Carol Juneau, Chairperson, MIEA
Box 55
Browning, MT 59417

Carol is a State Senator from Browning on the Blackfeet Reservation. Carol has been married for 41 years, has two children and 3 grandchildren and is currently retired from a long career in Education. She is a member of the Mandan and Hidatsa Tribes of North Dakota. Juneau graduated with her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from Eastern Montana College and earned a Master's Degree in educational Administration from the University of Montana in 1980. She was active in the development of Tribal Colleges and served a the first President of Blackfeet Community College. She was recognized as one of six of the state's first National Milken Educators in 1993, received the Distinguished Alumna Award from MSU-Billings in 2000, was recognized by the Montana Indian Education Association as Educator of the Year and recently recognized by NEA with a National Education Award. Closing the Achievement Gap for American Indian students and increasing the High School graduation rate of Indian students continues to be two of her primary advocacy issues.