American Indian and Alaska Native Vocational Rehabilitation Centers

September 2020
A publication of the Center for Parent Information and Resources
Compiled by Judy Wiley for CPIR

Contact list in Word | Contact list in PDF (8 pages)

Under the Vocational Rehabilitation Services Projects for American Indians with Disabilities, tribal governments can develop or increase their capacity to provide a program of vocational rehabilitation (VR) services, in a culturally relevant manner, to American Indians with disabilities residing on or near Federal or state reservations. VR services are intended to enable these individuals to prepare for and engage in gainful employment. Program services are provided under an individualized plan for employment and may include native healing services.

This contact list will help you identify the VR services programs for American Indians with disabilities in your state (if available).

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State by State Listing

ALASKA

Association of Village Council Presidents
Director: Irma Goodwine
P.O. Box 1818
Bethel, AK, 99559
(907) 543-7491
irma_goodwine@avcp.org

Kodiak Area Native Association
Director: Gwen Sargent
3449 Rezanof Dr. East
Kodiak, AK, 99615
(907) 486-1361
Gwen.Sargent@kanaweb.org

Aleutian Pribilof Islands Association
Director: Kimber Olson
1131 E. International Airport Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99518
(907) 222-4242
kimbero@apiai.org

Tanana Chiefs Conference
Director: Amanda Race
122 First Ave. Suite 600
Fairbanks, AK, 99701
(907) 452-8251X.3232
amanda.race@tananachiefs.org

Bristol Bay Native Association
Director: Gail Sorensen
P.O. Box 310
Dillingham, AK, 99576
(907) 842-2262
gsorensen@bbna.com

Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Director: Teresa Sarabia
320 W. Willoughby Ave.
Juneau, AK, 99801
(907) 463-7325
tsarabia@ccthita.org

Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Inc.
Director: Angelina Santa Ana
3600 San Jeronimo Drive
Anchorage, AK, 99508
(907) 793-3362
asantaana@citci.org

Kawerak, Inc.
Director: Sara Lizak
P.O. Box 948
Nome, AK, 99762
(907) 443-4362
SLizak@kawerak.org

Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope
Director: Francisco “Cisco” Muldez
P.O. Box 1610
Barrow, AK, 99723
(907) 852-2448
cisco.muldez@inupiatgov.com

Maniilaq Association
Director: Tom Cyrus
P.O. Box 256
Kotzebue, AK 99752
(907) 475-2162
tom.cyrus@maniilaq.org

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Arizona

The Navajo Nation
Director: Paula Seanez
P.O. Box 1420
Window Rock, AZ, 86515
(928) 871-6338 x7488
paulaseanez@nndode.org

White Mountain Apache Tribe
Director: Norbert Clarkson
P.O Box 919
Whiteriver, AZ 85941
(928) 338-1791
norbertclarkson@wmat.us

Tohono O’odham Nation
Manager: Dwayne Lopez
PO Box 100
Sells, Arizona 85634
(520) 383-8796
Dwayne.Lopez@tonation-nsn.gov

The Hopi Tribe
Director: Kathleen Sumatzkuku
PO Box 123
Kykotsmovi, AZ 86039
(928) 734-3531
ksumatzakuku@hopi.nsn.us

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California

Fort Mojave Indian Tribe
Director: Cellina Reyes
500 Merriman Avenue
Needles, California 92363
(928) 768-1144
cellinareyes@fortmojave.com

Pinoleville Pomo Nation
Director: Lisa Weiler
500 B Pinoleville Dr.
Ukiah, California 95482
(707) 462-7801
lisaw@pinoleville-nsn.us

Hoopa Valley Tribal Council
Program Manager: Leanne Estrada
PO Box 669
Hoopa, California 95546
(530) 625-5081
leannevocrehab@gmail.com

Sycuan Band of Kumeyaay Nation
Director: Chag Lowry
5459 Sycuan Rd.
El Cajon, CA 92019
((707) 496-2407
clowry@sitvr.com

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Colorado

Southern Ute Indian Tribe
Director: Gail Cross
PO Box 737
Ignacio, CO 81137
(970) 563-4727
gcross@southern-ute.nsn.us

