Kunesh is a Standing Rock Lakota descendant,her mother being an enrolled tribal citizen. She cited her mother and grandfather and inspiring her advocacy for Native Americans.
Kunesh's grandfather,who was born on a reservation in 1903,moved with his mother to Saint Paul,Minnesota. He faced discrimination,ultimately moving to Alaska to find employment. Her father was an attorney who worked in St. Cloud,Minnesota as a county and city attorney.[1]
From 2015 to 2020,she served as director of the Center for Indian Country Development at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Kunesh joined the development team at the Native American Rights Fund in 2020.[4][5] Kunesh also founded PeȟíŋHaha Consulting,a social enterprise firm focused on Native economic development.[6]
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