Patty Talahongva (Hopi) is an award-winning producer and freelance journalist based in Phoenix, Arizona, who in 2002 became the first Native American to host a national news program. She covers education, business, politics, health and arts & culture in Indian Country. Among a number of administrative posts she has held is that of former president […]
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Ernie Stevens, Jr. (Oneida) is the Chairman and national spokesman for the National Indian Gaming Association in Washington, DC. Stevens is currently serving his sixth two-year term as the organization’s leader. NIGA, established in 1985, is a non-profit organization of 184 Indian Nations with other non-voting associate members representing tribes and businesses engaged in tribal […]
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US Senator Gordon H. Smith joined the National Association of Broadcasters as president and CEO in November 2009. Prior to joining NAB, he served as a two-term U.S. senator from Oregon and later as senior advisor in the Washington offices of Covington & Burling, LLP. During his tenure in the U.S. Senate, Gordon’s committee assignments […]
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US Senator Lisa Murkowski is the first Alaskan-born Senator and only the sixth United States Senator to serve the state. The state’s senior senator, Lisa Murkowski is a third generation Alaskan, born in Ketchikan and raised in towns across the state. Only the 33rd female to serve in the United States Senate since its founding […]
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