Tom B.K. Goldtooth

Quick Facts

Full Name	Tom B.K. Goldtooth
Occupation	Film Director
Date Of Birth	Jul 27, 1953(1953-07-27)
Age	71
Birthplace	United States
Country	United States
Horoscope	Leo

Tom B.K. Goldtooth Biography

Tom B.K. Goldtooth is one of the most popular and richest Film Director who was born on July 27, 1953 in United States, United States.

Tom often stayed with his paternal grandmother, Margaret Goldtooth in Tuba City, with many visits with his grandfather Bȅȅsh Biwoǫ. His mother was a medical technologist working in Page, Arizona, a rural boom town of the 1960s that brought workers from throughout the country for the construction of United States second largest dam, called Glen Canyon dam. Page later became a tourist center of water recreation from the damming of the Colorado River and creation of Lake Powell. Tom attended high school at Page. His parents later moved from Navajo Springs to Page.

Goldtooth was enrolled as a student at Arizona State University in 1971. with goals towards earning a degree in Industrial Design within the Department of Engineering. He left school enlisting into the U.S. Army in 1973 becoming a Finance and Accounting Specialist within the Army’s payroll division. Tom was stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington later becoming active in the Army’s Human Relations program, with a goal of undoing racism. Tom became a leader organizing Native soldiers to build solidarity in the post-Vietnam era. Tom was honorable discharged in 1976 and already became active in the Puget Sound Native communities in sports, pow-wows and social activities. Tom earned his Associates of Arts (AA) degree from Tacoma Community College (TCC) in Human Services. He was also a Peer Counselor at TCC helping Native students pursue their higher education goals. As a young man, he volunteered as a board member of the Tacoma Indian Center. It was during this time of his life he made a decision to pursue a social work degree that would help him to work with the social welfare needs of Native American families. After obtaining his AA degree from TCC, he enrolled into the Social Work (Welfare) Program of Pacific Lutheran University, but did not finish his degree upon a decision to move to the Navajo Nation (NN). He was hired as Fort Defiance Regional Bi-State Social Services Director of the NN. His experience in the Puget Sound region of Washington State in American Indian Child Welfare Act hearings and learning from Northwest Coast Native women in the needs for the protection of children and families, Tom provided leadership in strengthening casework in domestic and sexual abuse cases on the Navajo reservation. Following working on the Navajo reservation, Tom moved with his family to the Lower Sioux Community in southwest Minnesota in 1981. He later became the Executive Director of the St. Paul American Indian Center, commuting back and forth from rural Minnesota to St. Paul. Under his leadership he developed the American Indian Family Services program including an Indian foster care program. It was Wilford Gurneau, Red Lake Anishinaabe, that is credited with helping Tom develop Minnesota States’ first all-Indian urban foster care program. It was at the St. Paul American Indian Center that Tom developed the Back to Mother Earth Program that would provide opportunity for Native children and parents to re- learn indigenous agricultural ways with urban gardening and taking families into the country to learn cultural ways of building lodges, skinning game animals and tanning and sweat lodge ceremonies. In the mid-80’s Tom later formed a residential/commercial small-scale demolition business that recycled deconstruction materials. In 1991 Tom became the Coordinator of the Red Lake Nation environmental program focusing on closing three open landfill dumps. It was during this time that Tom discovered the serious issues with Tribes not having the capacity for implementing needed environmental protection programs on Native lands. In 1991, Tom was selected by Native people attending the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit held on October 24–27, 1991, in Washington DC as the Native spokesperson in the Summit’s plenary sessions. This launched Tom’s leadership role for years to come in environmental and economic justice within Native lands. Goldtooth currently serves as the Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, based in Bemidji, Minnesota.

Tom B.K. Goldtooth Net Worth

Tom B.K. Goldtooth is one of the richest Film Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Tom B.K. Goldtooth 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Tom B.K. Goldtooth (born July 27, 1953) is a Native American environmental, climate, and economic justice activist, speaker, film producer, and Indigenous rights leader within the climate and environmental justice and indigenous movement. Tom is active in local, national and international levels as an advocate for building healthy and sustainable Indigenous communities based upon the foundation of Indigenous traditional knowledge. Tom has served as executive director of the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) since 1996 after serving as a member of the IEN National Council since 1992.

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Facts & Trivia

Toshimitsu Ranked on the list of most popular Film Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Tom B.K. Goldtooth celebrates birthday on July 27 of every year.

What tribe is Tom Goldtooth from?

Tom (Dibe’lizhini’ Clan) is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. He is also huŋka Bdewakaƞtoƞwaƞ Dakota from Minnesota. He is known by his Dakota name of Mato Awaƞyaƞkapi, given to him by Pete Catches Sr.

What did Tom Goldtooth do?

As Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network , Tom Goldtooth has built an organization of 250 Indigenous communities focused on climate justice, energy, toxics, water, globalization and trade, and sustainable development.

Where is the Indigenous Environmental Network located?

Formation1990
Headquarters| Bemidji, Minnesota, U.S.
Exec. Dir.| Tom B.K. Goldtooth
Website| ienearth.org

What is the goal of the Indigenous Environmental Network IEN?

IEN is an alliance of Indigenous Peoples whose Shared Mission is to Protect the Sacredness of Earth Mother from contamination & exploitation by strengthening, maintaining and respecting Indigenous teachings and natural laws.

How old is Dallas Goldtooth?

About 39 years (1983)