Congratulations to the Graduates!
Thank you to all of our donors whose contributions over the years have helped to make our scholarships and success like these possible.
If you're one of our previous scholarship recipients, we want to hear from you! Send us an update at [email protected] so we can celebrate your achievements and inspire the next generation of Native leaders. Check out the full list of graduates and join in sharing the difference you're making!
If you're one of our previous scholarship recipients, we want to hear from you! Send us an update at [email protected] so we can celebrate your achievements and inspire the next generation of Native leaders. Check out the full list of graduates and join in sharing the difference you're making!
2026 Graduates
Brent Riley
Pueblo of Laguna Oregon Health and Science University Master of Public Health Epidemiology |
Josephine Fryberg
Tulalip Tribes Northwest Indian College ssociate of Arts and Sciences ribal Advocate |
Jozette Hillebrand
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians United Tribes Technical College Associate of Applied Science, Tribal Advocate and Paralegal |
Michaella Two Bulls
Oglala Sioux Oglala Lakota College Bachelor of Arts Lakota Studies - Indian Law |
Dakota Page
Cherokee Nation University of Oklahoma Bachelor of Science Architecture (Legacy) |
Mariah Jake
Navajo Nation University of New Mexico Master of Arts | Counseling |
Peyton Brooks
Lumbee Tribe University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bachelor of Arts Exercise and Sports Science |
Tynya Kee
Navajo Nation Northern Arizona University Bachelor of Science Forestry |
2025 Graduates
Aleigha Lenoir
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians Turtle Mountain Community College Bachelor of Science Biology (CBIKS) |
Dakota Page
Cherokee Nation University of Oklahoma Bachelor of Science Architecture (Legacy) |
Kristen Reece
Native Village of Selawik University of Alaska - Fairbanks Bachelor of Science Interdisciplinary Studies (Legacy) |
Sabrina Huston
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians University of Tennessee-Knoxville Juris Doctor Legal Studies (Legacy) |
Sarah Dennison
Navajo Nation Navajo Technical University Master of Arts Dine Culture, Language, and Leadership (CBIKS) |
Spencer Busick
Chickasaw Nation Western Colorado University Master of Science Rural Public Health (Legacy) |
Summer Powell
Navajo Nation University of Kansas Master of Arts Indigenous Studies (CBIKS) |
Timothy Johnico
Seminole Nation Pittsburg State University Doctor of Philosophy Human Resource Development (Legacy) |
Ty Moccasin
Crow Tribe United Tribes Technical College Associate of Arts General Studies (Legacy) |
2024 Graduates
Marquel "WoDakota G'dus O'Wi" Holiday
Yankton Sioux Tribe Haskell Indian Nations University, Bachelor of Arts in American Indian/Native American Studies 
TeAndra Pemberton-Kingbird
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians United Tribes Technical College, Associate of Science in General Studies |
Mercedes (Charbonneau) Poitra Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
Turtle Mountain Community College, Bachelor of Science in Secondary Science Education 
Martina Moves Camp
Oglala Sioux Tribe Oglala Lakota College, Master of Arts in Lakota Leadership and Management |
Samantha Gourd
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians University of Mary, Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership 
Nina White
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin College of Menominee Nation, Associate of Arts and Sciences in Indigenous Liberal Studies |
Sareya Taylor
White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation Institute of American Indian Arts, Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing 
Skylar Fetter
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe University of Utah, Master of Arts in Environmental Studies |
2023 Graduates
Asia Gilbertson
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation Sinte Gleska University, Bachelor of Arts Human Services / Criminal Justice |
Elile Adams
Lummi Tribe Northwest Indian College, Bachelor of Arts Native American Studies |
Victoria Secondline
Delaware Tribe of Indians Haskell Indian Nations University, Bachelor of Science Environmental Science |
Spencer Busick
Chickasaw Nation Fort Lewis College, Bachelor of Arts Public Health and Psychology |
Charice Begaye
Delaware Tribe of Indians Dine College Associate of Applied Science Office Administration |
