Julie Cajune has been working in education for 19 years. A former classroom teacher, Julie went on to obtain a master’s degree in Bilingual Education and worked as a curriculum specialist for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.  She returned to public education and worked as a school administrator for six years.  Ms. Cajune has worked on culturally responsive educational materials for the National Science Foundation, NASA, the Montana Historical Society and numerous other entities.  She recently completed a three-year project developing tribal history materials that was funded by the Montana State Legislature.  In 2002 Ms. Cajune received the Milken National Educator Award.   Julie is a citizen of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.  After working at Nkwusm, the Salish Language Revitalization Institute, as the Director of Development and Teacher Supervisor for a year, Julie was awarded a $1.4 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to continue work on the development and publication of tribal history materials.  The Kellogg grant is based at Salish Kootenai College.  In fall of 2009, Utne Reader profiled Julie as one of 50 visionaries who are changing your world.