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