MENTOR-FACILITATORS
Direlle R. Calica, J.D.
ITG Director & CTR Co-Facilitator
Institute for Tribal Government
Citizen of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Mrs. Direlle R. Calica. J.D. has over 20 years of experience as a legislative, policy, planning, and regulatory advisor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office-District of Oregon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Intertribal Organizations, and various Indian Tribes. Mrs. Calica has extensive professional experience in intergovernmental affairs, hydro-system planning, tribal economic development, tribal energy infrastructure policy, and tribal water policy. She has also served as a White House Intern and Mark O. Hatfield Congressional Fellow in the U.S. Senate. Her professional background includes a Juris Doctorate with a focus on Business and Natural Resource policy. Mrs. Calica was an Adjunct Professor of Law at Lewis & Clark Law School in the Indian Law Program. Mrs. Calica also serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Northwest Energy Coalition, the Oregon Native American Chamber, and a Council Member for the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council. She is also a Bonneville Environmental Foundation (B-E-F) Board of Directors, Emeritus. Mrs. Calica is the Managing Partner of Kanim Associates, LLC a Native American, women and veteran-owned company based in Portland, Oregon. Finally, she is a member of the Washington State Bar Association (WSBA) and the WSBA Environmental Law Section.
Serina Fast Horse
CTR Co-Facilitator
Serina Fast Horse (Lakota & Blackfeet) is a lifelong member and emerging leader of the Indigenous community of Portland. She is a Portland State University graduate where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in both Community Development and Indigenous Nations Studies. Before and since graduation, Serina has been involved in guiding collaborative partnerships between Indigenous community members and agencies such as the City of Portland, Metro, Clean Water Services, Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District, Portland State University, and Portland Community College. Serina is the owner of Kimimela Consulting, a business focused on cultivating transformative relationships that address social and ecological needs. She has been called on to support thecoordination and facilitation of multiple regional gatherings such as the Changing Currents Tribal Water Summit, ATNI Climate Camp, and the Indigenous Land Conservation Summit. Serina has also served as the program coordinator for the Institute for Tribal Government at Portland State University for over three years where she has supported the delivery of Tribal relations programming that works to uplifts Tribal sovereignty. Additionally, she serves as a co-chair for the local Native American Community Advisory Council and is a part of the Portland Indian Leaders Roundtable group. In all her work, Serina uses practices that prioritize community well-being and stem from a relational worldview. She is driven by her passion to embrace Indigenous cultural knowledge and empower Indigenous voices to help create a holistic path to healing our ecological and social communities for our future generations.
Dr. Rebecca Hawk
CTR Co-Facilitator
Dr. Hawk is a co-facilitator of the Certificate in Tribal Relations Program. She is a Senior Fellow for the Center for Public Service in the Hatfield School of Government at PSU and brings a wealth of interdisciplinary experience and research to serve tribes. A descendant of the Haudenosaunee people, She has represented tribal governments of the Pacific Northwest as an air quality specialist and served on regional, national, and international work groups, managed and coordinated multi-stakeholder
projects, written numerous testimonies to bring Traditional Ecological and Cultural Knowledge before governing bodies, and testified on behalf of Indigenous people before the United Nations. She has also served in Massachusetts as a tribal community liaison in higher education. Her research and work include vexing social and environmental justice issues on Earth and in outer space. Raised in the Portland area, she recently retired from her East Coast career, wherein she earned Director Emerita status at
Framingham State University in Massachusetts, to return to her beloved northwest “most home place.” Her life’s work has centered on deepening cultural understandings between people and societies for the purpose of strengthening representation in governance so that communities thrive in health and well-- being for the benefit of all. Dr. Hawk holds a doctorate in law and policy from Northeastern University, a master's in public administration from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, and a bachelor of arts from Portland State University in communications, with an emphasis on intercultural communication. She has
also completed master-level coursework in environmental policies and management, Tribal Nations in the 21st Century, and environmental conflict resolution facilitation.
100% tuition refund
Written request to drop/withdraw from a course received by the Program Coordinator by 5 pm, 7 business days prior to the first class (Minus any applicable non-refundable fees and $100 administration charge)
40% tuition refund
Written request to drop/withdraw from a course received by the Program Coordinator prior to the participant attending the second class: (Minus any applicable non-refundable fees and $100 administration charge)
0% tuition refund
Written request to drop/withdraw from a course received by the Program Coordinator after a participant has attended the second class