I jumped at the chance to write a proposal to be the Oregon LEAD Cohort 2018 facilitator because I know first hand the power of culture, leadership, healing, and reindigenization. I really enjoyed my cohort year in 2016 and have benefited personally and professionally. I continue to be in contact with the members of my cohort and several of use are working on projects together and support our dreams and goals. When I was offered the Oregon LEAD facilitator contract I had the pleasure of working with JR Lilly who was coordinating the program at NAYA last year. We meet throughout the six month cohort to adjust the curriculum as needed and make sure the cohort members were learning the information they needed. There was an existing curriculum and so I went over it and made some adjustments based on feedback NAYA has received from alumni. I added a section in the training of defining Indigenous leadership qualities vs. colonial/corporate leadership that many of us experience in our work places. We also had a class exploring cultural humility, identity mapping, and how white supremacy shows up in the agencies and organizations we navigate. Conversations about how we bring more of our culture into our professional and personal lives was an ongoing conversation. We had several guest speakers from community members in political leadership positions to people taking more culturally specific and traditional community leadership responsibilities.