Avery Tilley

Avery is pursuing two BS degrees at Michigan State University: Fisheries & Wildlife (Pre-Vet) and Molecular Genetics & Genomics with a minor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Avery is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and has a passion for indigenous wildlife management. He is also committed to advancing an agenda of proper research collaborations between […]

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Amber Manitowabi-Huebner

Amber Manitowabi-Huebner is Anishnaabe (Ojibway) from Marquette, MI. She is Bear Clan and an enrolled citizen of Wiikwemkoong First Nation, an Unceded Indigenous reserve in Ontario, Canada. She was adopted at birth, growing up in a non-native family. Despite facing adversity as a native child in the foster care system, Amber graduated from Northern Michigan […]

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Alexis White Hat-Kayonnie

Alexis White Hat- Kayonnie (she/her) is Sicangu Lakota and Diné and a citizen of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. Alexis is pursuing a degree in Anthropology, she attended the University of Denver for 3 years and Sinte Gleska University this past fall. She grew a passion for Anthropology while being apart of the Sicangu Youth Council […]

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Anthony Tamez-Pochel

Programs Contractor EMAIL: ANTHONY.POCHEL@ASPENINSTITUTE.ORG Anthony Michael Tamez-Pochel (he/him) was born and raised in Chicago and is Saulteaux from Treaty 4 territory, Sicangu Lakota, and Black. He is one of the nation’s youngest Native American elected officials and holds the distinction of Illinois’ only sitting Native American elected official. Tamez recently secured a significant election victory […]

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