Ramona Kitto Stately, M.ED

Ramona supports cultural engagement and initiative coordination at CAL, specifically focusing on the Birth Justice Collaborative. She is an enrolled member of the Santee Sioux Dakhóta Nation. Ramona holds a B.A. in Dakota Art and Culture, with a minor in Business, and a Masters of Education with an emphasis on Teacher Leadership. She serves as Executive Director of We Are Still Here Minnesota, creating action for narrative change. Ramona is the mother of two children who are citizens of Red Lake Nation, an accomplished beadwork artist with moccasins on display in the Science Museum of Minnesota, and has served as Chairperson of the Minnesota Indian Education Association since 2016. She is a part of the scholars' team with the Minnesota Humanities Center’s for Learning from Place: Bdote since 2013 and the author of Pazahiyayewin’s (pah-Zah-hee-yah-yay-ween’s) Story of the Bdote. Ramona was the Recipient of the 2021 Ron McKinley Award from Minnesota Education Equity Partnership, currently serves as 2024’s Indigenous Elder in Residence for Carleton College, and McKnight Culture Bearers Award Recipient in March 2023.