On July 6, the National Indian Education Association, the nation's largest Indian education organization, announced that its board of directors has selected Colin Kippen to serve as its new executive director.
Kippen currently serves as executive director of the Native Hawaiian Education Council, which assesses and coordinates innovative education programs for Native Hawaiians and makes policy recommendations to governmental entities to improve the education and well being of Native Hawaiians.
Kippen has also served as senior counsel to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs; deputy administrator for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs in charge of protecting and expanding Native Rights; chief judge of the Suquamish Indian Tribe in Washington and appellate judge for several other tribes in Washington and Oregon; and trial attorney and prosecutor in King County, Wash. He is also a former member of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation and Act (NAGPRA) Review Committee, including serving as its chairman.
“Colin Kippen has been a long time friend of the Association, and we welcome his passion and enthusiasm for providing a long time voice for Native education,” NIEA President Patricia L. Whitefoot said in a press release.
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