Tribal Nation Consulting
The Work Is Real.
So Are the Stakes.
Your Nation doesn't need another consultant with a briefcase full of frameworks built for Fortune 500 boardrooms. You need someone who's been in the room.
Tribal Nation Consulting
Your Nation doesn't need another consultant with a briefcase full of frameworks built for Fortune 500 boardrooms. You need someone who's been in the room.
Organizations We've Collaborated With
Every engagement is built for your Nation. Not templated from someone else's.
Moving Tribal leadership from long-overdue conversations into real, implemented plans. Strategic retreats, Council facilitation, mission and values alignment, and change management support.
Practical skills that immediately change how your team communicates, decides, and leads together. Emotionally intelligent leadership, accountability without toxicity, coaching vs. managing.
Engaged employees bring their best. We help you build a culture people want to be part of — reducing burnout, improving collaboration, building trust across teams.
Tribal citizens, patients, students, guests — people remember how your organization makes them feel. We help you make that feeling worth remembering.
AI should work with your teams — not threaten your identity. We help leaders adopt AI on their own terms, protecting culture and community in the process.
Through our partnership with BWI Learning, nationally recognized Leadership Development, Master Trainer, and Customer Experience certificate programs — in-person, virtual, and on-demand.
I'm a proud Otoe-Missouria with Cherokee heritage. I grew up in rural Oklahoma. I served in the U.S. Navy. I've sat with tribal councils and boards, C-suites, Tribal Executives, casino floors, every branch and department of tribal government, and in clinic hallways.
And I've learned something most consultants never figure out.
The problems are almost always the same. It's the solutions that may be different. Tribal Leaders are trying to lead well inside systems that weren't built for them.
That's the work.
I don't do corporate consulting dressed up in tribal imagery. If that's what you're looking for, I'm not your guy.
If you want straight talk, practical tools, and someone who actually understands your world — let's talk.
Technology, systems, policy, and growth should strengthen people — not disconnect them from purpose, culture, or community. Every engagement we lead is built on that single idea.
I have experienced many speakers through the years, but his message and style far exceeded that of any others. I have heard nothing but positive response — and each attendee brought away tools that will help them personally and organizationally to meet the issues they face.
You were prepared, informative, humorous, and adaptable. What excites me most is the response to implement the training. BRAVO — excellent material, excellent presenter.
Everyone indicated they learned something about themselves and were going to make adjustments to be more successful. There will be significant change in this organization.
Red Earth Strategy Group works with tribal nations and Indigenous organizations throughout the Americas. From the Council chamber to the casino floor to the clinic — we understand every layer of how Tribal organizations operate.
Culture matters here. Community matters. Trust matters. Sovereignty matters. And the people sitting around your Council table deserve practical tools and honest conversations — not expensive jargon.
Let's TalkNo pitch decks. No proposals before we've even talked.
Just a straight conversation about where you are and where you want to go.
Strategy without implementation is just expensive brainstorming.