Nevada Littlewolf is a member of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe. She is an elected official and serves on the City Council in Virginia, Minnesota. Nevada has years of experience working across sectors with government officials, community-based organizations, nonprofit leaders, and business professionals. Nevada's life experience and unique cultural perspective brings insightful knowledge and expertise to the Wellstone Action team. Her work focuses on community organizing and building political leadership capacity for broad-based constituencies, with a particular emphasis on rural and American Indian women.
Nevada serves as a children’s advocate for St. Louis County Courts, working primarily with American Indian families. She is on the Board of Trustees for the Northland Foundation and is a member of the Governor’s 6th District Judicial Selection Committee. Nevada has an Associate of Arts degree from Mesabi Community College and attended the University of Minnesota, Duluth. She lives in Virginia, Minnesota with her partner, Todd, and their two children, Mika and Kira.