Sep 6, 2023
Amplify Indigenous Voices and Perspectives at your Upcoming Event
Native American keynote speakers are an incredible force in the world of public speaking, with their unwavering passion for sharing their heritage, cultural traditions, and personal experiences. From issues of environmental conservation to racial justice and indigenous rights, Native American keynote speakers offer powerful messages that have the potential to change minds and inspire action. By seeking out these voices and amplifying their messages, we can all come to a greater understanding of our shared history and move forward towards a more just and equitable future. So whether you’re planning an event or just looking to diversify your own knowledge and perspectives, make sure to add some Native American keynote speakers to your list.
Gabrielle is a top diversity keynote speaker and an Indigenous professional with a passion for creating social impact. She has an MBA from Stanford and is a Gleitsman Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University. Gabrielle runs a consultancy working with tribes and First Nations communities across North America, helping to address questions of economic development, leadership, and governance.
Xiuhtezcatl (Shoe-TEZ-caught) Martinez is an advocate, leader, activist and hip-hop artist. He has a unique talent for connecting people through popular culture and sharing the message of his indigenous roots. Drawing on his heritage and ancestry as an Aztec raised in the tradition of the Mexica, one of the native peoples of Mexico, X inspires and leads others to better serve the planet and reimagine the future for his generation.
Lyla’s dynamic, multi-genre presentation style has engaged audiences across the globe towards personal, collective and ecological healing. She blends studies in Human Ecology at Stanford, graduate work in Indigenous Pedagogy, and the traditional worldview she grew up with to inform her music, perspectives and solutions. Her current doctoral research focuses on Indigenous food systems revitalization.
Sean Sherman Oglala Lakota conceived in Pine Ridge SD has been cooking over the US and World throughout the previous 30 years. His primary culinary spotlight has been on the renewal and attention to indigenous food frameworks in an advanced culinary setting. Sean has concentrated all alone broadly to decide the establishments of these food frameworks which incorporate the information on Native American cultivating methods wild food utilization and gathering land stewardship salt and sugar making chasing and fishing food conservation Native American migrational chronicles natural cooking strategies and Native culture and history as a rule to increase a full comprehension of bringing back a feeling of Native American food to the present world. In 2014, he started a business named The Sioux Chef as a cook and food instructor to the Minneapolis/Saint Paul territory.
A Native American activist, Harvard-educated economist and author, Winona LaDuke has devoted her life to advocating for indigenous people’s rights and environmental justice. Combining economic and environmental approaches, she works to create a thriving and sustainable community for her own White Earth reservation and for Indigenous populations across the country.
Nina Berglund is a 20-year-old indigenous youth leader, public speaker, and climate activist fighting on behalf of her people, the lands, and water. Born and raised in the Twin Cities, Nina has been organizing alongside other youth against Enbridge’s Line 3 proposed pipeline, currently being pushed to be built in Northern Minnesota, to prevent the destruction, exploitation, and violence that comes with it.
Mark Charles is a dynamic and thought-provoking public speaker, writer, and consultant. The son of an American woman (of Dutch heritage) and a Navajo man, he teaches with insight into the complexities of American history regarding race, culture, and faith in order to help forge a path of healing and conciliation for the nation. He is one of the leading authorities on the 15th-century’s Doctrine of Discovery and its influence on US history and its intersection with modern-day society.
Gyasi is an advocate for Native peoples in the fields of law, education, activism, literature and filmmaking. He has the unique ability to get people talking to one another, by presenting issues and topics in his signature forthright style, or by having the strength of character and intelligence to ask the difficult questions our Native nations need to be considering.
Tatanka Means is an award-winning actor, motivational speaker and stand-up comedian from Chinle, Arizona. He represents the Navajo, Lakota, Dakota and Omaha Nations. His most recent film is “Killers of The Flower Moon” directed by Martin Scorsese and is set to be released worldwide in October 2023. Means is currently filming in Utah on Kevin Costner’s new epic western saga, “Horizon.” He can be seen next in Wind River 2 and season 2 of Outer Range early next year.
If you’re ready to book a Native American Speaker for your event, contact BigSpeak Speakers Bureau today. Please email info@bigspeak.com to inquire.