Who We Are

Evie Campbell

Evie has special expertise in social work with American Indian communities. She comes to us most directly from her position as Program Coordinator of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Tribal Employment Program. In this capacity, she worked with all six Minnesota Chippewa member tribes. Her work with American Indian communities in various jobs dates back to 1991, and includes extensive grantwriting experience and ongoing advocacy for social justice.

Evie is a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and is committed to a life-long process of learning about her culture, as well as to helping American Indian families. Evie ran for State Representative for District 4B in 1998 as a DFL endorsed candidate, and has also lobbied at the state level and in Congress for issues affecting American Indians.

John Day

John Day is the Acting Director for American Indian Projects with responsibility for coordinating The Bush Foundation American Indian Child Welfare Certificate Program and to provide oversight to the AIP deliverables in the Title IV-E project. In addition, he serves as a liaison to other department and campus activities. The AIP director works cooperatively with other AIP staff, department, and campus personnel and tribal partners on those activities that benefit the tribes and tribal people and the university. John is an enrolled member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe within the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. He has 27 years of experience working and networking in Indian education, Health and Human Service areas. John has a Master's of Social Work degree from the University of Minnesota Duluth.

Priscilla Day

Priscilla is an associate professor in the Department of Social Work where she has worked since 1993. She is a Co-Principal Investigator for the American Indian Child Welfare Certificate Program. Currently, her areas of research are American Indian Family Preservation and Cultural Competence. She helped create a new model of diversity training called “Learning Circles” that has been implemented in the Department of Social Work with much success. Priscilla is an Anishinaabe (Minnesota Chippewa Tribe) and an enrolled member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. She received her Doctorate of Education degree in 1999 from the University of Minnesota Leadership Academy and Master’s of Social Work degree from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 1991.

John Red Horse

John Red Horse is the Co-Principal investigator of an Indian Child Welfare Certificate Program to design graduate and undergraduate-level credit-bearing training curricula, which is funded by the Bush Foundation. His research has focused on many aspects of Indian life, including social and legal perspectives on Indian child welfare, American Indian family development, bilingualism, and Indian children’s health and mental health, and family preservation. John’s tribal affiliation is Cherokee. John holds an A.B. from the University of Pacific, an M.S.W. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Ph. D. from the University of Minnesota.

Muskadee Montano

Muskadee L. Montano is the Coordinator for American Indian Projects in the Department of Social Work. She is responsible for the planning of AIP activities as well as for recruiting and retaining American Indian MSW students. She began working for American Indian Projects part time in the Fall of 2005 as an assistant and was hired on in her current capacity in October of 2006. For the Spring 2007 Semester she also served as an adjunct instructor for the department.

Muskadee holds an Associate of Arts Degree from Gogebic Community College, a Bachelor of Social Work Degree from Northern Michigan University, and a Master of Social Work Degree from the University of Minnesota-Duluth. She is also a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor, Level I through the Upper Midwest Indian Council on Addictive Disorders. Her professional areas of interest include chemical dependency, mental health, and program administration. 

Muskadee is an enrolled member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe. She currently resides in Duluth with her significant other and their young daughter. When not working, Muskadee enjoys spending time with family, attending powwows, and participating in other cultural events.