Meet the NAHM Planning Committee Members!
Zoi Crampton
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
NAHM Undergraduate Coordinator
I'm currently a second year undergrad pursuing a dual degree of a BA in art and design at STAMPS and a BS in conservation biology at PitE. I am exploring the intersection between these two fields and am excited to see how they influence each other. My favorite part of NAHM is showcasing all of these wonderful speakers at these events and learning more about Indigenous representation in various fields. For me, an important part of my culture is black ash basketry and beadwork. My grandmother Anna Crampton was a master black ash basket maker and taught me how to weave and do beadwork. Now every time I do it, she is with me. I am very excited for all of our events, but food sovereignty with ziibiimijwang farm and the panel centering around afro-indigeneity with Dr. Kyle T Mays and Amber Starks are the ones I’m most looking forward to.
Solomon Milner
Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa
NAHM Undergraduate Coordinator
I’m a 2nd year student who is currently studying Communications and Media while working as one of the undergraduate student coordinators for this year's NAHM. I really enjoy learning about representation within the media, and try to use all the information I gather to help me pursue the different activist causes I try to fight for. I am extremely grateful to be able to work on NAHM this year alongside Zoi, Andrea, and the rest of our planning committee! While I am very excited about all of our upcoming events, I am looking forward to our panel discussion surrounding Afro-Indigeneity (featuring Kyle T. Mays and Amber Starks) the most as it is a topic that is very close to my heart.
Jasmine Pawlicki
Sokaogon Band of Lake Superior Chippewa - Mole Lake
I'm the U-M Library Operations Outreach and Engagement Specialist, and I enjoy telling people about how awesome libraries are in general and how awesome our library is specifically! I have a Bachelor of Arts in American Culture and am a U-M Native American Student Association alum. My favorite part of Native American Heritage Month is watching our students take on leadership roles and create awesome programming for the community each year! I am looking forward to all our events this year and hope you can join us!
Jaime Fuentes
Northern Pomo from Hopland Band of Pomo Indians
Originally from California, I moved to Michigan and am a current 3rd year PhD student in the department of Microbiology & Immunology. My work focuses on the interaction of bacteriophage (bacterial viruses) and resident gut bacteria. When I'm not in the lab, I enjoy movies, video games, baking, and illustration. I am most excited to listen live to Adrienne Keene (though I listen to All my Relations podcast), engage in language workshops with Alphonse & Kayla, and demonstrating some of the work I do with the SACNAS collaboration videos.
I enjoy teaching and engagement, though we are in the midst of a pandemic, I hope to foster new relationships to increase diversity in STEM and academia.
Tim King
Cherokee, Powhatan, Catawba
Ross Business School alumnus working as a Senior Business Analyst with Michigan Medicine. Enjoys hiking, reading, family time, and speaking Cherokee with friends. I enjoy when family and community come together to share and tell stories. I also enjoy gadugi. Gadugi is a Cherokee word that represents a community coming together to resolve a common problem.
I am excited about the Gary Davis presentation. Gary has vast experience in Art, Entertainment, Publishing, and Business. He has a human interest story that sounds like a Horatio Alger novel.
I believe that mentorship is a key to success. For that reason, I enjoy helping to mentor and encourage people to be their best version of themselves.
Heather Gregg-Murdoch
Chippewa-Ojibwe Bear Clan
I am a mastersstudent in the Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology i plan on pursuing my ph.D in Microbiology and Immunology. I received my bachelors in biology and minor in biochemistry at Lake Superior State University. Dancing is my favorite part of our culture because they have such a deeper meaning then music today. I am really looking forward to the language workshop!
Cheyenne Marlin
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians
Assistant Director of the U.P. Scholars Program
I currently work for the U.P. Scholars Program at the University of Michigan. This new cohort-based scholarship program is designed to help enhance student success for undergraduate students from Michigan's Upper Peninsula.I have a Bachelor of Arts from Northern Michigan University and a Masters of Education from Grand Valley State University. Being a member of the NAHM committee has allowed me to meet some really fantastic people. It's wonderful to be able to help put together and share all of the great programs that have come together to share with the community.
Andrea Wilkerson
Aamjiwnaang First Nation, Anishinaabe
I’m a Program Manager in the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA) at U of M. One of my favorite parts of this role is working with students, faculty, staff and community to convene the Native American Heritage Month Planning Committee each fall. I really enjoy being able to get to know everyone and hold space to learn from each other throughout the experience. I am especially proud to work with our two undergraduate student coordinators, Solomon & Zoi! I am looking forward to many great events this fall including those surrounding our Anishinaabemowin language, examining intersections and how we can support each other within and across our communities with Fuifuilupe Niumeitolu and our conversation on Afro-Indigeneous identities. I am also really excited to learn more about our Indigenous scientists and the awesome reasearch they are involved with!
Dr. Marilyn Roubidoux
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
Dr. Marilyn Roubidoux is an enrolled member of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, a 35 year member of the American Association of Indian Physicians and is Professor of Radiology at the University of Michigan School of Medicine. She is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology and a Fellow of the Society of Breast Imaging. She completed a Bachelor's Degree in Microbiology Magna Cum Laud at Brigham Young University, graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine, completed a Radiology Residency and a fellowship at Duke University Hospital. She is an author of 106 peer reviewed scientific publications, 286 scientific presentations and a funded investigator of NIH grants in Radiology. She was lead interpreting radiologist for the Great Plains Indian Health Service Mobile Mammography unit from 2005-2017. She is on the Board of Directors of the American Indian Health and Family Services urban clinic of Detroit;
Favorite part of my culture is the George Catlin painted portrait of ancestor Chief White Cloud of the Ioway. I was a single parent through medical school and residency, and have three daughters and four grandchildren. I travel a lot. I lived in Mexico for four years too. I play piano and ski.
Kaithlyn Sanchez
Mexican, Ilokana
Storm Sarracino
Pueblo of Laguna (NM)