Shareholder and Descendant Spotlight

Shareholder Spotlight: Amber Christensen Fullmer

CIRI shareholder Amber Christensen Fullmer (Inupiaq) decided to mark her hands and arms with traditional lines because, as a mixed-race person, “I could step out ...
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Shareholder and Descendant Spotlight

Shareholder Spotlight: Cynthia Demientieff

A family tragedy at a young age set CIRI shareholder Cynthia Demientieff on a lifelong path of helping others.
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Shareholder and Descendant Spotlight

Descendant Spotlight: LeeAnn Cooper Garrick

When LeeAnn Cooper Garrick was a young teen, her father picked her up after school one day and took her to the Bureau of Indian ...
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Shareholder and Descendant Spotlight

Shareholder Spotlight: Rhonda Shelford Jansen

CIRI shareholder Rhonda Shelford Jansen’s art may evoke images of the past, but it took coming into her own as an adult and evolving past ...
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Shareholder Spotlight: Clinton Ray Lageson

Though CIRI shareholder Clinton Ray Lageson spends much of his time collaborating with and advocating for Alaska Native and American Indian people across the U.S., ...
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Shareholder Spotlight: Thomas Yates

After the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, CIRI shareholder Thomas Yates (Athabascan) wanted to fight.
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