Circle Members

Stephanie Autumn brings extensive experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating programs in the Indian country. A member of the Hopi Tribe, Ms. Autumn possesses 38 years of local, national, and international American Indian advocacy and policy work experience as well as working with tribal communities to address issues specific to tribal youth.

Ms. Autumn has worked with diverse tribes throughout the country on issues of restorative justice, American Indian adult and juvenile justice, substance abuse prevention, and tribal youth mentoring programs. She has managed projects on American Indian juvenile domestic assault, a statewide restorative justice program, pre- and post-release services for incarcerated American Indian people, tribal mentoring, and tribal truancy. She served as the project director for three Department of Justice-funded Training & Technical Assistance Centers for tribal youth and has provided training and technical assistance to over 135 tribal grantees. Ms. Autumn has represented the International Treaty Council and other American Indian Human Rights organizations at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and New York, Russia, Japan, Africa, Libya, and throughout Europe and the United States.