Subcommittee on Native American Affairs

 

CHAIRMAN

  • Most Reverend Chad Zielinski, Bishop of New Ulm

MEMBERS

  • Most Reverend John Folda, Bishop of Fargo

  • Most Reverend Terry LaValley, Bishop of Ogdensburg

  • Most Reverend Stephen Parks, Bishop of Savannah

  • Most Reverend Alberto Rojas, Bishop of San Bernardino

  • Most Reverend Austin Vetter, Bishop of Helena

  • Most Reverend Steven J Maekawa O.P., Bishop of Fairbanks

CONSULTANTS

  • Ben Black Bear, Lakota, South Dakota

  • Jenny Black Bear, Lakota, South Dakota

  • Juanatano Cano, Pastoral Maya Inc.

  • Fr. Henry Sands, Executive Director, Bureau of Catholic Indian Mission

  • Deacon Don Blackbird, Board member of the American Indian Catholic Schools Network

  • Charlene Patton, Interim Director of the Tekakwitha Conference

  • Deacon Mike Leman, Diocese of Cheyenne

STAFF

  • Fr. Michael Carson, Assistant Director for Native American Affairs