In an extensive study on the feasibility of a national Native arts and cultures fund, the Ford Foundation gathered information from a wide variety of leaders in the Native arts and cultures field in 2005.
Rebecca Adamson, founder and president emeritus, First Nations Development Institute
Andrea Alexander, president, Potlatch Fund
Janeen Antoine, executive director, American Indian Contemporary Arts
Sherry Salway Black, former vice president, First Nations Development Institute
Shannon Brawley, executive director, California Indian Basketweavers Association
Joanna Bigfeather, artist/curator
Mamie Bittner, director of public and legislative affairs, Institute of Museum and Library Services
John Bridgeland, president and CEO, Civic Enterprises
Carmen Bydalek, arts consultant, Alaska Native Heritage Center
Louis T. Delgado, director, Philanthropy & Chicago Loyola University Nonprofit Sector Program
Jennifer Easton, individual donor, First Peoples Fund, Sundance Institute, Tides Foundation board member
Walter R. Echo-Hawk, senior attorney, Native American Rights Fund
Jim Enote, executive director, A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center
Juanita Espinosa, executive director, Native Arts Circle
Jaune Evans, executive director, Programs, Lannan Foundation
Chris Eyre, film director and producer
Jayne Fawcett, former tribal ambassador, Mohegan Tribe, Connecticut
Diane Fraher, executive director, American Indian Artists, Inc. (Amerinda)
Alison Freese, senior program officer, Institute of Museum and Library Discretionary Programs Services
Hanay L. Geiogamah, artist, professor of theater, Project HOOP, UCLA
David M. General, artist, Chief of Six Nations
Carol Greyeyes, indigenous arts advisor, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Artist in Residence, Consultant
Roy Hamilton, interim executive director, Cherokee Heritage Center
Joy Harjo, artist, professor, University of New Mexico
Sarah L. Hicks, director, National Congress of American Indians, Policy Research Center
Roy M. Huhndorf, chairman emeritus, CIRI Corporation, Alaska
Susan Jenkins, executive director, Cherokee Preservation Foundation
Valorie Johnson, program director, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Diane Kaplan, president and CEO, Rasmuson Foundation
Heather R. Kendall-Miller, senior staff attorney, Native American Rights Fund
Elizabeth Kerr, chief executive, Creative New Zealand
Tina Kuckkahn-Miller, executive director, Longhouse Center, Evergreen State College
Andrew Lee, board member, National Museum of the American Indian, Nathan Cummings Foundation trustee
Elsie Meeks, director, First Nations Oweesta Corporation
John Meredith, senior program officer, Division of Public Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities
Sandra Narva, senior program officer, Museum Services, Institute of Museum and Library Services
Joy Persall, executive director, Native Americans in Philanthropy
Peter Pennekamp, executive director, Humboldt Area Foundation
Tia Oros Peters, special projects and program director, Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development
Betsy Peterson, executive director, Fund for Folk Culture
Barbara Poley, executive director, Hopi Foundation
Lori Pourier, executive director, First Peoples Fund
Louise Profeit-LeBlanc, coordinator, Aboriginal Arts Secretariat
Aleta Ringlero, Native arts curator
George Rivera, governor, Poeh Center for the Arts, Pojaoque Pueblo
Carla Roberts, vice president of affiliates, Arizona Community Foundation
Michael E. Roberts, president, First Nations Development Institute
Buffy Sainte-Marie, artist, founder, Nihewan Foundation
Sarah Sanchez, charitable contributions, San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
Helen Maynor Schierbeck, director of public programs, National Museum of the American Indian
Gary D. Schwartz, director of New York office, Tides Foundation
Theresa Secord, executive director, Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance
Ben Sherman, board chair, First Peoples Fund
Dale Smith, program officer, Corporate Giving Program, The Boeing Company
Cris Stainbrook, executive director, Indian Land Tenure Foundation
Sonia Tamez, program manager, U.S. Forest Service Tribal Relations
Kathy Wallace, artist, board member, California Indian Basketweavers Association
Della Warrior, former president, Institute of American Indian Arts
Ken Wilson, tribal liaison, Bureau of Land Management, California
Elizabeth A. Woody, artist, Director of Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Program