William Myers of Grand Portage is one of 31 community leaders from Native nations who will be taking part in the Bush Foundation Native Nation Rebuilders Program.
William “Bill” Myers of Grand Portage is among 31 leaders from 14 Native nations who make up the Sixth Cohort of Native Nation Rebuilders.
The Native Nation Rebuilders Program supports emerging and existing Native leaders to build their leadership skills and nation-building knowledge so they can help tribal leaders exercise and strengthen sovereignty.
The Bush Foundation created the Native Nation Rebuilders Program in 2010 after elected tribal leaders from 23 Native nations said they needed skilled and committed partners to help them rebuild their nations. Rebuilders attend a twoyear program of learning about nation-building and strengthening their leadership skills. The program has selected 112 rebuilders from 20 Native nations since 2010.
Myers is a former tribal council member for the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, serving from 2008 to 2012. He currently serves on the Grant Portage Elder’s Council and Veterans Memorial Program. He is a retired federal treaty conservation officer, a post he held for more than 17 years. Myers was also a police officer for the Rice Lake Police Department for over 16 years.
Myers earned his bachelor’s degree from Bemidji State University and Master’s of Tribal Administration from the University of Minnesota- Duluth.
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