Directory of Tribal Indoor Air Quality Champions
Find IAQ champions working in tribal communities. Contact them today to hear about their innovative approaches or discuss collaborations.
| State | Organization | Information |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | Iqurmiut Traditional Council | Address: P.O. Box 42, Russian Mission, AK 99657 Contact: Rose Alexie (rmigap@yahoo.com) Phone: (907) 584-5621 Fax: (907) 584-5593 |
| Alaska | Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. (RurAL CAP) | Address; 731 E. 8th Ave. Anchorage, AK 99501 The RuralCAP staff focuses on IAQ Education in homes by distributing kits. They also provide training opportunities for VISTA/AmeriCorps members, energy crew leaders in rural AK community. |
| Alaksa | Newhalen Tribal Council | Address: P.O. Box 207, Newhalen, Alaska 99606 Contact: Ronald Wassillie, Environmental Coordinator Phone: (907) 571-1720 |
| Alaska | Yakutat Tlingit Tribe | Address: P.O. Box 418, Yakutat, AK 99689 Contact: MaryAnn Porter (tmaporter@ytttribe.org), Environmental Director Phone: (907) 784-3238 ex. 236 Fax: (907) 784-3595 |
| Alaska | Yukon Kuskokwim Office of Environmental Health and Air Quality | Address:P.O. Box 2353 Bethel, AK 99559 Issue Area: Indoor air quality as it relates to asthma. |
| Alabama | Poarch Band of Creek Indians | 
Barney White Address: 5811 Jack Springs Rd. Atmore, AL 36502 Issue Area: Learning to build an indoor air quality program. |
| Arizona | Arizona Department of Health Services | 
Michael Allison Native American Liaison, Office of the Director Address:150 N. 18th. Ave., Suite 595, Phoenix, AZ 85007 Serves as an advocate, resource and communication link between the Department and Arizona's Native American health care community comprised of twenty-one tribal health offices, three Urban Indian Health Programs, three Indian Health Service Area Offices, Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc., and other agencies and entities providing direct or indirect public health services to Arizona's Native American communities. Additionally, serves as an internal resource to Department staff on Native American issues, and representing the Department on Native American boards and commissions. |
| Arizona | Gila River Indian Community/Casa Blanca Community Schools | Address: P.O. Box 10940, Bapchule, AZ 85121 Contact: John J. Uhlik (juhlik@cbcschools.com) Phone: (520) 705-6013 Fax: (520) 315-3938 |
| Arizona | Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. (20 Tribes) | Address: 2214 North Central Avenue, Suite 100, Phoenix, Arizona 85004 Read the Spotlight on their Particulate Matter Program |
| Arizona | Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals Northern Arizona University Tribal Environmental Education Outreach Program (TEEOP) | Address: PO Box 5768, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011 Read the Spotlight on their Programs in Schools Issue Area: The TEEOP staff uses EPA's Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Tools for Schools Action Kit and a curriculum from Oregon State University called Hydroville to introduce IAQ issues and measurements to tribal environmental professionals, teachers of native students, and tribal students. The staff also uses an IAQ Kit consisting of instruments to measure carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, temperature, relative humidity, etc., to conduct IAQ Building Assessments on tribal buildings and tribal schools. |
| Arizona | Navajo Nation Environmental Protection Agency Radon Program | Address: Old DNR Building - Window Rock Blvd. - (Building # 2695) Read the Tribal Spotlight on the Navajo Nation EPA Radon Program |
| Arizona | Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona | Address: 7490 S. Camino de Oeste, Tuscan, AZ 85757 Issue Area: Asthma and other related diseases. |
| Arizona | Zuckerman College of Public Health University of Arizona (Navajo) | 
Agnes Attakai Address: P.O. Box 245210 Issue Area: Mold exposure on tribal lands and risk factors for asthma. Indoor air pollution exposure and asthma in American Indian communities. |
| California | North Fork Rancheria Tribal Government Office | Address: P.O. Box 929 33143 Rd. 222, North Fork, California 93643 Contact: Christina McDonald, Environmental Director Phone: (559) 877-2461 Fax: (559) 877-2467 |
| Idaho | Nez Perce Tribal ERWM Air Quality Program | Address: P.O. Box 365, Lapwai, Idaho 83540 Contact: Johna Boulafentis (johnab@nezperce.org), Environmental Outreach Specialist Phone: (208) 843-9381 Fax: (208) 843-7411 |
| Maine | Penobscot Nation | Address: 12 Wabanaki Way, Indian Island, Maine 04468 Contact: Bill Thompson (bill.thompson@penobscotnation.org), Air Quality Program Manager Phone: (207) 827-7776 (7308) |
| Minnesota | The Bois Forte Band of Chippewa | Tribal Government - Nett Lake Fax: (218) 757-3312 |
| Maine | Bois Forte Tribal Government - Vermilion | Address: 1610 Farm Road South, Tower, MN 55790 Phone: (218) 753-4905 Fax: 218-753-4055 |
| Minnesota | Fond du Lac Reservation | Fon du Lac Human Services Contact Jessica Linde (jessicalinde@fdlrez.com), Pharmacist, Asthma Educator |
| Minnesota | Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe | Address: 15756 State 371 NW, Cass Lake, Minnesota 56633 Contact: Brandy Toft (air@lldrm.org), Air Quality Specialist Phone: (218) 335-7429 |
| Minnesota | Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe | Address: 43408 Oodena Dr., Onamia, Minnesota 56359 Contact: Charlie Lippert (Charlie.Lippert@milllelacsband.com), Air Quality Technician Phone: (320) 532-4704 Fax: (320) 532-7514 |
