Next Generation Weavers

Kellogg Next Generation Cultural Heritage Fellows

Kellogg Cultural Heritage Fellows are young Native people who participated in "behind-the-scenes" at the 2006 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and at the National Museum of the American Indian, made possible by a generous grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to the Michigan State University Museum.

Samantha Jacobs (Seneca Nation of Indians):, Collins, New York

Crystal Marie Keta Mann (Tsimshian and Tlingit), Ketchikan, Alaska

Vanessa Manuel (Onk Akimel O'odham), Scottsdale, Arizona

Mary Mokihana Martin (Native Hawaiian), Honolulu, Hawai'i

Elizabeth Ann Parker (Makah), Neah Bay, Washington

Gabe Paul (Penobscot), Indian Island, Maine

Laura Sanders (Karuk and Yurok), Orleans, California

Ahtkwiroton Skidders (Mohawk), Rooseveltown, New York

Lynda Squally (Chinook and Puyallup), Milton, Washington

Tony Stevens (Wasco, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs), Warm Springs, Oregon

Carly Tex (Western Mono), Rohnert Park, California

Kellogg Next Generation Weavers

Kellogg Next Generation Weavers are young Native people who have demonstrated a strong interest in basketry and participated as weavers at the 2006 Smithsonian Folklife Festival alongside older mentor culture-bearers. Their participation in the Festival was made possible by a generous grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to the Michigan State University Museum.

Kayla Black (Navajo), Mexican Hat, New Mexico

Ganessa Bryant (Penobscot), Princeton, Maine

Jeremy Fry (Passamaquoddy), Princeton, Maine

Khia Grinnell (Jamestown S'Klallam and Lummi), Sequim, Washington

Ursula Jones (Yosemite Miwok, Mono Lake Paiute, Kashaya Pomo, and Coast Miwok), Mammoth Lakes, California

Jacob Keshick (Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa), Pellston, Michigan

Joseph Lopez (Tohono O'odham), Tucson, Arizona

Marques Hanalei Marzan (Native Hawaiian), Kane'ohe, Hawai'i

Theresa Mendoza (Makah), Neah Bay, Washington

George Neptune (Passamaquoddy), Princeton, Maine

Cherish Nebeshanze Parrish (Gun Lake Band of Potawatomi), Hopkins, Michigan

Craig Phillips (Colville), Omak, Washington

Johnny Pigeon (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians), Dorr, Michigan

Harold "Jimmi" Plaster (Lummi), Bellingham, Washington

Lynda Squally (Chinook and Puyallup), Milton, Washington