Listen to the recording of moderator Riley Robinson, Legislative Director for Domestic Policy Amelia Kegan and Native American Advocate Lacina Onco as they discuss the current state of legislation affecting Native peoples.
Lacina manages FCNL’s lobbying on legislation that affects Native communities, building connections between tribes, tribal organizations, and non-Indian allies, with a particular focus on faith groups’ advocacy to ensure that tribal needs are addressed.
Lacina comes to Washington, DC from Boston, where she managed the Metro Boston Tobacco-Free Community Partnership and served as the site manager for a nonprofit Indian health center serving the Boston urban Indian community. Lacina is a Bill Gates Millennium Scholar and holds a Master of Social Work degree from Boston College Graduate School of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and certificate in Native American studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is a proud member of the Shinnecock Indian Nation of New York and the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma.