Curator Biographies:

The Honorable Patricia Paul is Kikiktagruk Inupiat (northern Alaskan Eskimo). She was raised in Alaska and currently resides on an Indian reservation in Washington state, with her husband. She received her Bachelor of Arts in 1993 from Antioch University, Seattle, Washington. She completed her law degree in 1998, earning a Juris Doctorate from Seattle University School of Law. She completed post-graduate studies at the JFK School of Government, at Harvard University in 2005. She has been invited to be a guest speaker or lectured in Austria, Kingdom of Bhutan, Brazil, Chile, Finland, Guatemala and Sweden. She was the co-convenor of the Symposium, International Congress of the Americanists, 2003 (Chile); and 2012 (Austria). She was a Deliberator on a panel of judges at the International Prehearing of the Permanent People’s Tribunal – Mexico Chapter in Seattle, Washington (2014). Since 2006, Paul has had a private law practice in La Conner, Washington. She has presided as an Appellate Tribal Judge for the Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde, Oregon, USA, since 2012. She has also been a member of Northwest Inupiat Dancers and was on the Board of Directors for Longhouse Media in 2014. Paul is the Food Editor of the La Conner Weekly News.

Candice Wilson Quatz'tenaut is a member of the Lummi Nation and is currently the Tribal Policy Director for Washington State Department of Health, where she works collaboratively on processes and policies with tribes and public health partners. Candice is the former Executive Director of the Lhaq’temish Foundation and former Tribal & Community Liaison to the North Sound Accountable Community of Health. She has served on the Ferndale School District Board of Directors for four years, and Lummi Indian Business Council for nine years as an elected official for Lummi Nation--serving three of those years as the Vice Chairwoman. She is well versed in tribal relations and is an accomplished community builder in promoting cultural interfaces by commemorating Indigenous heritage and values. Honorary recognition of the National Indian Health Board - Community Service Organization Award 2021 and the Whatcom Family & Community Network - Community Builder Award 2021.