Rev. Belle Mickelson, Director 

Josephine Malemute, Assistant Director 

Elder Native Musicians: The Rev. Dr. Chief Trimble Gilbert, Louis Demoski, Ricky Frank, Jerry Frank, Willie Fields, Audrey Fields, Albert Gilbert Sr, Bobbie Solomon.

Elder Native Story Tellers and Language Instructors: Florence Newman, Irene Roberts, Mary Rose Gamboa, Virginia Peter, Dorothy Sommer, Ruth Ridley, Ethel Beck, Bertha Ulvi, Mary Gilbert, Alberta Vent, Angela Young, Martha Demoski, Winnie Demoski, Paul Williams, Jr., Marilyn Savage, Victoria Demmert, Mary Edwin, Irene Henry, Madeline Williams, Virginia Kasek, Anna Thompson Sunberaj, Bertina Titus, Mathilde Huntington, Leonard Huntington, Mary Mayfield, Lina Edwin, Christina Semaken, Dale Honea, Sr., Pat McCarty, Flora Edwin-McCoy, Hazel Loinitz, John “Sunny” Erick, Jr., Jesse David, the Rev. Mary Nathaniel, Mary Fields, Lillian Aanauraq Lane, and Daisy Lane.

Additional Musicians: Isaac Ticknor, Rion Schmidt, Brennan Firth, Wilbert Kendi, Debbie Tritt-Kendi, Tom Hyslop, Angela Oudean, Mike Mickelson, Katy Rexford, Miriah Phelps, Fred Weiss, Ethan Paul, Galen Gilbert, Albert Gilbert Jr, Walter Newman Jr, Rev. Enoch Adams, Tyson Alteri, Rosemary McGuire, Hannah Corral, Forrest Allen, Tarah Williams, Mary Schallert, Roy Corral, Jay Mullen.

In Memory: We also want to honor our instructors and community members who have died – but who were inspirational and essential to our program’s success: Rev. Ginny Doctor, Mary Starr, Lester Erhart, Virgil Titus, Walter Newman Sr, Bobby Gilbert, Gregory Gilbert, Ernie Peter, Peter Stern, Lillian Garnett, the Rev. Bella Jean Savino, Bill Stevens, and Gail Gallahorn.