Name Benozaadleyoshe has followers / leader (grandma’s sister’s name) Tribal Nation Koyukon Athabascan / DeneTribal member of Native Village of Ruby Serve Born in Fairbanks and raised throughout seven different Alaska communities, Helena Benozaadleyo Jacobs has ancestral ties to Ruby and Kokrines. She is Koyukon Athabascan and the daughter of…
Name Xóotsk’Little Bear Tribal Nation Koyukon Athabascan / Tlingit Emerge Amiah Xóotsk’ Johnson is an artist from Southeast Alaska, belonging to the Lingít and Denaakk’e (Yakutat Tlingit) community. She works full-time at the Alaska Native Medical Center while pursuing higher education. In addition, Amiah is an entrepreneur who creates traditional…
Name Mah’piya Keyaké WiŋCloud Shield Woman Tribal Nation Oglala LakotaPine Ridge Reservation Shield From a young age, Barbara Dull Knife was taught the importance of caring for children as wakanyeja—sacred beings. Barbara was born and raised on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Her parents, Daniel Dull Knife…
Meet Our Circle 4 Legacy Leaders and Future Legacy Leaders! These powerful women leaders are participating in a sisterhood program that will help nurture their relationship over the trajectory of their lives. The program is designed to encourage, support and deepen cultural knowledge between Indigenous women elders and younger Indigenous…
Tribal Nation Inupiat Community of the Arctic Slope Prevail Miranda Taureau is a member of the Fort Norman Metis Settlement Region in Western Canada Arctic with ancestral ties to the Alaska Slope Inupiat. Miranda was born in Inuvik, NT the oldest of three siblings and was raised in Fort McPherson,…
Name Watakhayetsxw Has a Large Copper Shield Tribal Nation Gitanyow Sustain The traditional territory of the Gitanyow is a breathtakingly beautiful landscape in British Columbia. It is the homeland of Debra Good, and the place her ancestors and relatives have lovingly protected through their inherent title, jurisdiction and law. The…
Tribal Nation Chippewa Cree, Rocky Boy Reservation Remember Minnie Big Knife was born at her family’s home. The first words she heard were Cree. Her parents were members of the Cree group who had been displaced from their homelands after the Louis Riel Rebellion of 1855. Traveling throughout Montana, they…
Name Wah pi ki iw ls kwew White Eagle Woman Tribal Nation Chippewa Cree, Rocky Boy Reservation Create Be it fate, coincidence, or serendipity, Kaylene Big Knife entered the world on her father’s birthday. She grew up creative and adventurous, exploring what she called her grandmother Minnie’s backyard—the hills and…
Name Muxiis Tribal Nation Yakama Nation Aspiration At the base of the Cascade Mountains, in the heart of the Yakama Nation, lives a young woman with an aspiration for her people to heal from the historic trauma of colonization. Leslie Swan is a language learner, a teacher, a doula, an…
Tribal Nation Yurok Determination Jessica Carter descends from traditional healers from the Yurok villages of Requa, Wehlkwew, Hoppaw, Sregon, Wausec and the coastal village at Dry Lagoon. Requa is on the north bank of the Klamath River. The river has been a source of abundance for the Yurok people…
