Profiles
Michael Bird, Santo Domingo, San Juan Pueblo, MSW,
MPH, has devoted his career to enhancing the health of
the public, particularly the health of American Indian
and Alaska Native people. He was the first American
Indian to serve as president of the American Public
Health Association.
Eddie Brown, DSW, is an enrolled member of the
Pascua Yaqui Tribe, and he is affiliated with the Tohono
O'odham Nation. His distinguished career as a leader in,
and an advocate for, the American Indian community,
illustrates the wide range of opportunities that can be
built on advanced degrees in social work.
Josie Chase, Mandan/Hidatsa and Yankton/Hunkpapa,
MSW, PhD, has made many contributions to the field of
children and family services. She developed a model of
practice for Native Kinship Care and was a founding
member of the Takini Network.
Priscilla
Day,
Anishinabe, EdD, MSW, is an enrolled member of the Leech
Lake Reservation. She is a professor in the department
of social work at the University of Minnesota
Duluth.
Eugene "Dan"
Edwards, Yurok,
DSW, is a professor of social work at the University of
Utah. During his long career, he has helped hundreds of
American Indians and Alaska Natives earn masters and
doctoral degrees in social work.
Maria Yellow
Horse Brave Heart, Hunkpapa, Oglala Lakota, PhD, is an
associate professor of social work at Columbia
University School of Social Work.