2022 First Peoples Fund Artist in Business Leadership & Cultural Capital Fellows

We are excited to announce our 2022 First Peoples Fund Artist in Business Leadership & Cultural Capital Fellows. This group of fellows is comprised of distinguished artists, performers, writers, designers, and cultural practitioners whose work exemplifies the rich cultural diversity and highly sophisticated nature of Indigenous art practices today.

In reflecting upon the 2022 fellows, Dr. Rachael Nez, Program Manager of Fellowships, mentions:

"This year we have a unique and diverse cohort of artists, from weavers to fashion designers, sculptures to performing artists and graphic designers. It will be exciting to work with each fellow throughout the fellowship year, supporting and sustaining their cultural art forms and traditions."

- Dr. Rachael Nez

Congratulations to all 2022 fellows! Welcome to the First Peoples Fund family!

2022 ARTIST IN BUSINESS LEADERSHIP FELLOWS

Aveda Adara Navajo Nation • Kaylene Big Knife Chippewa Cree Tribe • Elexa Dawson Citizen Potawatomi Nation • Shauna Elk Standing Rock Sioux Tribe • Madie Goodnight Chickasaw • Shayna Grandbois-Herrera Turtle Mountain Chippewa • Tara Gumapac Kanaka Maoli • Shanon Twoshields Hale Three Affiliated Tribes Mandan • Josephine Hoffman Grand Portage Anishinaabe • Del Curfman Crow Nation of Montana • Samuel LaFountain Diné and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa • Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti Kanaka Maoli • Carrie Moran Montana Little Shell Chippewa Tribe • Laura Young Bird Minnesota Chippewa Grand Portage Band • Tsanavi Spoonhunter Northern Arapaho Tribe • Tash Terry Navajo • Jodi Webster Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation • Stacy Wells Choctaw Nation • Ursala Hudson Tlingit

2022 CULTURAL CAPITAL FELLOWS

Thomas Stillday Red Lake Nation - Obaashing Community • Kaonelani Davis Native Hawaiian • Emma Hildebrand Upper Tanana Athabascan • Blossom Johnson Navajo • Wetalu Rodriguez Nimiipuu • Ronald Paquin Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. • Claire Charlo Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes • Alan Wallace Nisenan Maidu and Washoe

The next application cycle begins in 2022.

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https://www.firstpeoplesfund.org/2022-fellows