Advisory Board Members

Kimberly Daingkau-Begay is of the Kiowa, Caddo, and Pawnee Nations born and raised in southwest Oklahoma and is a direct descendant of boarding school survivor from Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Edna Tabbynanuca. She received her bachelor's degree in Political Science with a minor in Pre-Law from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado and has also studied at the University of Arizona in the American Indian Studies Graduate Program. As an undergraduate, she was instrumental in establishing a nation-wide student symposium of the American Indian Studies that started as a collaboration with the University of Oklahoma in 2008. She also received professional training in Media to assist in the development of the Native American & Indigenous Studies media curriculum at Fort Lewis College. Kimberly’s background work includes several aspects within tribal entities, government and education. Her professional career includes the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians. Currently, she serves as the District Coordinator of Native American Education for the Amphitheater Public Schools in Tucson, Arizona. She also serves as the President, Arizona Indian Education Association; Region 1 Representative, National Johnson O’Malley Association; and has formally served several years on the Arizona Office of Indian Education’s Indian Education Advisory Council. Kimberly and her husband have two amazing children. She has presented and spoken at numerous events of her Native culture, on federal Indian law & treaties, and cultural storytelling. She was inspired by her parents and grandfather to continue in our tribal tradition and heritage.