Chambreigh Onesalt
Navajo Nation University of New Mexico, Bachelor of Arts Native American Studies |
Charles Yellow Horse
Navajo Nation Arizona State University, Master of Science Global Health |
Spring 2026 Legacy Scholars, and graduates*
- Anthony Lossiah | Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians | Haskell Indian University | Associate of Arts | Undeclared
- Brooklyn Parsien | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota | Turtle Mountain College| Bachelor of Science | Elementary Education
- Charlee Viles | Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians | Central Michigan University | Bachelor of Applied Science | Early Childhood Education
- Clay Singer | Navajo Nation | Dine College | Bachelor of Arts | Business Administration – Finance
- *Dakota Page | Cherokee Nation | University of Oklahoma | Master of Arts | Architecture
- Deane Oliver | Navajo Nation | Sinte Gleska University | Master of Education | Curriculum and Teacher Education
- Fallen Sorbel | Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe | Oglala Lakota College | Master of Arts | Organizational Leadership and Management
- Juan Ramirez | Yerington Paiute Tribe | United Tribes Technical College | Associates of Applied Science | Automotive Technology
- Kristen Reece | Native Village of Selawik | Master of Arts | Earth System Science
- Kutoven Stevens | Yerington Paiute Tribe | University of Oregon | Bachelor of Arts | Studio Art
- Kylee Deutsch | Sisseton Wahpeton Sioux Tribe | Sisseton Wahpeton College | Bachelor of Science | Behavioral Science
- *Mariah Jake | Navajo Nation | University of New Mexico | Master of Arts | Counseling
- *Peyton Brooks | Lumbee Tribe | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Bachelor of Arts | Exercise and Sports Science
- Ryan Kautz | Nisqually Indian Tribe | Washington State University - Pullman | Master of Business Administration | Business Administration
- Sky Harper | Navajo Nation | Medical University of South Carolina | Doctor of Philosophy | Biomedical Science
- Teanndra Pemberton-Kingbird | Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians | United Tribes Technical College | Bachelor of Science | Business
- Tessa Plainfeather | Crow Tribe | Montana State University - Billings | Bachelor of Science | Business Administration
- *Tynya Kee | Navajo Nation | Northern Arizona University | Bachelor of Science | Forestry
- Victoria Secondine | Delaware Tribe of Indians | University of Kansas | Doctor of Philosophy | Environmental Science
- William Hight | Osage Nation | Nebraska Indian Community College | Bachelor of Arts | Business Administration - Finance
Spring 2026 CBIKS Scholars and graduates*
- Alison Narog | Chinik Eskimo Community (Golovin) | University of Idaho | Bachelor of Science | Microbiology
- Alyson Davis | Cherokee Nation | Texas A&M University | Bachelor of Science | Biomedical Sciences
- Brandee Keyonnie | Navajo Nation | Northern Arizona University | Master of Science | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- *Brent Riley | Pueblo of Laguna | Oregon Health and Science University | Master of Public Health | Epidemiology
- Carson Rodriguez | Navajo Nation | Utah State University | Bachelor of Science | Natural Resources Management
- Darkenya Gencarelle | San Carlos Apache | Fort Lewis College | Bachelor of Science | Environmental Science
- Eunice Straight Head | Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe | Oglala Lakota College | Master of Arts | Lakota Leadership and Management
- Gayla Gould | Nez Perce | University of Idaho | Master of Science | Hydrology
- *Josephine Fryberg | Tulalip Tribes | Northwest Indian College | Associate of Arts and Sciences | Tribal Advocate
- *Jozette Hillebrand | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians | United Tribes Technical College | Associate of Applied Science | Tribal Advocate and Paralegal
- Lavine John | Navajo Nation | Dine College | Master of Science | Microbiology
- *Michaella Two Bulls | Oglala Sioux | Oglala Lakota College | Bachelor of Arts | Lakota Studies - Indian Law
- Naomi Felicia | Oglala Sioux | Oglala Lakota College | Master of Arts | Lakota Leadership and Management
- Rachelle Hewankorn | Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes | Salish Kootenai College | Bachelor of Arts | Tribal Historic Preservation
2024-2025 Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to all of the recipients!
