Tayler Tanginiq Higgins (Yup’ik, Dena’ina, Suqpiaq) is the proud daughter of Teresa S. Thiele and the late Michael J. Higgins. Tayler is a 20 year old Indigenous youth advocate and community leader. Tayler was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska with family roots in Bethel, Ninilchik and Lake Clark, Alaska. She is an enrolled Seldovia […]
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Sage Phillips is a proud Penobscot Nation citizen and graduate student at the University of Connecticut. Phillips is originally from Old Town, Maine, where she grew up close to her community and elders. As a 2021 Truman, Udall, and Cohen Scholar, Phillips has committed herself to a life in public service. She began working with […]
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Samuel Hiratsuka (Aleut/Yu’pik/Winnemem Wintu/Navajo) is the proud son of Tommy and Vanessa Hiratsuka. Born and raised in Anchorage, Samuel maintains family ties to the Native Village of Ekuk, Big Bend Rancheria, and Fish Point on the Navajo Nation reservation. Samuel recently worked in the DC office of U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan as a Legislative Correspondent, […]
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Jovi Williams, 18 years old, lives in the beautiful community of Dishchii’bikoh, located on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation in Northeastern Arizona. He is a proud member of the White Mountain Apache Tribe and also had lineage from the San Carlos Apache Tribe. He is a senior at Dishchii’bikoh Community High School and currently serves […]
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