Speakers
Mary Mead
Jennifer Heward
Bobbie Smith
Keynote Speaker, "Looking Back, What I learned from Working in Cherokee Nation"
Mary Mead, first worked under Wilma Mankiller's leadership and opened up the Vinita services for Cherokee members. She has had a myrid of positions, including working for Job Corp. in the dorms. Mary started the first Volunteer program working with grass roots
Keynote Speaker, "Looking Back, What I learned from Working in Cherokee Nation"
Mary Mead, first worked under Wilma Mankiller's leadership and opened up the Vinita services for Cherokee members. She has had a myrid of positions, including working for Job Corp. in the dorms. Mary started the first Volunteer program working with grass roots community leaders in the Cherokee districts, and worked with the Vista program nationwide.. In 2010 the Community Cultural Outreach Program gave out the first Mary Mead Volunteer Award. Every year a new Cherokee recipient receives the Mary Mead award named after her. Mary is a mother to five children, has 10 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. She is Citizen of the Cherokee Nation, Loyal Shawnee and Delaware. Ms. Mead retired after working 25 years with Cherokee Nation. She currently resides in Tahlequah, OK .
Bobbie Smith
Jennifer Heward
Bobbie Smith
Workshop Speaker, "Learning Cherokee Words"
Bobbie Gail Scott Smith, is a full-blood, bilingual Cherokee from the Rocky Mountain Community of Adair County, Stilwell, Oklahoma. Cherokee is her first language. She did not learn English until first grade at Rocky Mountain School, where, fortunately, her teacher, Jennie Smith-Gott, was a fluen
Workshop Speaker, "Learning Cherokee Words"
Bobbie Gail Scott Smith, is a full-blood, bilingual Cherokee from the Rocky Mountain Community of Adair County, Stilwell, Oklahoma. Cherokee is her first language. She did not learn English until first grade at Rocky Mountain School, where, fortunately, her teacher, Jennie Smith-Gott, was a fluent bilingual Cherokee speaker. Mrs. Gott kept Bobbie in the classroom during recess and after school in order to teach her the English Language.
Bobbie’s parents were the late Lincoln Scott and the late Martha Jo Coon. Both could read and write the Cherokee Language. Her father did not speak English, and all of her siblings are fluent Cherokee speakers; four of six can read and write the Cherokee language.
She has three children; Kiah, Chris and Anaweg.
Bobbie retired from Federal government service after 23 years.
Currently, one of fluent Cherokee speaker for Little Cherokee Seeds Program, previously for 7 years taught Cherokee Language community classes for Yale University.
She was as a long-term volunteer with the Cherokee Nation Translation Department.
She Chaired the Cherokee Women’s Grassroots Leadership Group; served as a Cherokee Educator for the International Cherokee Film Festival; and, was involved with other cultural projects with Cherokee Nation Enterprises and Cherokee Nation.
Other accomplishments include:
- former First Lady of the Cherokee Nation;
- former Miss Cherokee
- Taught Cherokee language for several years in various communities and universities, including Rogers State University, Bacone College, Northeastern State University, Yale University and Broken Arrow Community area.
- She remains active in Cherokee language and culture preservation.
Jennifer Heward
Jennifer Heward
Jennifer Heward
Workshop Speaker," Letting Go of Mind Chatter for Healing & Inner Peace"
Jennifer Heward from Arizona, is an advanced behavioral kinesiologist, blind spot specialist, and a intuitive specializing in trauma release. Jennifer has years of training including graduating from Intuitive Acceleration and Muscle Testing Academy. She worked on a t
Workshop Speaker," Letting Go of Mind Chatter for Healing & Inner Peace"
Jennifer Heward from Arizona, is an advanced behavioral kinesiologist, blind spot specialist, and a intuitive specializing in trauma release. Jennifer has years of training including graduating from Intuitive Acceleration and Muscle Testing Academy. She worked on a two year humanitarian mission in the Dominican Republic and has 10 years experience in teaching and working one-on-one with clients in personal healing of pain, grief, and trauma. Living through personal challenges with her husband being unemployed through covid and after, her belief is, "Take one day at a time, in healing and and taking care of ourselves. As we heal for ourselves and past generations, we don't need to carry on the grief and trauma anymore. We can let it go. " Jennifer currently resides in Maple Valley, Washington with her five children and husband. You can view her website at
https://jennifer-heward.mailchimpsites.com/
Speakers
Hollie Warnick
Energy Movement Specialist, "Move Your Body" Hollie is from Vail, AZ, just outside of Tucson AZ. She lives in a casita out in the desert with her husband, 4 children, and a dog and cat.
She is a behavioral kinesiologist, energy healer, life coach, and author. She works 1:1 with clients getting rid of blocks that keep you from peace and joy
Energy Movement Specialist, "Move Your Body" Hollie is from Vail, AZ, just outside of Tucson AZ. She lives in a casita out in the desert with her husband, 4 children, and a dog and cat.
She is a behavioral kinesiologist, energy healer, life coach, and author. She works 1:1 with clients getting rid of blocks that keep you from peace and joy.
Hollie has several books on Amazon, The Hollie Would Journal (would she do that, yea, she would), The Dream Journey Journal (she believes we can heal when we sleep and that dreams have messages for us)
And she has two collaborative books that she contributed to: Healing Broken Relationships, and Collaboration With the Divine: A Sacred Communion. You can find her books on Amazon and you can view her website: www.holliewarnick.com