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About Us
Originally published by the Western Region TTA Center on anawestern.org.
Helping Native Communities Thrive Since 1974
Established in 1974 through the Native American Programs Act (NAPA), the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) serves all Native Americans, including federally recognized tribes, American Indian and Alaska Native organizations, Native Hawaiian organizations and Native populations throughout the Pacific Basin (including American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands).
ANA promotes self-sufficiency for Native Americans by providing discretionary grant funding for community based projects, and training and technical assistance to eligible tribes and native organizations.
Meet Our Team:
Rondelle Clay
Regional Director
Jenica Baty
Deputy Director/Technical Assistance Manager
Michael LaFromboise
Training Manager
Hope Rausis
Administration Coordinator
Rondelle Clay
Regional Director
Rondelle Clay is a member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of Lake Traverse. She has been providing training and technical assistance for over 22 years for the Administration of Native Americans. Prior to working with ANA, she was an educator and administrator for the Seminole Tribe of Florida for 20 years.
Jenica Baty
Deputy Director/Technical Assistance Manager
Jenica Baty has been with the ANA Western Region T/TA Center for seven years. She has worked in Indian Country for over a decade with experience in nonprofit management, community development, planning, training and grant writing. She has a Master of Science in Information with a focus on project management and design.
Michael LaFromboise
Training Manager
Michael LaFromboise an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe and is the current Training Manager for the Western Region Technical Assistance Center for Administration for Native Americans with the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. He over sees training for Project Planning Development, Pre-Application, and the Post Award. He is a father to a son, two daughters, and three grandchildren. Michael holds a master’s degree in education and been involved with Indian and Native programs through his professional career.
Richard White
Outreach and Technical Assistance Specialist
Richard is a member of the Navajo Nation, born and raised in Window Rock, AZ. He received his Bachelor degree in Behavioral Health, and Master’s degree in Education from the University of Utah, in Salt Lake City. He’s worked for ANA’s Western Region Training and Technical Assistance Center for 3 years.
Hope Rausis
Administration Coordinator
Hope is the newest member of the Western Region team. She is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and resides in California. She brings a strong background in media and hospitality services industry to the team.
ANA Philosophy
We believe community members are at the heart of lasting, positive change. ANA’s philosophy of native self-sufficiency is based on the following core beliefs:
- A native community is self-sufficient when it can generate and control the resources necessary to meet its social and economic goals and the needs of its members.
- The responsibility for achieving self-sufficiency resides with native governing bodies and local leadership.
- Progress toward self-sufficiency is based on efforts to plan and direct resources in a comprehensive manner consistent with long-range goals.
ANA Goals
- Fostering the development of stable diversified local economies and economic activities to provide jobs, promote community and economic well-being, encourage community partnerships and reduce dependency on public funds and social services.
- Supporting local access to, control of and coordination of services and programs that safeguard the health and well-being of native children and families
- Increasing the number of projects involving youth and intergenerational activities in Native American communities