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
Director: Angela Kyle
PO Box 228
Towaoc, CO 81334
(970) 564-5722
Angela.Kyle@utemountain.org

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Connecticut

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation
Director: Nicole Rico Serrano
1 Matts Path, PO Box 3310
Mashantucket, CT 06338-3310
(860) 396-2106
nrico@mptn-nsn.gov

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Georgia

Lower Muskogee Creek Tribe
Director: Christina “Peggy” Venable
107 Tall Pine Drive
Whigham, GA 39897
(229) 762-3169
cpvenable.mvr4@gmail.com

Idaho

Coeur d’Alene Tribe
Director: Toni Whitman
PO Box 408
Plummer, ID 83851
(208) 686-6602
twhitman@cdatribe-nsn.gov

Nez Perce Tribe
Director: Joanna Marek
PO Box 365
Lapwai, ID 83540-0365
(208) 843-9395
joannam@nezperce.org

Shoshone Bannock Tribe
Director: Ramona Medicine Horse
P.O. Box 306
Ft. Hall, ID 83203
(208) 478-4052
rmedicinehorse@sbtribes.com

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Kansas

Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation Tribal Government
Director: Sarah Cowan
11400 158 Road
Mayetta, KS 66509
(785) 966-2932
SarahCowan@pbpnation.org

Louisiana

United Houma Nation, Inc
Director: Lanor Curole
PO Box 4217
Houma, LA 70361-4217
(985) 223-3093
lanor@unitedhoumanation.org

Intertribal Council of Central Louisiana
Director: Amanda Vinson
451 Nolan Trace
Leesville, LA 71446
(337) 238-5572
avinson@clivr.org

Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
Director: Evelyn Cass
150 Melacon Road
Marksville, LA 71351-7135
(318) 253-5100
ecass@tunica.org

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Maine

Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians
Wabanaki Vocational Rehabilitation
Director: Darcy Gentle
88 Bell Road
Littleton, ME 04730
(207) 532-2021
dgentle@maliseets.com

Michigan

Hannahville Indian Community
Director: Dr. Carol Bergquist
N14911 Hannahville B-1 Road
Wilson, MI 49896
(906) 466-2959
carol.bergquist@hicvisions.org

Minnesota

Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians
Director: Connie Lee Berg
15525 Mendota Avenue, P.O. Box 416
Redby, MN 56670
(218) 679-3350
cberg@redlakenation.org

White Earth Reservation Tribal Council
Director: Gloria LaFriniere
P.O. Box 7
Naytahwaush, MN 56566
(218) 935-5554 x3226
gloria.lafriniere@whiteearth-nsn.gov

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Montana

Blackfeet Tribal Business Council
Director: George Kipp
P.O. Box 1090
Browning, MT 59417
(406) 338-2111
george_kipp@yahoo.com

Fort Belknap Tribes
Director: Jim Fox
RR 1, Box 66
Harlem, MT 59526
(406) 353-2205 x410
bigsmoke_53@yahoo.com

Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes
Director: Shaunda Albert
P.O. Box 278
Pablo, MT 59855
(406) 675-2700 x1059
shaundaa@cskt.org

Fort Peck Tribes
Director: Wilfred “Max” Bear
P.O. Box 1027
Poplar, MT 59255
(406) 768-2451
asvrp@nemont.net

Chippewa Cree Tribe
Coordinator: Harriet Standing Rock
31 Agency Square
Box Elder, MT 59521
(406) 395-5739
harriet@cct.rockyboy.org

Northern Cheyenne Tribe
Director: Steve Small
P.O. Box 98
Lame Deer, MT 59043
(406) 477-3641
ssmall@cdkc.edu

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Nebraska

Omaha Tribe VR Program
Director: Adriana Springer
PO Box #368
Macy, NE 68039
(402) 837-5215
adriana.springer@omahatribe.com

Nevada

Moapa Band of Paiute Indians
Acting Director: Ashley Osborne
P.O. Box 670
Moapa, NV 89025
(702) 865-2081
osborne.projectinput@gmail.com

Shoshone-Paiute Tribe of Duck Valley
Director: Virginia C. Howard
P.O. Box 219
Owyhee, NV 89832
(775) 757-2921 x12
howard.virginia@shopai.org

Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribe
Director:  Elaine Bender
565 Rio Vista Drive
Fallon, NV 89406-6415
(775) 428-2250
VRM@fpst.org

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New Mexico

Pueblo of Jemez
Director: Rebecca Holland
P.O. Box 687
Jemez Pueblo, NM 87024
(575) 834-0012
Rebecca.holland@jemezpueblo.us

Pueblo of Laguna
Director: Petra Solimon
P.O. Box 550
New Laguna, NM 87038
(505) 552-9322, ext. 2004
p.solimon@lagunaed.net

New York

Seneca Nation of Indians
Director: Sharon Patterson
88 Iroquois Drive
Irving, NY 14081
(716) 532-1033
s.patterson@sni.org

St. Regis Mohawk Tribe VR Program
Director: Wilfred Jamie Bay
Akwesane, NY 13655
(518) 358-2722 ext. 2500
Wilfredbay@srmt-nsn.gov

North Carolina

Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina
Director: Celeste Hunt
P.O. Box 236
Pembroke, NC 28372
(910) 521-4220
chunt@lumbeetribe.com

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Director: Kimlyn S. Lambert
P.O. Box 653
Cherokee, NC 28719
(828) 497-4300
kimlambert@cherokeevoc.org

North Dakota

Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
Director: Donna Thomas
P.O. Box 110
Belcourt, ND 58316
(701) 477-7909
dthomas@tm.edu

Spirit Lake Nation
Director: Marshall Longie
P.O. Box 519
Fort Totten, ND 58335
(701) 766-4446
mjlongie@gondtc.com

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
Director: Benjamin Wolf Necklace
1341 92nd Street
Ft. Yates, ND 58538
(605) 823-4222
ben.wolfnecklace@sittingbull.edu

Three Affiliated Tribes (not funded by RSA)
Director: Jamie Hall
404 Frontage Road
New Town, ND 58763
(701) 627-4781
jamiehall@mhanation.com

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Oklahoma

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma
Director: Ereca Camero
P.O. Box 1330
Anadarko, OK 73005
(405) 247-6414
apachendnvr1@yahoo.com

Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma
Director: Rachel Allen
7249 S. Western Ave., #204
Oklahoma City, OK 73139
(405) 632-3749
rallen@delawarenation.com

Cherokee Nation
Director: Brenda Fitzgerald
P.O. Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74465
(918) 453-5004
Brenda-Fitzgerald@cherokee.org

Cheyenne/Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma
Director: Timothy Yeahquo
100 Red Moon Circle
Concho, OK 73022
(405) 422-7613
tyeahquo@c-a-tribes.org

Chickasaw Nation
Director: Michelle Frazier Wilson
222 S. Mississippi
Ada, OK 74820
(580) 436-0553
michelle.wilson@chickasaw.net

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Director: Debbie Davenport
P.O. Box 231
Hugo, OK 74743
(580) 326-8304
ddavenport@choctawnation.com

Delaware Tribe of Western Oklahoma
Director: Rachel Allen
7249 S. Western Ave., #204
Oklahoma City, OK 73139
(405) 632-3749
rallen@delawarenation.com

Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma
Director: Ronald Baker
P.O. Box 728
Perkins, OK 74059
(405) 547-2402
rbaker@iowantion.org

Muscogee Creek Nation Health System
Director: Emma DeLa Cruz
401 S. Woody Guthrie
Okemah, OK 74859
(918) 623-1197
Edelacruz@mcn-nsn.gov

Comanche Nation
Director: Charlotte McCurtain
P.O. Box 908
Lawton, OK 73502
(580) 492-4988
charlotte@comanchenation.com

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Oregon

Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Director: Michael Herrin
9615 Grand Ronde Road
Grand Ronde, OR 97347
(503) 879-3098
Michael.Herrin@grandronde.org

