Outreach Coordinator (CBIKS)
(Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans (Citizen), Umoⁿhoⁿ, Mvskoke)
Monique Tyndall (She/They/Naakmãawã) joined Local Contexts in January 2026 as Outreach Coordinator (CBIKS), supporting multifaceted outreach efforts associated with the US National Science Foundation Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science (CBIKS). Their role focuses on supporting CBIKS partners and Hubs to engage with and promote Indigenous data sovereignty through the adoption of the Local Contexts Labels and Notices.
Born and raised on the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans reservation on Menominee Land in North-Central Wisconsin, and spending summers with family in Eastern Oklahoma, Monique is a third generation multidisciplinary artist. They are an Institute of American Indian Arts and Goucher College alum, holding a B.A. in Museum Studies and M.A. in Cultural Sustainability.
Skilled in archives management, research, and evaluation, Monique has worked on multijurisdictional research projects with Native Nations, Institutions, and Governmental Agencies with Bowman Performance Consulting and established research archives for the College of Menominee Nation and a digital content management platform in partnership with ReCollection Wisconsin. Digital archives and data sovereignty projects that Monique has contributed to include: University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Convening Culture Keepers, Wisconsin Library Services’ Culture Keepers Collective, Washington State-Pullman’s Tribal Digital Stewardship Cohort Program culminating into curated Mukurtu sites for the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin and Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohicans’ Cultural Affairs Department.
Knowledgeable in Indigenous rights, Monique was mandated to author and administer an awarded Municipality Vulnerability Preparedness grant from the State of Massachusetts. This grant funded the acquisition and conservation of 250+ acres of Monument Mountain to support Indigenous Land Stewardship as a climate change resiliency strategy. Monique is the recipient of the Rory Turner Prize, Wisconsin Arts Board Folk and Traditional Arts Master-Apprentice award, named a Wisconsin’s Most Influential Native American Leader, and a Midwest Emmy Awardee, with works featured in exhibits at the Albany Institute for Art and History, New York State Phillipse Manor Hall, and MASS MoCA River Street Billboard Project.
