Kate Anderson is the Director of Public Relations for the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians. She is an enrolled tribal member of Citizen Potawatomi Nation, a federally recognized tribe with a Reservation in Shawnee, OK. She has more than three decades of experience in journalism, photography, public relations, marketing, film and cultural heritage tourism. As the Director of Public Relations, Ms. Anderson leads a team responsible for developing communication, educational and outreach programs to help advance community knowledge and understanding of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians and its efforts. Her work includes public relations, marketing and promotions, publications, social media, media outreach, education, special events, and cultural heritage tourism, among other activities.
Her work has included developing a cultural tourism plan for the Tribe and working with partners across the state of California and the Coachella Valley region in Southern California to put Palm Springs on the map around the world for Native American cultural heritage tourism. In addition, the Tribe received an Honoring Nations award from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University for the groundbreaking Agua Caliente people school curriculum under her coordination with the Palm Springs Unified School District. The national-model curriculum is now being taught in two public schools districts and two private Schools. She also spearheaded the creation of the Regional College Fair on behalf of the Tribe, partnering with OneFuture Coachella Valley and all three public school districts, private high schools, area universities and colleges, and local businesses. In addition, she worked diligently with Visit California to envision, create and launch the Visit Native California initiative that promotes the state of California as a place for Native American cultural heritage tourism.
Ms. Anderson also operates the Agua Caliente Film Office and serves as the liaison to all filmmakers and photographers working on the Agua Caliente Indian Reservation.
