Other founding board members were Joy Harjo (Mvskoke) poet and musician; Elizabeth Woody (Warm Springs/Wasco/Navajo), writer and cultural specialist from the Warm Springs Reservation; Marshall McKay (Yocha Dehe Wintun, 1952–2021), chairman of the Rumsey Rancheria; Letitia Chambers, a private consultant, and Buffy St. Marie, the singer/activist.

[4] The organizations hosts free monthly community tours through the space and holds changing art exhibitions there.

[4] The NACF awards several Fellowships for Native American artists working in a range of visual, performing, and literary arts.

[1] In January 2023, NACF published a literary anthology, The Larger Voice: Celebrating the Work of Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Literature Fellows.

Rena Priest (Lummi Nation), Washington State Poet Laureate edited the book, and NACF board member and U.S.