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Vice Chairman Murkowski announces Alaskan to lead Indian Affairs Committee


Vice Chairman Murkowski announces Alaskan to lead Indian Affairs Committee
Kristi Nuna’q Williams, Gwich’in and Koyukon Athabascan, is new Staff Director and General Counsel
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Kristi Nuna’q Williams, Gwich’in and Koyukon Athabascan, is new Staff Director and General Counsel
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U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced that Kristi Nuna’q Williams is joining her team as Staff Director and General Counsel of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, of which Murkowski is Vice Chairman. Kristi Williams will be the first Alaskan to hold this position. ....

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Outstanding Grad: Weston Jones, College of Liberal Arts - College of Liberal Arts


College of Liberal Arts
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May, 2021
When he decided to transfer to Colorado State University, Weston Jones had some concerns.
“To be honest, I was a little scared of coming to a mostly white university,” said Jones, a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation who grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. “I didn’t know if I would be able to find any people like me.”
He did, thanks to outreach by the Native American Cultural Center’s North Star peer mentoring program. Jones became a mentor himself, estimating that he has helped nearly 100 incoming first-year and transfer students find their way within the campus community over the past three years. He was also part of the Community for Excellence and AISES, which plans the annual campus pow wow. ....

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