Lona Running Wolf

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Executive Director of Projects

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Lona Running Wolf - Ihkiinookoomii (Gentle Rolling Thunder) is from the Amskapi-Pikuni (Southern Pikuni) of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Blackfeet). Lona has served in many capacities in education including as a teacher, instructional coach, curriculum and instructional leader, and a university adjunct professor. She has also worked with districts across Montana toward school improvement in her previous role at the Montana Office of Public Instruction as the Director of American Indian Student Achievement. She is currently an Adjunct Professor and Graduate Assistant at the University of Montana and also the co-owner of 4-Poles Educational Consulting in which she provides consultation on Indigenous education and pedagogy.

 

Lona has an Associate of Arts in Elementary Education from Blackfeet Community College, a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Salish Kootenai College, and a Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction- Triple Literacy from the University of Texas and is currently completing her doctoral program at the University of Montana. She is also the co-founder of Blackfeet Eco Knowledge.