Minetta McNaughton

Development Administrator

Minetta McNaughton (she/her) is Onǫda’ge’gá’, from Six Nations of the Grand River. She has family, friends and relations across Haudenosaunee Territory. 

Involved in grassroots work and volunteering since a child, in 2020 she began working at the Six Nations Public Library and has become an advocate for the contribution that libraries in indigenous communities make towards decolonization and healing.

She is a member of the Onondaga Language Collective which is working to revitalize the Onondaga language in both Six Nations and Onondaga (near Syracuse, NY). Right now, this includes documenting and recording the language with first language speakers, creating and sharing Onondaga language resources and working towards advanced fluency in the Onondaga language.