Marina Drummer
221 Idora Ave.
Vallejo, CA 94591
(707) 644-6575
marina@communityfuturescollective.org
Marina served as Executive Director
of the LEF Foundation from 1985- 2000. In 2000 she began her own non-profit, Community Futures
Collective and provides technical assistance and fund-raising help to
grassroots organizations. She also administers the Advocates
for Indigenous California Language Survival and the National
Coalition to Fee the Angola Three and is Grants Advisor to
the President of the LEF Foundation.
Janeen Antoine (Sicangu Lakota)
331 Moraga
Oakland, CA 94611
(510) 547-2639, (510) 547-0225
janeenantoine@hotmail.com
Janeen co-founded American
Indian Contemporary Arts(AICA) in San Francisco in 1983
and has served as Executive Director since 1987. In this
capacity, she has organized hundreds of exhibits and presentations.
She has long been active in dozens of local and national
community based organizations in the indigenous, arts and philanthropic
communities as a member, advisor or board member. She is
a board member of Vanguard Public Foundation, an advisor
to Neshkinukat and Oyate.
L.Frank Manriquez (Tongva/Ajachmem)
2469
Corby Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
(707) 578-0307
toovit@earthlink.net
L. Frank produces art that is cultural maintenance, she calls herself
an art janitor and her title is Decolonizationist. L. is an author, an
artist and a board member for Advocates for Indigenous California Language
Survival, California Indian Basketweaver's Association, and Neshkanuket.
Kate Hedges
PO
Box 938
Cottonwood,
CA 96022
(530)
347-5022
kate@maidu.com
Kate has served as the
Secretary of the Konkow Wailaki Maidu Indian Cultural Preservation
Association since 2003. This
non-profit, affiliated with the Konkow Valley Band of Maidu,
works to carry on Native traditions in the Oroville area such
as ceremonies, hand games and indigenous language. She is a partner
in JET Technologies LLC providing internet solutions including
website design, web hosting and database development.