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The Native American Council of Columbia University is a student organization that represents over 20 Native and Indigenous nations across the Americas and Pacific Islands. Our community embraces all Indigenous students irrespective of enrollment, status, blood quantum, etc. We are always looking for new members, allies, friends, family, and frybread eaters so please join us! We meet at 8pm on Wednesday nights each week during the semester in Lerner Hall, West Ramp Lounge. We maintain close relationships with student and community organizations in New York City. On campus, we work frequently with Mālama Hawai'i, the Columbia Mentoring Initiative (CMI), Manhattan House (our Indigenous residential community), Chicanx Caucus, and many others.

Executive Board

Kendall Harvey (Navajo)

Co-President

School & Year: CC '19
Major: Ethnicity and Race Studies (Native / Indigenous Studies Track)
Hometown: Dzilna'oodilii, NM

What is one fun fact about yourself?
- I love 90s/00s music, especially Missy Elliott!

Amy Small (Diné)

Co-President

School & Year: CC '20
Major: Psychology
Hometown: Steamboat, AZ

What is one fun fact about yourself?
- I love pizza.

Cicily Werito (Navajo)

Powwow Chair

School & Year: CC '20
Major:
Hometown:

What is one fun fact about yourself?

Shyanne Yellowbird (Samson Cree)

Co-Treasurer

School & Year: CC '20
Major: Film & Media Studies
Hometown: Seattle, WA

What is one fun fact about yourself?
- I looooove taking pictures and making videos 📸📽❤️

Callie Singer (Navajo)

Co-Treasurer

School & Year: SEAS '21
Major: Civil Engineering
Hometown: Albuquerque, NM

What is one fun fact about yourself?
- My favorite hobby is film photography and some of my work has been featured in museums.

Ian Kee (Navajo)

Secretary

School & Year: CC '21
Major: Biology and Concentrain in Visual Art
Hometown: Kirtland, NM

What is one fun fact about yourself?
- I have a nice camera that I never use, and I want to use it more in the future.

Mia DeLuis Zayas (Boricua)

Co-Publicity Chair

School & Year: CC '20
Major: Ethnicity and Race Studies; Hispanic Studies
Hometown: Camden, NJ

What is one fun fact about yourself?
- Apparently I remind people (Wyatt Jewett) of the Gross Sisters from Proud Family. Google them if you are unfamiliar.

Shaundin Jones (Navajo)

Co-Publicity Chair

School & Year: CC '20
Major: Film and Media Studies
Hometown: Chinle, AZ

What is one fun fact about yourself?
- I can finish an entire box of pizza from Dominos

Morgan Brown (Pokanoket)

Public Relations

School & Year: CC '20
Major: Evolutionary Biology of the Human Species
Hometown: Barrington, RI

What is one fun fact about yourself?
- Its always been a dream of mine to star in a music video, so I am in the process of making that happen with some of my friends!!

Ciara Johnson (Ho-Chunk)

Co-Community Chair

School & Year: CC '21
Major: Human Rights
Hometown: Black River Falls, WI

What is one fun fact about yourself?
- I was named after the Sierra Nevada Mountains

Sam Slater (Navajo)

Co-Community Chair

School & Year: GS '21
Major: Native American Studies and Education
Hometown: Round Rock, AZ

What is one fun fact about yourself?
- I'm for some reason obsessed with nitro coffee.

Lael Tate (Navajo)

Co-Political Chair

School & Year: CC '20
Major: CSER, Human Rights
Hometown: Portland, OR

What is one fun fact about yourself?
- I am the queen of puns.

Abigail Hickman (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma)

Co-Political Chair

School & Year: CC '21
Major: Political Science/Sustainable Development
Hometown: Norman, OK

What is one fun fact about yourself?
- I was born with cataracts, that’s why I wear glasses and not contacts.

Wyatt Jewett (Mnicoujou and Hunkpapa Lakota / Cheyenne River Sioux)

Ivy Native Council (INC) Rep

School & Year: CC '21
Major: Neuroscience
Hometown: Eagle Butte, SD

What is one fun fact about yourself?
- I've been overseas before.