b'Shewasalsoanunwaveringadvocatefor youthorganizations,ourtribes,andwithinoureducation.Inlateryears,shetouchedmany spiritualcircle.IknowthattheseyoungwomencommunitiesworkingwithTribalYouth are the future of community building and I havePrograms across Indian Country. Through it all, no doubt their matriarchs are smiling down uponshe was guided by her spiritual path and kept them. We are strong. We are community.her faith as the greatest influence on her loveofthepeople.Shewasstrong.Shewascommunity. And then, there is me. I seek to build upon thelegacythathasbeenleftforme.Myworkincommunity building has been focused on youthandfamilies.Itrulybelievethatourcommunities, no matter how big or small, have I TRULY BELIEVE THAT OURlimitlesspossibilities.Thesacrednessand COMMUNITIES, NO MATTER HOWinnocenceofouryouthprovidetheperfectspacetoinstilltraditionalvaluesand BIG OR SMALL, HAVE LIMITLESScommunityrolesandresponsibilities. POSSIBILITIES.Reclamationofourextendedkinshipsystemsbringbacktheinnateconnectionsandsupports that have helped our communities tobothsurviveandthriveformillennium.Ihaveand continue to work in a variety of capacitiesacross disciplines throughout Indian Country to Click to read more about Ms.ensurestrongerfamilies.Mymostimportantroleincommunityisbeingamothertomy Fridias great-grandmother,daughters, Isabella and Kennedy. As they sit on Berdina Holder, in a 1984thecuspofadulthood,IcanonlyhopethatI Oklahoman News Story!have shared with them everything I can aboutbeing a good relative and community member. Click to read more about Ms.I see them only scratching the surface of their Fridias grandmother,own limitless potential, in watching them takeon leadership positions and responsibilities forFrances Wise, in a 1989Oklahoman News Story!'