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Native America Calling: What Native graduates are looking forward to
Friday, May 8, 2026
What Native graduates are looking forward to
A former DJ who once struggled as a student, Cailean Dakota MacColl built her way to medical school from the ground up. She’s now graduating from the University of Minnesota Medical School.
Jerrick Hope-Lang took on preserving a Tlingit clan house in Sitka, Alaska, that was named on the America’s most endangered historic places. Now he’s a Henry Luce Foundation Indigenous knowledge fellow and a graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Lawren “Lulu” Goodfox is a budding actor balancing film and stage roles with especially busy extra-curricular activities like tennis, student council, honors society, and preparation for traditional dances. She is now graduating from Stillwater High School in Oklahoma and setting off to study drama at New York University’s Tisch School of Arts.
Tune into native America Calling to talk to each of them about what’s ahead for the class of 2026.
Guests on Native America Calling
Dr. Cailean Dakota MacColl (Lac La Ronge Indian Band), University of Minnesota Doctor of Medicine graduate
Jerrick Hope-Lang ( Tlingit and Tsimshian), director of Point House Revitalization and a 2026 Luce Knowledge Fellow
Lawren “Lulu” Goodfox (Osage and Pawnee), 2026 graduate of Stillwater High School
Brandin Naabaahi Upshaw (Diné), 2026 graduate of Navajo Preparatory School
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