About Us


ndgenius was born out of the need for more culturally-attuned learning and development opportunities in Indian Country. Through our innovative collaborative learning platform, instructor support services, and profit-sharing course marketplace, we strive to cultivate a vibrant online and in-person ecosystem of learning, entrepreneurship, and opportunity, unleashing Indian Country’s full potential. We empower subject matter experts to share their culturally-relevant knowledge in the fields of human resources, leadership, entrepreneurship, cultural preservation and more, generating economic and social success for instructors, learners, and tribal communities alike.

In addition to our profit-sharing course marketplace, we design and sell our own online and in-person learning experiences that can be purchased as-is or tailored to meet your tribe or tribal entity's needs, as well as instructional design services (where we develop custom learning for your tribe from scratch).

If you have multiple employees or community members who need access to our online courses, you can purchase seats in bulk for discounted prices. We can also serve as a learning management platform to host your entity's training with your own branding and unique login for administrators. And if you have developed your own in-house training that meets ndgenius' quality standards, you can even use our platform to license it to other tribes/tribal entities, generating income you can reinvest in your tribe. Talk to us about these options or other ways we may be able to collaborate--we pride ourselves on being innovative and adaptive to our learning community's needs!

***We're a new company, but our people are seasoned Indian Country professionals who are excited to help create cycles of success for people across tribal communities. We're looking to partner with subject matter experts, coaches, tribal leaders, and decision-makers who are equally excited about finding creative ways to solve problems and create opportunities for tribal communities. If that sounds like you, get in touch!***

Coming soon:
  • Coaching services for tribal leaders, managers, HR professionals and tribal member employees
  • AI Guides that help with "just-in-time" learning for tribal leaders and managers

What Drives Us?

We get excited about the impact we can make by connecting smart, motivated learners with smart, motivated instructors around areas of need or opportunity in North American tribal communities. 

Our Vision:

To help people across tribal communities easily share knowledge and skills to solve challenges and create opportunities together.

Our Mission

To facilitate high-impact learning that addresses the needs of Indigenous communities while providing instructors a platform to share their skills, build their reputations, and generate income.

Our Values:

We're built on the following values and beliefs:
• By joining together, people across tribal communities can solve just about any challenge.
• Our job is to help connect people and facilitate transformational learning experiences.
• What we do is meaningful, and we enjoy our work.
• Building long-term relationships is more important than short-term gain.
• Through mutual uplift and utilizing each other’s strengths, we can all meet and exceed our needs
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Featured Instructors

Başla Andolsun

Specialty Areas

Curriculum design and development, instructional technology

Experience

Başla has been working in the field of tribal training since 2010, when she started her career as a Curriculum Development Specialist, and then Curriculum and Instruction Manager, for Falmouth Institute, leaving in 2019 and later founding ndgenius. She has overseen the development and implementation of dozens of courses tailored for the needs of tribal governments and enterprises in the fields of governance, HR, finance, management, and more. She holds a BS and MS in Sociology, and master's certificates in Instructional Systems Development and Instructional Technology. She is of Turkish and mixed European descent, and lives in Arlington, VA, with her family. In her free time she enjoys playing bass in the band Beauty Pill, hiking, and visiting national parks.

Jesse Grey Eagle

(Oglala Lakota)

Specialty Areas

Data Analysis, Indigenous Data Sovereignty

Experience

Jesse brings over a decade of analytical expertise, having worked with leading financial institutions like Wells Fargo and Citibank. In addition to his achievements in finance, Jesse serves as a board member for Native Hoop magazine. His involvement extends to significant work with tribal nations, leading initiatives centered on data sovereignty and promoting economic progress through data-driven strategies.

As the founder and CEO of Native Analytics, Jesse is at the vanguard of integrating data analytics and artificial intelligence with the needs and aspirations of tribal communities. His leadership is marked by a dedication to leveraging data-driven approaches to foster community advancement and ensure a sustainable, prosperous future for tribal nations.

Matthew Yazzie

(Navajo)

Specialty Areas

Artificial Intelligence Governance, Diversity & Inclusion, Sexual Harassment Prevention, Bullying Prevention

Experience 

Matthew is an organizational and behavioral scientist focusing on workplace trauma, discrimination, and harassment with over eighteen years of diversity, equity and inclusion experience in tech. He previously served as Chief Operating Officer of a financial technology artificial intelligence company who developed, evaluated, and implemented performance metrics for all daily business, people, and facility operations, as well as serving on Google's Ethics Board and as an Advisor to Spot, a company creating AI reporting tools that makes it safer for employees to speak up on issues of harassment and discrimination.

Stephanie Zehren

Specialty Areas

Water rights and natural resources, tribal court development, and P.L. 93-638 (especially Section 105(l) leasing, Medicare billing, spending plans,  and leveraging the Healthy People Initiative for spending on upstream health issues like housing, community assistance, food & nutrition, and elder services)

Experience

Stephanie joined Daniel W. Hester to form the law firm of Hester & Zehren in 2007, which is solely devoted to the practice of Indian law. Ms. Zehren represents Indian tribes and Indian organizations primarily in the areas of protection and enhancement of water rights and tribal natural resources, tribal court development, and leveraging the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, especially in regard to health care issues. She also represents clients on a myriad of employment and tribal sovereignty matters, and has been involved in cases involving the Indian Child Welfare Act, tribal economic development, and Native American prisoners’ religious rights. Stephanie is admitted to practice law in the State of Colorado and in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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