Stacey Thunder

About me:

Stacey Thunder was born in California while her father, Bob Thunder, an Ojibwe from the Red Lake Indian reservation was enlisted in the Marine Corps Air Station, El Toro. Stacey spent the first two years of her life in California with her father and mother, Marybeth, also an Ojibwe from the Lac Courte Oreilles Indian reservation, before the family returned to their homelands in Minnesota.

Stacey is the host and co-producer of the PBS educational Native news and lifestyle magazine program, "Native Report". The show started with four episodes in 2004 and grew into a full 15-episode schedule by 2006. Now "Native Report" is in it’s fourth successful season and has made the transfer to high-definition. Currently, the show is aired in markets throughout the United States including Minnesota, Wisconsin, California, North and South Dakota, Michigan, Wyoming, Florida, Virginia, Alaska, Utah, New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania.

Recently, Stacey was cast in the recurring role of "Judith Turandot" in the Starz hit series, "CRASH", starring Hollywood film icon Dennis Hopper. "CRASH" is scheduled to air beginning September 18, 2009. Stacey also acted in her first feature-length independent film as "Julie" in "COLD FEET", a romantic comedy that channels the Hepburn/Grant movies of the forties.

Stacey is also an owner of Eagle Thunder Entertainment (ETE), an independent, Native-owned music and film entertainment company. Through ETE, Stacey has executive produced five CDs: 1) "P.Town Boyz"; 2) “Red Lake Singers – Old Times”; 3) "Native Children's Survival: if not now, when? if not you, who?”; 4) "Painting The World”; and 5) “Native Rock - the singles”. Stacey is also developing two new projects, including “Back Stage Pass”, an online reality reel that will give viewers a behind-the-scenes look into the lives of ETE’s artists with a cast of celebrities and notable characters.

Stacey Thunder received a B.A. in psychology in 1994 from Hamline University and a J.D. in 1998 from William Mitchell College of Law. After graduation, she passed the bar exam and began her legal career, serving Indian Country for over ten years in various legal capacities including positions with Anishinabe Legal Services, the Indian Child Welfare Law Center, tribal attorney for the Red Lake Nation, and corporate attorney for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians. Her legal expertise ranges from Federal Indian law and business, to entertainment law. Currently, Stacey is general counsel for the Red Lake Nation, Eagle Thunder Entertainment, and Native Rock recording artist, producer and director, Robby Romero.

Stacey also dedicates her time and service to non-profit organizations. She was recently elected as a board member to serve on the Nike N7 Fund and has served as the Vice-President and a board member of the Minnesota American Indian Bar Association. She is the Executive Director for Native Children's Survival (NCS), an organization dedicated to raising awareness about critical issues facing Mother Earth, her children, and the seventh generation to come through the international language of music and film.

And in an effort to raise awareness of the need for better health in Indian Country, Stacey ran two marathons on behalf of Native Thunder Distance Runners, an organization she helped create.

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