Alayna Eagle Shield

Alayna Eagle Shield is Lakȟóta Húŋkpapȟa and Arikara and a citizen of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. A doctoral student in education and a research assistant at the Banks Center for Educational Justice at the University of Washington, Eagle Shield previously worked as the SRST Health Education Director, a Lakota language instructor at the Lakota Language Immersion Nest, and as the Language Specialist for the Standing Rock Language and Culture Institute.