Story last updated at 11/5/2009 - 4:28 pm
Age: 48.
Residency: Douglas.
Tribe, moiety and clan: Tlingit, Chookaneidi (Eagle/Porpoise).
Positions: Executive Council of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Executive Committee of the Tlingit and Haida Indians of the city of Juneau, secretary for Alaska Native Sisterhood Camp 2, Sealaska shareholder descendant and Huna Totem shareholder, and assistant lands manager for Sealaska Corp.
Hobbies: Reading and traveling.
Quote: "Being Alaskan Native means to me that I have an intrinsic tie to the land and water of Southeast and to all the Alaska Native people who have lived in Southeast before me and those yet to be born. This belief shapes all of my actions - personally and professionally."
The Juneau Empire will profile a different member of Juneau's Alaska Native community each day during November. To be profiled e-mail editor@juneauempire.com or call 907-523-2272.


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