Tracy L. Canard Goodluck

Tracy L. Canard Goodluck (she/her) is a proud member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and is also Mvskoke Creek. She comes to CNAY with an extraordinary record of leadership in Indian Country, and a strong vision for expansive and impactful contributions to Native youth.

Most recently, Tracy was a Presidential appointee and served as the Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior (DOI). Before that, she helped lead the Tribal Affairs policy portfolio at the Biden White House Domestic Policy Council. She had other important positions relating to Native American issues at the White House and DOI starting in 2014, where she began her federal service as a Presidential Management Fellow. Tracy also co-founded the Native American Community Academy, where she supported Native youth identity through language and culture, holistic wellness and leadership opportunities, and was Director of Organizational Advancement and Youth Initiatives at Americans for Indian Opportunity, each in her hometown of Albuquerque. She has also been a classroom teacher on the Navajo, Hopi and Tulalip reservations.

Tracy has a JD and a Certificate in Indian Law from the University of New Mexico, two master’s degrees in education and graduated from Dartmouth College in Sociology with an emphasis in Native American Studies. A longtime collaborator and friend of CNAY, Tracy first became acquainted with the program in 2015 during its collaborative work on Generation Indigenous (Gen-I), headed by the Obama Administration. Since then, she has worked with CNAY youth on the White House Tribal Youth Gatherings, and as host of Champions for Change and Remembering Our Sisters cohorts at DOI.