FOR URBAN NATIVES BY URBAN NATIVES

In her role as an Indigenous Activist, Danielle has recently engaged with local Lenni Lenape Turtle Clan Tribal Council as a Tribal Administrator whose technical writing skills are employed for grant writing in conjunction with Tribal Initiatives. Danielle is actively seeking Intertribal Opportunities to Honor Intertribal Relations & greaten the Extent and Accessibility of Evidenced-based Practices, Knowledge, Skills, and Resources for all Indigenous Peoples.

Danielle  is honored to have a relationship with the Urban Indigenous Collective as MMIW Taskforce and has recently been considered for Grandmother’s Council for Every Child Matters. Danielle is also registered with the American Indian Movement. 

Danielle is looking forwards to her goals for this year including: MMIW Taskforce Development, Grandmother’s Council Participation, and the Missing and Murdered Unit build out stemming from the department of the Interior. Monitoring legislation such as Not Invisible Act, and Savannah’s Act, while championing for more accurate data collection on Indigenous People, and always in the spirit of Sovereignty,and good for the next seven generations. Danielle champions cultivation of Cultural Arts & Humanities, Social and Economic Development, and Truth, Healing, and Reconciliation(s) through a Seven Generation Prevention Project aimed to change the cultural circumstances of Tribal Members and  Communities through Intercultural discourse through Arts and Music, Storytelling, Performance and Theatrical Arts, Genealogy, Religion, and other topics as they pertain to Civic and National life of Native Americans in Lenapehoking.

Danielle@urbanindigenouscollective.org

Teddi Mattox graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in International Development Studies and a B.A. in Political Science, with a concentration in political economy. As an undergraduate at UCLA, her work focused on the structural nature of gendered violence for women and gender non-conforming populations indigenous to Africa and the Americas. 

She is currently a candidate for a Masters in Development Economics, with a focus on economic growth and marginalized populations. As a Black woman with Indigenous heritage, she aims to facilitate the oftentimes missing link between macroeconomic policy and the gendered effects of these decisions, while aligning knowledge with action to disrupt cycles of neocolonial dependency.

Teddi@urbanindigenouscollective.org

 Austin is a member of the Chicoran Shakori tribe of South Carolina. As part of the Great Migration of the 60s, some Shakori and other peoples of color walked away from sharecropping by migrating to the northeast “for the good union jobs”. Growing up as a Two-Spirit urban native in the Simsbury area of Hartford, Austin has found himself at powerful intersections between the forces of Technology and Globalization. During and after pursuing his degree in Technology and Globalization at NYU Gallatin, Austin continued to enhance his Product Design skills as the Chicoran Shakori Tribal Web Developer and the Lead Product Designer at Up2Code, ZED Aerospace, and Blue World Inc. While pursuing his degree at Gallatin, Austin worked for Apple at one of their HQ locations, and observed the structural changes presently roiling the global economy firsthand. Finding himself at another powerful global crossroads, Austin is currently focused on the intersections between Indigenous communities, Sustainability, and Product Design.
Austin@urbanindigenouscollective.org

  Delfina Roybal is of Diné and Jewish descent. She grew up and currently resides on occupied Lenapehoking territory aka New York City. Delfina recently graduated from Borough of Manhattan Community College with a degree in liberal arts. During her time there she led the Pre Law Society where she worked with fellow students interested in pursuing various degrees in law and led weekly meetings centered on current political issues. She is hoping to continue her education in the fall and eventually pursue a degree in Federal Indian Law with a minor in Communications and Environmental Studies. Delfina is a water protector and land defender who uses social media and communications to help with fundraising, mutual aid, and support her community through organizing. She is also currently a communications intern at Water Protector Legal Collective, and has worked alongside other Indigenous led groups including Indigenous Peoples Day NYC to organize across the city. As an urban native who grew up isolated from her community she seeks to support others who struggle to find a place where they feel like they can be a part of a support system that is welcoming and holds space for healing and community. 

Delfina@urbanindigenouscollective.org

Miah is Diné and European decent, With a Diné Asdzáán Masaní (Mother) from Diné'tah and a European Fa- ther from New York. Miah was born in Dine’tah but grew up moving all her life. She has lived in over nine different states moving over twenty times throughout her life. Through her nomadic upbringing she learned
to adapt quickly but remained connected to her culture, creativity, heritage and relatives. Miah studied at The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) in Los Angeles. She graduated with an Associates of Arts degree in Visual Communications. Miah continued her career by returning back to Lenapehoking (New York City). Where she currently resides and spent a great part of her childhood in as well, Southern Brooklyn (Ben- sonhurst, Sheepshead Bay, Bay Ridge and Sunset Park). 

Miah is a multimedia artist, Photographer, Videographer, Beader and Jeweler. Her work background consists of personal and collaborative Fashion Photography/ Photo Production projects. Freelance Graphic Design gigs and projects with local and sustainable brands. Freelance Ed- itorial Layout design for Webtorial Magazines and peronal projects. Miah comes from a family line of Jewelers, Beaders, Rug Weavers, Educators, Musicians, Entrepreneurs and Engineers. Miah wishes to continue her success in her career by expressing and share her culture through her art in hopes of empowering indigenous voices, underserved communities and Women. Her goal is to create community for BIPOC artists. Providing resources, connection, education and opportunities.

Miah is also a FW21 Mentee and a SS22 Cohort memeber 

Creative Futures Collective, an artist community. Outside of her creative work and aspirations, Miah has managed a mobile food pantry. Feeding many underserved communities and thousands of people within Lenapehoking (New York City). She has worked with many neighborhood councilmen and Liaisons organizing weekly pantries and Holiday events working to prevent inner-city families from going hungry. Miah hopes to continue to inspire and serve BIPOC artits, women, underserved communities and her indigenious community throughout NYC. 

Miah@urbanindigenouscollective.org

Cali Delp (she/her) is Diné and Samoan from Shiprock, NM on the Navajo Nation. She is a senior at NYU pursuing a bachelor’s of science in nursing with honors and a minor in anthropology. She serves as the mental health resource chair for NAISG at NYU. Cali’s work and hopes as a nursing student are to enact positive change in the health of Indigenous people at the front care line. Her future goals are to work as a CRNA in the hospital setting and conduct nursing research on her passion for improving the mental health of Indigenous people. 

Cali@urbanindigenouscollective.org