Maranda is an attorney and trusted adviser to Tribal Nations and non-native entities nationwide on issues of Federal Indian law, Tribal law, Tribal data sovereignty, and project development and permitting in the energy and tech sectors.

After practicing law for fifteen years, Maranda founded Lepwe in 2022 to address the general lack of understanding of the status, rights, and histories of Tribal Nations. A knowledge gap that is often the biggest impediment to successful Tribal engagement.

Lepwe bridges the gap between non-tribal entities and Tribal Nation by developing purposeful and informed Tribal engagement strategies; facilitating trainings on the legal rights, histories, and cultures of Tribal Nations; and finding equitable outcomes that uphold Tribal sovereignty.

Maranda is a citizen of the Delaware Tribe of Indians — one of three contemporary, federally-recognized Tribal Nations of Lenape people. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of Montana Law School, a breast cancer survivor, and a mother of two.