PIE is Managed by Joe Rice, Executive Director of Nawayee Center School.
Nawayee Center School
2421 Bloomington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN, 55404
Phone: (612) 721-1655, Fax (612) 721-5346
For those interested in speaking with other PIE members about issues related to Indigenous Education, the following members have generously agreed to answer questions or come speak to such interested groups and/or parties:
- Laura Sullivan - Principal, Anishinabe Academy Laura.Sullivan@mpls.k12.mn.us (Fond Du Lac OJibwe)
- Graham Hartley - Board member Nawayee Center School gray_hartley@mac.com
- Joe Rice - Executive Director, Nawayee Center School jrice@centerschool.org (Choctaw)
- Louise Matson - Executive Director,Division of Indian Work - lmatson@diw-mn.org (White Earth Ojibwe)
- Danielle Grant - CEO, Achieve Minneapolis dgrant@achievempls.org (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe)
- Ida Downwind - Community Elder and Educator, Twin Cities Native Community - idownwind1@gmail.com
- Jennifer Simon - Director Of Indian Education, Minneapolis Public Schools - Jennifer.Simon@mpls.k12.mn.us (Cheyenne River Lakota)
- LeMoine LaPointe - Master Experiential Educator foureaglesflying@yahoo.com (Sicangu Lakota)
- Cindy Ward Thompson - Director, Bdote Learning Center - c_a_ward@hotmail.com
- Joe Hobot- American Indian Occupational Immersion Center - joeh@aioic.org (Standing Rock Lakota)
- Rocky Makes Room - Director, Medicine Wheel Health Program Rocky@centerschool.org (Sicangu Lakota)
- Ethan Neerdahls - Department of Indian Education, Osseo Public Schools NeerdaelsE@District279.org
- Odia Wood Krueger - Curriculum Development Specialist and Consultant - odiawoodkrueger@gmail.com (Metis)
- Jennifer Weber - Minneapolis Public Schools Dept. of Indian Education - jennifer.weber@mpls.k12.mn.us
- Amanda Dionne - MPS Engagement and Outreach Specialist - Amanda.Dionne@mpls.k12.mn.us (Turtle Mountain Ojibwe?Northern Cheyenne)