Patti Baldes | workshop presenter

Northern Arapaho & Big Pine Paiute, Buffalo Medicine Woman, Woxuu Heeneecee

Born on the Big Pine Paiute Reservation in California and raised on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Patti enjoys sharing her story and conservation experiences through her 20-year photography career, Patti with an Eye, ReMatriate, performance art and sculpture, Buffalo (Bison) harvests and presentations/workshops for nationwide organizations focusing on relationship, healing and growth. She also serves on WyoFile, Wind River Alliance and Native Memory Project Boards of Directors, which nurture her journey, sharing Matriarch in training perspective, building genuine relationship between native and non-native communities. Patti also is part of the Buffalo Youth Nation Project, working as the Food Lodge Assistant, assisting in distributing foods and goods for Lodge Pantries in Reservation Schools as well as Executive Director for Wind River Native Advocacy Center.