New national UNITY ‘25 Under 25’ honorees recognized
SuSan Fisher included
in inaugural class of
Native youth honored
at national conference
MESA, Ariz. – United National
Indian Tribal Youth Inc. (UNITY) has
announced the inaugural class of its new
national youth leadership recognition
program, the 25 Under 25 Native Youth
Leadership Awards.
Miss Siletz, SuSun Fisher, is among
the honorees.
The awards program is designed to
celebrate the achievements of American
Indian and Alaskan Native youth age
14-24 who embody UNITY’s core mis-
sion and exude living a balanced life in
developing their spiritual, mental, physi-
cal and social well-being.
The 2014 honorees were recognized
at a ceremony June 28 during the UNITY
National Conference in Portland, Ore.,
with each receiving a hand-made beaded
25 Under 25 medallion.
They joined more than 1,300 Native
youth who converged at the conference
for a full week of youth leadership devel-
opment featuring Tribal leaders, expert
trainers and Native youth peers from
throughout the country.
“We are thrilled to announce and
congratulate our first class of the UNITY
25 Under 25 awards program,” said Mary
Kim Titla, executive director of UNITY.
“Our regional voting panelists had a major
task, vetting each candidate and narrow-
ing the field to those who stood out and
exemplified what the UNITY organiza-
tion has stood for for the past 38 years.
We look forward to seeing the honorees
in Portland and I encourage everyone to
congratulate these outstanding individu-
als for putting their best foot forward in
representing our Tribal communities and
Native youth leadership.”
In addition to being recognized,
each awardee will receive special train-
ing by UNITY during the next year that
is designed to build on their individual
achievements.
The inaugural class also will be
recognized as UNITY ambassadors, serv-
ing as stellar examples of Native youth
leadership in Indian Country.
Biographies of each individual were
published in the official UNITY National
Conference program and are available on
the UNITY website, unityinc.org.
Nominations for the next 25 Under
25 Native Youth Leadership Awards will
open in spring 2015.
For additional information about
UNITY and how you can get involved,
please call UNITY headquarters at
480-718-9793.
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Our family would like to
extend a huge “thank you” to every-
one who helped at my Grandma
Dolly’s funeral. What could have
been a rough day was made easier
by all the wonderful people who
stepped up to assist in sending her
on her way.
Special thanks to the kitchen
crew and everyone who prepared
the delicious food for the potluck.
Also, Jimmy and helpers, you were
a godsend. We can never thank
you enough. To the drummers and
singers for their beautiful songs that
lifted our spirits.
We’d also like to give a special
thanks to Mike, Shirley and Eloise
for their heartfelt and kind words.
Their stories, along with the others,
helped ease the pain of losing her.
About UNITY Inc.
United National Indian Tribal Youth
Inc. (UNITY) is a national 501(c)(3) non-
profit organization dedicated to fostering the
spiritual, mental, physical and social devel-
opment of American Indian and Alaska
Native youth and to help build a strong,
unified and self-reliant Native America
through greater youth involvement.
UNITY has had an impact on more
than 150,000 American Indians through
its programs since 1976. For information
about UNITY Inc., visit unityinc.org.
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Dear family and friends,
Miss Siletz SuSun Fisher
SuSun Fisher is 15 years old. She will
attend Chemawa Indian School this fall as
a sophomore.
An enrolled member of the Confed-
erated Tribes of Siletz Indians, SuSun is
very active within her Tribe and com-
munity. She is chairman of the Siletz
Tribal Youth Council and has been an
advocate for the Grand Ronde Tribal
Youth Council.
SuSun represents her Tribe as Miss
Siletz (Tribal royalty). She is a Siletz
feather dancer and is a member of the
Grand Ronde canoe family.
She has been on student council for
the last three years.
She loves being a leader and intends
to do many great things for her Tribe,
community and other Tribes around her.
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It was a beautiful ceremony
and day and we just wanted to
express our gratitude to all who
helped. My Grandma Dolly will be
sorely missed by all who knew and
loved her, but we as a family take
comfort in knowing that she is in
heaven with family who walked on
before her.
Thank you all!
Sincerely,
Rayven Settler and family
General Council
Meeting
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Siletz, Oregon
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