Meet Marisa Page
Nawa Tirastapihat, tâtasa Marisa Page, tâtakitâ Skidi Parí a Rahíta a Rihítawiru. Iríratútakičsu – atira Lisa Gover a ati’as Eli Page. Tâtičahkaku Tsiga/Tamaya. Tatačikstehu. Nawa irí.
My name is Marisa Page and I am an enrolled citizen of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma (Skidi Band), I also descend from the Ponca and Comanche Tribes of Oklahoma. My mother is Lisa Gover and my father is Eli Page, Jr. I currently occupy Tsiga/Tamaya land, known as Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
Education
During my lifetime I have had the opportunity to go to school at several institutions – I received my Master of Legal Studies with a focus in Indigenous Peoples Law from the University of Oklahoma, I received my Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with a minor in Psychology from the University of New Mexico, and I received two Associates of Arts in General Studies and Liberal Arts from Central New Mexico Community College.
Meet Marisa Page
Nawa Tirastapihat, tâtasa Marisa Page, tâtakitâ Skidi Parí a Rahíta a Rihítawiru. Iríratútakičsu – atira Lisa Gover a ati’as Eli Page. Tâtičahkaku Tsiga/Tamaya. Tatačikstehu. Nawa irí.
My name is Marisa Page and I am an enrolled citizen of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma (Skidi Band), I also descend from the Ponca and Comanche Tribes of Oklahoma. My mother is Lisa Gover and my father is Eli Page, Jr. I currently occupy Tsiga/Tamaya land, known as Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
Education
During my lifetime I have had the opportunity to go to school at several institutions – I received my Master of Legal Studies with a focus in Indigenous Peoples Law from the University of Oklahoma, I received my Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with a minor in Psychology from the University of New Mexico, and I received two Associates of Arts in General Studies and Liberal Arts from Central New Mexico Community College.
Professional Achievements
For more than 20 years, I have worked and advocated for Indigenous peoples throughout the world in various capacities. I have been a fundraiser working with major gifts development, planned giving, and grant writing; I managed a pre-college education department; I have guest lectured at Concordia University – Irvine, University of Maryland – Baltimore, University of Miami, and the University of Georgia; and participated in community organizing.
BIPOC and Native-led organizations I have worked for include – Americans for Indian Opportunity, American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Campo Band of Kumeyaay, First Nations Development Institute, New Mexico Environmental Law Center, Native Community Development Associates, and the New Mexico Native American Democratic Caucus.
Throughout my professional career I have had the pleasure of working with Indigenous peoples throughout Indian Country and the world, from the Gwich’in people in Alaska, to the Māori in New Zealand, and the Quechua people of the Amazon Basin, and many more.
I have become a part of an international network of Indigenous leaders who provide professional and moral support to each other and organize on pivotal issues. It is my wish to continue to be a part of the movement that helps in the advancement of Indigenous peoples.
In my roles at the aforementioned Native-led organizations I had the chance to meet and work with many different Indigenous communities. Through my interactions, I was able to gain a broader perspective of issues affecting Indigenous peoples and recognize the need for more values-based spaces, where the people are able to share and create consensus-based solutions that benefit the collective.
In September 2023, I started Skidi Parí LLC whose mission is to create a world where genuine Indigenous stories and truths are shared and told.