Orinda Goddard

About the Author

Orinda Goddard, is an enrolled member of a federally recognized tribe and also a descendant of Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservations, Quinault Nation, Yakama Nation, Tsimshian Nation Wolf Clan, Cowlitz Tribe, Coeur D’Alene Tribe, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nez Perce, and Navajo Nation Edge Water Clan.

She has devoted over 17 years to working in Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation and is currently working as an instructor at the Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation Institution of the Northwest Indian College.

She also teaches at the Nisqually Tribe Campus for the Northwest Indian College, along with working her full time job for workforce development program in Washington State.