Metropolitan Community College's video: Native American Indian Heritage Month: Kimberly Teehee

Kimberly Teehee, J.D., Cherokee, director of government relations, Cherokee Nation, senior vice president of government relations for Cherokee Nation Businesses, B.A. Political Science, Northeastern State University, J.D., University of Iowa College of Law Kimberly Teehee has established an impressive record of accomplishments on a wide array of Native American issues. In 2019, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. named Teehee as the tribe’s first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. She previously served President Barack Obama as the first-ever senior policy advisor for Native American Affairs in the White House Domestic Policy Council for three years. Teehee also served as senior advisor to the U.S. House of Representatives Native American Caucus co-chair, Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI) for nearly 12 years. In February of 2020, she was named by Time as one of their 16 top activists fighting for a "More Equal America."