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Director: Susie Calhoun
464111 Timine Way
Pendleton, OR 97801
(541) 429-7506
susiecalhoun@ctuir.org

Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Director: Jackie Minson
P.O. Box C
Warm Springs, OR 97761
(541) 553-3365
jackie.minson@wstribes.org

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Director: Jermaine Butler
P.O. Box 549
Siletz, OR 97380
(503) 390-9494
jeramiem@ctsi.nsn.us

The Klamath Tribes
P.O. Box 436
Chiloquin, OR 97624
(541) 783-2219 ext. 109

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South Dakota

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
Director: Lyle Cook
P.O. Box 506
Eagle Butte, SD 57625
(605) 964-4400
ability@lakoktanetwork.com

Oglala Lakota Tribe
Director: Roberta Ecoffey
P.O. Box 1985
Pine Ridge, SD 57770
(605) 867-2798
robertaecoffey@yahoo.com

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
Director: Jolleen Laverdure
187 Oyate Circle
Lower Brule, SD 57548
(605) 473-5244
JolleenLaverdure@lowerbrule.net

Sinte Gleska University
Acting Director: Burdette Clifford, MS
101 Antelope Lake Circle
Mission, SD 57555-0105
(605) 856-8219
Burdette.Clifford@sintegleska.edu

Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Acting Director: Sherry Johnson
12554 BIA Hwy 711
Agency Village, SD 57262
(605) 698-3911
SherryJ@swo-nsn.gov

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Washington

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation
Director: Laurae MacClain
P.O. Box 150
Nespelem, WA 99155
(509) 634-2723
Laurae.MacClain@colvilletribes.com

Lummi Nation
Director: Julie M. Jefferson
2616 Kwina Road
Bellingham, WA 98226
(360) 384-7120
JulieMJ@lummi-nsn.gov

Samish Indian Nation VR Program
Director: Donna Adamson
P.O. Box 217
Anacortes, WA 98221
(360) 726-3647
dadamson@samishtribe.nsn.us

Nisqually Indian Tribe (SPIPA)
Director: Whitney Jones
3104 SE Old Olympic Hwy.
Shelton, WA 98584
(360) 462-3230
wjones@spipa.org

Spokane Tribe of Indians
Director: Christopher Zilar
6228 Old School Road
Wellpinit, WA 99040-0100
(509) 258-7502
christopherzilar@spokanetribe.com

North Intertribal Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Director: Jana Finkbonner
P.O. Box 277
Arlington, WA 98223
(360) 671-7626
jfinkbonner@stillaguamish.com

Yakama Nation
Director: Jerod Corpuz
P.O. Box 390
Toppenish, WA 98948
(509) 865-5121
jerrymc@yakama.com

Cowlitz Indian Tribe
Director: Shari Hughes
P.O. Box 2429
Longview, WA 98632
(360) 575-6220
shughes.health@cowlitz.org

Skokomish Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Coordinator: Carol Cordova
80 N Tribal Center Rd
Skokomish, WA 98584-9748
(360) 426-4232
ccordova@skokomish.org

Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
Manager: Jim Allen
2851 Lower Elwha Road
Port Angeles, WA 98363-8409
(360) 460-7549
Jim.Allen@elwha.org

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Wisconsin

Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council VR Program
Director: Tony John
P.O. Box 9
Lac Du Flambeau, WI 54538
(715) 588-1024
tjohn@glitc.org

Lac Courte Oreilles Indian Tribe
Director: Megan Taylor
13380 W. Trepania Road
Hayward, WI 54843
(715) 638-5161
megan.taylor@lco-nsn.gov

Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
P.O. Box 365
Oneida, WI 54155
(920) 490-3793

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Wyoming

Eastern Shoshone Tribe
Director (Interim): Neil McGill
P.O. Box 489
Fort Washakie, WY 82514
(307) 332-0100
nmcgill@easternshoshone.org

Northern Arapaho Tribe
Director: Elizabeth Jude Hass
9 Great Plains Road, Unit 9334
Arapahoe, WY 82510
(307) 856-8848 x126
Elizabeth.Jude.Hass@gmail.com

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