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Native America Calling: Meet the 2024 NCAIED 40 under 40
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Meet the 2024 NCAIED 40 under 40
Bishop Paiute Chairwoman Meryl Picard is still in her second year in office and confronting the pressures of pit mining on traditional Paiute land.
Chairman Andrew Alejandre of the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians was a voice for California’s new Feather Alert MMIP notification system. They are among the 40 accomplished Native Americans being celebrated this week by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED).
Join Native America Calling at NCAIED’s annual Reservation Economic Summit (RES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, to hear what’s on the minds of some of this year’s class.
Guests on Native America Calling
Meryl Picard (Bishop Paiute), Chairwoman of Bishop Paiute Tribe
Andrew “Dru” Alejandre (Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians), Chairman of Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians
James Silva (Morongo Band of Indians), Vice Chairman of Morongo Band of Mission Indians
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