Red Hoop Talk EP 38: ERNEST HOUSE, JR, Ute Mountain Ute
Join RED HOOP TALK this Sunday at 7pm Eastern when we visit with ERNEST HOUSE, JR., citizen of the Ute Mountain Ute Nation. Ernest is a Senior Policy Director at Keystone Policy Center in Colorado, where he works with various stakeholders in the areas of Tribal consultation, energy, healthcare, and education.
Ernest was formerly Executive Director for the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs for over 11 years, where he helped maintain communication between the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe, and other American Indian organizations, state agencies and affiliated groups. While at the CCIA, Ernest worked closely with Governor Hickenlooper, Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne, and CCIA members to maintain a government-to-government relationship between the State of Colorado and Tribal governments.
Ernest is a 2012 American Marshall Memorial Fellow, 2013 Denver Business Journal Forty under 40 awardee, 2015 President’s Award recipient from History Colorado, and 2018 Gates Family Foundation Public Leadership Fellow. Ernest currently serves on the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees and advisor to the Mesa Verde Foundation and Global Livingston Institute. He holds a rich tradition in his position as son of the late Ernest House, Sr., a long time Tribal leader for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and great-grandson of Chief Jack House, the last hereditary chief of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.
You can find Ernest on Twitter.
