Red Hoop Talk EP 13: Shannon & Lisa Martin, Gun Lake & Muscogee Nations
Lisa and Shannon Martin were married (four times!) in 2018 and consider themselves #REZbians. Lisa (Bird Clan) is an enrolled member of the Muscogee Nation of Oklahoma and began service with the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan in 2017 as a Strategic Grants Specialist. Lisa is a Medical Anthropologist by training and has worked with Tribal Nations, universities, local and state governments and non-profit organizations for over 25 years. Her experience includes administration, policy, community engagement, research and teaching.
Shannon (Lynx Clan) is an enrolled citizen of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians – Gun Lake Tribe and a descendant of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. She has worked for the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan since 2001 and has served as the Director of the Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways since 2007. Shannon leads a team that addresses cultural and historic preservation, repatriation and reburial of Ancestral remains, artistic expression and promotion, Tribal collections and archival conservation, cultural resource management, exhibition development, protection of intellectual property, and stewardship of Saginaw Chippewa Tribal cemeteries, burial grounds, historic properties, and sacred sites.
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