Please direct project inquiries and questions to James Twoteeth at jtwoteeth@cdatribe.org. Thanks!
James Twoteeth | GIS/IT Manager
James Twoteeth is a Coeur d’Alene Tribal Member and has worked for the tribe since 1997 when he started as a GIS intern. Over the last 20 some years James has held just about every position within in the GIS department from GIS tech all the way to GIS Manager. He has a bachelor’s degree in Cartography from University of Idaho with an emphasis in GIS.
James has a deep experience in GIS Management as well as Tribal Government Operations. He has spent the last 20 years assisting and assembling large regional data sets for the Tribe’s area of interest, including LiDAR, satellite, airborne hyperspectral, and traditional GIS datasets. He supports GIS projects through geospatial solutions, database management, system management, project management, training and outreach for stakeholders.
James enjoys basketball, golf, and coaches the High School Varsity basketball team for the local high school (state champs!!). He is also born and raised here mostly his whole life and resides in nearby Coeur d’Alene.
Berne Jackson | Senior GIS Analyst
Berne Jackson is the Senior GIS Analyst/GIS System manager for the Coeur d’Alene Tribe in North Idaho. He has over 27 years’ experience with GIS, most of which was spent working for the Coeur d’Alene Tribe. He has extensive experience in geographic analysis and cartographic production.
His early work for the Coeur d’Alene Tribe focused on data collection and analysis for the Coeur d’Alene Basin NRDA (Natural Resource Damage Assessment) and worked extensively with the other members of that NRDA, including U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geologic Survey, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice.
In recent years, he has been focusing on the creation and maintenance of a large, enterprise-class Microsoft SQL Server based GIS, and web-based GIS using Esri’s ArcGIS Enterprise for the Coeur d’Alene Tribe.
He has also taught occasional classes for the University of Idaho in GIS analysis and web-based GIS.
Currently, he is semi-retired still working part time remotely for the Tribe from his home in Bozeman, Montana.
Sabine Krier | GIS Analyst
Sabine has been a member of the Tribe’s GIS team since 2010, and as such, is able to provide unparalleled support and technical training to other tribal programs for meeting their project needs. With her prior background in survey and CAD work, she initially focused on updates to parcels and other spatial feature edits on the reservation, but then expanded her skillset to collection, analysis, and management of GIS data as well as the creation of a wide variety of maps and web applications. During this time, she received her academic GIS certificate from the University of Idaho. She played a key role in launching the Tribe’s UAS program in 2017. Naturally, piloting these drones added a new favorite outdoor activity to her list, but she also learned to process the captured aerial image data for mapping and analysis.
Sabine grew up in the Teutoburg Forest in Germany. 1982, she moved to the Pacific Northwest to raise her family. She loves the mountains, lakes, and forests of this area and is passionate about conservation of these resources and fascinated by cultural histories related to our natural environment. Her favorite outdoor activities are hiking, Nordic skiing, biking and kayaking. At home, she enjoys gardening, building projects and being a closet musician.
Camron Johnson | GIS Technician
Camron is the newest member of our team. He graduated with a degree in Natural Resources and a certification in GIS from the University of Idaho in 2017. He previously assisted the Bureau of Land Management Upper Snake Field Office with travel and transportation management planning and edited data for Apple Maps in Seattle. A Coeur d’Alene local, Camron is pleased to return to the region and use his skills in the place he calls home.
On the weekends you can sometimes find him climbing rocks or reading a good book. Most of the time you’ll find him taking care of his new baby, and running around after his chocolate lab.