- Avery Begay | Navajo Nation | Navajo Technical University | Bachelor of Science | Biology
- Charlee Viles | Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians | Bay Mills Community College | Associate of Arts | Anishinaabemowin Pane Immersion
- Clarice Begaye | Navajo Nation | Dine College | Associate of Arts | Early Childhood Education
- Dakota Page | Cherokee Nation | University of Oklahoma | Bachelor of Science | Architecture
- Danielle Decanti | Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation | Arizona State University | Master of Arts | Sociology and Social Justice
- Deane Oliver | Navajo Nation | Sinte Gleska University | Master of Arts | Human Services
- Geneva Kazena | Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation | United Tribes Technical College | Bachelor of Science | Elementary Education
- Kristen Reece | Native Village of Selawik | University of Alaska - Fairbanks | Bachelor of Science | Interdisciplinary Studies
- Kutoven Stevens | Yerington Paiute Tribe of the Yerington Colony & Campbell Ranch | University of Oregon | Bachelor of Arts | Studio Art
- Mariah Jake | Navajo Nation | University of New Mexico - Albuquerque | Master of Arts| Counseling
- Patricia White | Navajo Nation | Navajo Technical University | Bachelor of Arts | Business Administration
- Peyton Brooks | Lumbee Tribe | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Bachelor of Arts | Sport Administration
- Ryan Kautz | Nisqually Indian Tribe | Northwest Indian College | Bachelor of Arts | Business Administration
- Sabrina Huston | Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin | University of Tennessee-Knoxville | Juris Doctor | Legal Studies
- Spencer Busick | The Chickasaw Nation | Western Colorado University | Master of ScienceRural Public Health
- Teanndra Pemberton-Kingbird | Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians | United Tribes Technical College | Bachelor of Science | Business
- Timothy Johnico | The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma | Pittsburg State University | Doctor of Philosophy | Human Resource Development
- Ty Moccasin | Crow Tribe | United Tribes Technical College | Associate of Arts | Cgs General Studies
- Tynya Kee | Navajo Nation | Northern Arizona University | Bachelor of Science | Forestry
- Victoria Secondine | Delaware Tribe of Indians | University of Kansas | Doctor of Philosophy | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
CBIKS 2024-2025 Scholarship Recipients
Congratulations to the Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Science scholarship recipients!
- Aleigha Lenoir | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota | Turtle Mountain Community College | Bachelor of Science | Biology
- Alison Narog | Chinik Eskimo Community | University of Idaho | Bachelor of Science | Microbiology
- Alyson Davis | Cherokee Nation | Texas A&M University - College Station | Bachelor of Science | Biology
- Brandee Keyonnie | Navajo Nation | Northern Arizona University | Master of Science | Ecology
- Carson Rodriguez | Navajo Nation | Utah State University | Bachelor of Science | Rangeland Ecology and Management
- Cynthia Gillis | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota | Master of Arts | Indigenous Education
- Darkenya Gencarelle | San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation | Fort Lewis College | Bachelor of Science | Environmental Science
- Elizabeth Orlovich | Cherokee Nation | Boise State University | Bachelor of Science | Biology
- Eunice Straight Head | Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation | Oglala Lakota College | Master of Arts | Lakota Leadership and Management - Graduate Program
- Gayla Gould | Nez Perce Tribe | Boise State University | Bachelor of Science | Biology
- Kruize Houle | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians | Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College | Associate of Science | Science/Environmental Science
- Michaella Two Bulls | Oglala Sioux Tribe | Oglala Lakota College | Bachelor of Arts | American Indian Law
- Rachelle Hewankorn | Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation | Salish Kootenai College | Bachelor of Science | Biology
- Sarah Dennison | Navajo Nation | Navajo Technical University | Master of Arts | Dine Culture, Language, And Leadership
- Summer Powell | Navajo Nation | University of Kansas | Master of Arts | Indigenous Studies
- Wayne Jr Martell | Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities | Bachelor of Arts | Biology
