NATIVE ADVOCATE, STORYTELLER

Jody Potts-Joseph is Han Gwich'in and lives in Eagle Village, Alaska, where she focuses on the wellbeing of Native peoples in both the public and private sector. She serves on the Eagle Tribal Council, the Board of Directors of Doyon Limited, a regional Alaska Native Corporation for the Athabaskan people of Interior Alaska, and is the Vice Chair of the Governor's Tribal Advisory Council. As an advocate and storyteller, she ensures that Alaska Native voices are represented in the media and fashion industries. She is a cast member of National Geographic Channel's Life Below Zero: First Alaskans and provides consultation to fashion brands working with Native Peoples. She is an active hunter, fisher, trapper, and dog musher with her husband and sons on the Yukon River.