt Area Foundation
Argelia Muñoz, Xicana
Seventh Generation Fund
Joy Persall, Ontario Aniishinabe - French Canadian
Native Americans in Philanthropy
Tia Oros Peters, Zuni Pueblo
Seventh Generation Fund
Tommer Peterson, Métis
Grantmakers in the Arts
Judilee Reed
Leveraging Investments in Creativity (LINC)
Phillip Sanchez
Time Warner
Dawn Spears, Narragansett
New England Foundation for the Arts
Aurolyn Stwyer-Watlamet, Warm Springs/Wasco
Potlatch Fund
Evelyn Arce White, Chibcha
International Funders for Indigenous Peoples
Ken Wilson
Christensen Fund
Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Haida
Christensen Fund
Nonmember participants
Robyn Hollingshead
Margaret A. Cargill Foundation
Tina Kukkhan, Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe
Longhouse Education and Cultural Center at The Evergreen State College
Barbara Poley, Hopi/Laguna
The Hopi Foundation
Theresa Secord, Penobscot
Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
Loris Taylor, Hopi
Native Public Media