MNABA 2025 Annual Meeting
Thank you for attending this year’s annual meeting!
Elected to 2-Year Terms:
- Benjamin Swankier (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe)
- Jill Esch (Native Hawaiian)
- Savannah Thibert (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians)
- Amber Van Fleet (Colorado River Indian Tribes)
- Veronica “Roni” Newcomer (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians)
Elected to a 1-year Term (Associate Member):
- Maleah Tuttle (Oglala Lakota)
Continuing Board Members (elected at the 2024 Meeting):
- Arielle Wagner (Bois Forte Band of Chippewa)
- Angelique EagleWoman (Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation)
- Mel Welch (Brothertown Indians of Wisconsin)
- Emily Peterson (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin)
- Deb Flute (Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate)
Thank You to Outgoing Members:
We are deeply grateful to Casey Matthiesen (Yankton Sioux Tribe), GeWaden Dunkley (Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe), Jacob Glass (White Earth Nation), and Jessie Stomski Seim (Muscogee (Creek) Nation) for their service and commitment to advancing MNABA’s mission. Please join me in thanking them for their time, energy, and leadership.