| Montana | Blackfeet Tribe | Address: P.O. Box 2029, Browning, MT 59417 Contact: Tony Sinclair (elkster@3rivers.net) Phone: (406) 338-7421 Fax: (406) 338-7421 |
| Montana | Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes Office of Environmental Protection | Office of Environmental Education Issue Area: The Office of Environmental Protection (OEP) firmly believes that the future of environmental management and preservation of Reservation natural resources lies with the youth of the Fort Peck Reservation. To this end, the OEP has one of the nation's few Environmental Education and Outreach Programs. The program’s primary purpose is to teach Reservation youth about the different types of pollution, potential effects and consequences, and conservation efforts that they can implement on a local level. |
| Montana | Native Asthma Intervention and Reduction (AIR) Program | Montana State University Extension Service |
| Montana | Peaks to Prairies Tribal Pollution Prevention Workgroup | Address: Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 Issue Area: Healthy schools and the Tribal P2 Program. |
| Nebraska | Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska | Environmental Protection Department Contact: Christina Lee, Pesticide Circuit Rider |
| New Mexico | National Tribal Environmental Council | National Tribal Air Association Read the Spotlight on their Air Program |
| New York | Erie County Department of Environment and Planning Government of Erie County, New York | Office for Indoor Air Quality Indoor Air Quality Information Line Phone: (716) 858-6200 |
| New York | St. Regis Mohawk Tribe | Environment Division Air Quality Program Address: 71 Margaret Terrance Memorial Way, Akewsasne, New York 13655 Contact: Air Quality Program (airqualityprogram@srmt-nsn.gov), Air Quality Program Phone: (518) 358-5937 Fax: (518) 358-6252 |
| New York | St. Regis Mohawk School/Tribe | Address: P.O. Box 931 Akwesasne, NY 13655 Address: 45 Factory RD Bombay, NY 12914 Contact: Charles Foster Phone: (518) 651-7830 |
| Nevada | Walker River Paiute Tribe | Address: P.O. Box 220, Schurz, Nevada 86427 Contact: Corey Tom, Environmental Director Phone: (775) 773-2306 x323 |
| Oklahoma | Absentee Shawnee Training Institute (ASTI) | Address: P.O. Box 247, Tecumseh, Oklahoma 75873 Contact: Renee’ Genise Hood (a-s-t-i@live.com), MPH RS, RPES, Executive Director Phone: (405) 273-9966 Fax: (405) 273-9865 |
| Oklahoma | Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma | Office of Environmental Protection Issue Area:Through the tribal Brownfields Response and Job Training Programs, the AST has been able to obtain training accreditations for Asbestos worker, contractor/supervisor, Inspector and Manager/Planner credentials which are licensable through the State of Oklahoma. We also provide training on mold abatement and sampling using the model training program developed by EPA. This allows us to train our own people to address two of the most widespread issues in our area with indoor air quality. Through our job training program we are able to share this training with other member of our community and through ASTI, we will soon be able to share it with our fellow tribes facing similar concerns across the country. |
| Oklahoma | Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma | Address: 10080 South Bluejacket Rd., Wyandotte, OK 74370 Contact:Roxane Weldon |
| Oklahoma | Miami Tribe of Oklahoma | Environmental Department Issue Area: The Environmental Department is working on lead, mold, radon and carbon monoxide testing and evaluation. Currently instituting a healthy home program and starting to do home energy audits. |
| Oklahoma | Pawnee Indian Health Clinic | Address: 1201 Heritage Circle, Pawnee, OK 74058 Contact: Renee Raney-Cravens (renee.cravens@ihs.gov), PHN Supervisor Phone: (918) 762-6722 |
| South Dakota | Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairmen's Health Board | 
Karen Workman Northern Plains Tobacco Prevention Project Contact: Barbara (Bobbie) Jacobs (nphsdir@aatchb.org), Northern Plains Healthy Start Director Contact: Favian Kennedy (researchone@aatchb.org), Project Director |
| South Dakota | Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe | Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Address: P.O. Box 590 SO. Willow & Airport Rd., Eagle Butte, SD 57625 Contact: David D. Nelson (dnelson@crstepd.org), Environmental Director Phone: (605) 964-6558 Contact: Carlyle Ducheneaux Phone: (605) 964-6558 |
| Washington | Tulalip Healthy Homes Northwest | 
Gillian Mittelstaedt Contact: Gillian Mittelstaedt (gmittelstaedt@thhnw.org), Indoor Air Quality Contact Read the Spotlight on Healthy Homes Working Group – Tulalip Tribes of Washington |
| Wisconsin | Bad River Band of Chippewa | Address: 72682 Maple St., Odanah, Wisconsin 54861 Contact: Nathan Kilger (airquality@badriver-nsn.gov), Air Quality Specialist Phone: (715) 682-7123 Fax: (715) 682-7118 |
| Wisconsin | Ho-Chuck Nation | Office of Environmental Health Address: P.O. Box 636, Black River Falls, Wisconsin 54615 Contact: Pamela Larson (pam.larson@ho-chunk.com), Tribal Sanitarian Phone: (715) 284-9851 (5011) Fax: (715) 284-9592 |
| Wisconsin | Menominee Tribal Clinic | Address: P.O. Box 970, Keshena, Wisconsin 54135 Contact: Sue Warrington (suew@mtclinic.net), Family Nurse Practitioner Phone: (715) 799-3361 Fax: (715) 799-5846 |
| Wisconsin | Midwest Alliance of Sovereign Tribes | Address: 1011 Main Street, P.O. Box 265, Gresham, WI 54128 Contact: Scott R. Vele (m.a.s.t@frontiernet.net), Executive Director Phone: (715) 787-4494 Fax: (715) 787-4468 |