MyKel Johnson

MyKel Johnson is an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe and a direct descendant of Old Chief Joseph of the Wallowa Band. She is the daughter of Anthony and Verna Johnson of Lapwai, Idaho. Mykel graduated from Washington State University (WSU) with a major in Risk and Crisis Communication and a minor in Anthropology. She has taken up numerous roles at WSU including building awareness concerning the Dakota Access Pipeline, cultural appropriation, and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.