Attorney Kendall-Miller featured at Indigenous Peoples’ Day event

October 5, 2020

Jeff Richardson

The University of Fairbanks will celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Oct. 12 at 11 a.m. with an online keynote address from Native rights attorney Heather Kendall-Miller.

The event, which honors Native people, culture and knowledge, has a theme of “Resiliency Through Hope and Love.” The celebration can be viewed online at .

Kendall-Miller is Dena'ina Athabascan and a tribal member of the Curyung Tribe of Dillingham. She received her bachelor’s degree from in 1988 and her law degree from Harvard University in 1991. She became staff attorney with the Native American Rights Fund in 1993. Her litigation experience includes arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals and the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals en banc.

More information about Indigenous Peoples’ Day at is available at .