Sedelta Oosahwee

Sedelta Oosahwee is currently a Senior Program/Policy Analyst/Specialist with the National Education Association where she manages the American Indian/Alaska Native portfolio and serves as a lead on racial justice in education. Previously, she served as Senior Advisor and Acting Deputy Director for the Office of Tribal Relation in the U.S. Department of Agriculture; before that she was the Associate Director of the White House Initiative American Indian and Alaskan Native Education. Before shifting her career focus to the national level, Ms. Oosahwee served the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma as Special Projects Officer and as coordinator for Student Programs in the Center for Tribal Studies at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK. Ms. Oosahwee is an enrolled citizen of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation.