All Team Members

Angel Ellis – Vice President

Angel Ellis is a Citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and has lived, worked, and played within the tribes’ reservation boundaries most of her life. Growing up, her heroes had press passes rather than capes and inspired her to…

Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi – President

Sunnie R. Clahchischiligi, Diné, is the Indigenous Affairs Editor at High Country News. She has reported for the Navajo Times, the Osage News, The Guardian, USA Today, Rolling Stone, The New York Times and others. Clahchischiligi’s work has won…

Angel Moore

Angel Moore

Peguis First Nation

Angel’s community is the Peguis First Nation, is a video journalist with APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) the world’s first Indigenous owned and operated network, covering the Atlantic region including Labrador, Angel is based in Kjipuktuk (Halifax) Nova Scotia,…

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