Preparing the Next Generation of Indigenous Leaders – Meet at Many Nations Longhouse
Time: Noon to 1:15 pm
Venue: Many Nations Longhouse at UO
1630 Columbia St
Eugene, Oregon
97403
We will meet at the Many Nations Longhouse at the University of Oregon, 1630 Columbia Street. Walk, ride a bike, take the bus or park on the streets around the Longhouse. Carpool if possible, as parking near campus is restricted. Cafe Yumm bowls will be available for $15 for your lunch!
Topic:
Every community needs to raise the leaders of the future to ensure continuity in its values and culture. The University of Oregon has a robust, collaborative program with the various tribes in Oregon. UO offers specific programs for Indigenous students, including an array of activities at the Many Nations Longhouse. These programs nourish skills preparing students to assume leadership roles in tribal governance and in the wider society.
In this program you will learn about tribal governance and the UO’s programs developing leaders. You will also meet two of the students who already have leadership roles on campus. Please join us at the Many Nations Longhouse.
Speakers
Title: Student
Organization: Pauma Band of Mission Indians
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Biography:
Te’e Philips Brown is a member of the Pauma Band of Mission Indians. He is a second-year student majoring in linguistics and Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) at the University of Oregon. He comes from the Pauma reservation located in Pauma Valley, in SW California. He chose to attend UO because he wanted to study in a place where he would feel represented and make a difference. He is the 2024-2025 Mr. Indigenous at UO.
Title: Student
Organization: Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
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Biography:
Christina Thomas is a member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, from both Wasco and Warm Springs tribes, and grew up on the Warm Springs reservation in Oregon. She is a third-year student majoring in Human Anatomy and Physiology, with minors in Chemistry and NAIS, and a pre-med focus. She serves as the 2024-2025 Cultural Ambassador at UO, as well as the lead Assistant Steward of the Long House, and a co-director of the Women’s Wellness and Marginalized Genders program. She also works part time as a medical assistant.
Title: Chief, Coquille Tribe; Assistant VP/Advisor to President, Sovereignty and Government-to-Government Relations
Organization: Coquille Tribe/University of Oregon
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Biography:
Jason Younker, PhD, is the Chief of the Coquille Tribe, located in Southwestern Oregon, and the Assistant Vice President and Advisor to the President on Sovereignty and Government-to-Government Relations at the University of Oregon. He earned a PhD in Anthropology from the UO (2004) and taught at Rochester Institute of Technology for a decade before returning to Oregon. Younker received the prestigious Ely S. Parker Award from the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (2014) for his work with tribal governments and students in higher education. He is the Past-President of the Association of Indigenous Anthropologists and is originally from Coos Bay, Oregon.
