About Me
Tanaya Winder (pronouns: she/hers) is CLF’s Associate Communications Director. Tanaya comes from an intertribal lineage of Southern Ute, Pyramid Lake Paiute, and Duckwater Shoshone Nations where she is an enrolled citizen. Before joining Conservation Lands Foundation, Winder served as the Director of the University of Colorado Boulder's Upward Bound program for 11 years where she worked with Indigenous youth from low-income, first generation backgrounds.
Tanaya holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from Stanford University and a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of New Mexico. She is a 2016 National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development “40 Under 40” emerging American Indian leaders recipient. Tanaya believes in protecting sacred spaces and believes that everyone has a gift they’ve been placed on this earth to share. Her passions include youth & women empowerment, healing trauma through art, and mental wellness advocacy.
Tanaya is a member of Colorado’s Suicide Prevention Commission and serves as a board member for Youth Celebrate Diversity and InteRoots. During her free time, you’ll find Tanaya writing poetry and crafting songs with her acoustic guitar.
Recent activity
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Tanaya Winder signed Take Action 2022-02-24 12:14:20 -0700
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Kristine Deutschman published Interior Department Willow announcement in Latest News 2022-02-04 09:14:06 -0700
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Ryan Vandecasteyen published Friends Summit 2022 in Friends Grassroots Network 2022-01-28 13:23:50 -0700
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Paige Laduzinsky published Protecting the Cotoni-Coast Dairies through Collaborative Partnerships in Latest News 2021-12-22 12:06:04 -0700
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Conservation Lands Foundation published Introducing Our Newest Friends Group: Trail Access Project in Latest News 2021-10-29 08:35:06 -0600
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Tanaya Winder published Story Map: Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands in Latest News 2021-10-18 13:01:14 -0600
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EEd Norton & Brian Sybert published Protections Restored for Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments! in Latest News 2021-10-08 10:37:24 -0600
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Paige Laduzinsky published Protecting the Southern California Desert with the Support of Edison International in Latest News 2021-10-05 15:40:35 -0600
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Kristine Deutschman published Senate Approves Dynamic and Consensus-Building Leader for Bureau of Land Management in Latest News 2021-09-30 18:45:48 -0600
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DFDavid Feinman published Conservation Lands Foundation Applauds House Passage of Public Lands Amendments in Defense Authorization Legislation in Latest News 2021-09-24 08:09:34 -0600
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Conservation Lands Foundation published GARAMENDI RELEASES DRAFT BILL TO EXPAND BERRYESSA SNOW MOUNTAIN NATIONAL MONUMENT in Latest News 2021-07-30 11:52:04 -0600
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Kristine Deutschman published U.S. Senate Urged to Approve Tracy Stone-Manning as Bureau of Land Management Director in Latest News 2021-07-22 09:29:38 -0600
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Jocelyn Torres published Protecting the lands that protect us in Latest News 2021-07-07 16:13:00 -0600
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Tanaya Winder published National Conservations Lands Funding Letter in Latest News 2021-06-25 15:06:43 -0600
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Tanaya Winder published Tommy Beaudreau will be the Transformational Deputy Secretary the Interior Department Needs in Latest News 2021-06-17 12:44:35 -0600
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Conservation Lands Foundation published Largest Public Land Conservation Bill in Nevada History Among Handful of Conservation Bills Introduced in the Senate Today in Latest News 2021-06-16 13:19:06 -0600