Joseph Tahdooahnippah
Minneapolis
Summary
Motivated to serve Native communities by helping organize youth-centered programs, facilitate cultural activities, and support community engagement. Committed to fostering strong relationships that reflect respect, accountability, and shared purpose.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Research Assistant
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
05.2023 - 02.2025
- Research Indian Boarding Schools in the U.S. to reveal key data, such as how the institutions were funded, who operated them, what tribes attended the schools, where they were located, etc.
- Create historical narratives that provide facts and information about the schools, sourced from archival records and other primary and secondary sources.
- Cultivating relationships with church groups and archivists, universities and tribes, and federal institutions such as the National Archives and Records Administration.
- Present research at national conferences to inform interested parties of the importance of the work. Facilitate and moderate research webinars that help inform and educate the general public about Indian Boarding School history, Federal Indian Boarding School policy, and intergenerational trauma.
Program Assistant
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
10.2022 - 12.2022
- Researched local support resources to be used in a culturally relevant resource guide aimed at boarding school survivors and their descendants.
- Contacted individuals and organizations through phone calls and emails to gain further understanding of the scope in which the resources offered from those entities may contribute to community and individual healing from generational traumas.
- Worked collaboratively with other members of the NABS organization and provided project updates to promote individual accountability, open spaces of communication, and transparency, to strengthen both the cohesion of the organization and the overall mission.
Youth Care Worker
Ain Dah Yung Center
05.2012 - 12.2021
- Provide support to at-risk youth experiencing crisis situations that have displaced them from their homes.
- Conduct intake assessments to evaluate the needs of the youth.
- Document daily activities and interactions with youth, relaying important information to relevant parties such as case workers, probation officers, school officials, and healthcare providers.
- Administer medications, set up and transport youth to medical appointments, implement crisis intervention strategies, and support the overall health and well-being of the youth.
- Cook daily meals and support healthy food choices for the youth.
- Engage youth in activities that support their emotional, mental, physical, social, and spiritual health and well-being.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Public Health and Holistic Health & Healing
University of Minnesota
Twin Cities05-2018
Skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent time-management
- Problem-solving skills
- Excellent work ethic
- Creativity
- Adaptability
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Research
- Presentations/Slideshows
Accomplishments
Helped to create the nation's most extensive list of U.S. Indian Boarding Schools in collaboration with the Department of the Interior.
Worked in collaboration with the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and the Great Lakes Intertribal Epidemiology Center to develop course material for a Public Health class that examined the relationship between intergenerational trauma and commercial tobacco use in pregnant American Indian women.
Timeline
Research Assistant
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
05.2023 - 02.2025
Program Assistant
National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
10.2022 - 12.2022
Youth Care Worker
Ain Dah Yung Center
05.2012 - 12.2021
Bachelor of Science - Public Health and Holistic Health & Healing
University of Minnesota
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