Kim Mettler is a citizen of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation and serves the Association on American Indian Affairs as its Next Generations Director. The Association is the longest serving national Native nonprofit, since 1922. Beginning her diverse service in Native Country with the Indigenous Women’s Network, Kim has served as legal counsel for a Native Nation, focusing on Tribal law, intergovernmental relations and cultural resources protections; serves as a board member for the Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center, providing advocacy on the regional, national and international levels on domestic violence, sexual assault, reproductive and environmental justice; provided training and co-advocacy with court appointed special advocates; and directed Tribal STAR, an ICWA training and technical assistance program, and the development of California’s Common Core ICWA curriculum for social workers. Kim is a skilled coach, facilitator and mediator and brings more than 25 years of advocacy and bridge building with and on behalf of Native women, youth and Native Nations. Kim received her BA in Social Justice from Fairhaven College, and her law degree from the University of Arizona in Indigenous Peoples’ Law and Policy.
Kim Mettler, Next Generations Director
Association on American Indian Affairs
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