PRESENTERS
Patti Baldes
Workshop Presenter
Patti Baldes (Northern Arapaho/Northern Paiute), was born on the Big Pine Paiute Reservation in California and raised on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming. Baldes is an enrolled Northern Arapaho with Northern Paiute lineage. She lives on the Wind River Reservation with her husband and they share four children. Baldes is currently the Executive Director of a tribal non-profit, the Wind River Native Advocacy Center. She works closely and collaborates with other local non-profits, focusing on conservation, tribal sovereignty, self-determination and relationships. Baldes enjoys sharing her story and conservation experiences through her photography line dubbed, Patti with an Eye. She has been sharing photos for close to 20 years. Baldes’ focus has and will continue to be the Buffalo, restoring them to and increasing tribal lands, sharing her talents through art, photography and storytelling. Baldes also produces and participates in an exhibit called, REMATRIATE. This exhibit shares the connection to buffalo through art, song and dance, focusing on the matriarchal role and how it benefits the land and community we all share.