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Claudette Grinnell-Davis is an assistant professor at the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work, on the University of Oklahoma’s Tulsa campus. Dr. Davis’s current research focuses on the experience of American Indian and Alaska Native families in state child welfare systems, and on policy analysis that demonstrates the need to hold Federal and state governments responsible for their treaty obligations under the Indian Child Welfare Act. Claudette has been a part of the Indigenous-Led Solutions CFP from its early stages, participating in the development of the CFP and in proposal review and now contributing to technical assistance. A descendent of country marriages between French fur traders and Indigenous women in the Great Lakes region, Claudette is working to establish lineal descendancy while applying the traditional values with which they were raised with to be an advocate in policy spaces for Indigenous people. In addition to policy work, Dr. Davis also examines the needs of people who age out of foster care as parents and how people without family privilege form chosen family networks.