Education
Certified Trapper - September 2007:
Fur Takers of America Trappers College, Perdue University, West
Lafayette, Indiana
Fur Takers of America Trapper Education Program (FTA Trappers
College) covered management and life histories of furbearing
wildlife; humane and skillful use of traps, snares, calls, and firearms;
handling catches humanely and efficiently to produce quality pelts;
principles of wildlife product marketing; manufacture of baits/lures
and their use; ethics of trapping, including laws, respect for property,
rights of others, and methods of teaching others about trapping
heritage


Bachelor of Science - May 2002:
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Fisheries & Wildlife
Conservation
Activities: Native American Student Association Secretary, resident of
the Native American floor, or Kanonhsesne (Iroquois - “place of our
longhouse”), Kanonhsesne Council member (student advisory board
for the Native American floor), Josephine White Eagle Cultural Center
staff/volunteer, Native American Student Support Services volunteer,
Native American Beading Workshop teaching assistant, Annual
UMass Powwow staff , participant to powwows across the country
(Connecticut , Massachusetts , New Mexico and Canada), Student
chapter of The Wildlife Society


Associate of Applied Science - May 1999:
University of Connecticut, Storrs, Animal Science (concentration
Equine Science)
Activities: Calf Watch & Foal Watch volunteer, UConn Horse Barn
staff , UConn Horse Auction staff, UConn Western Riding Program,
Native American Student Association Activities Committee Chair,
UConn Powwow staff
Awards &
Honors