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The Native American Law Student Association (NALSA) Speaker

Cheryl Long Feather
January 18, 2006
11:15 a.m.
Baker Courtroom

"Everything You Wanted to Know About
Indians
Native Americans
American Indians

'Us'
But Were Afraid to Ask"

Cheryl Long Feather, Ph.D. is an enrolled citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. She has been an activist and advocate for American Indian issues since the age of 13.

Currently, she serves as the Research Director at United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck. She has also worked as a curriculum development specialist/trainer for a Native non-profit, and in public relations, development and continuing education at a tribal college on her reservation. She served as a weekly newspaper columnist for several regional newspapers for 10 years and is active on several boards, commissions, and committees addressing human rights, diversity and Native issues.