home  select a topic arts & literature education & learning history & culture home & how-to kids & family local focus news & public affairs science & nature highlights heritage & diversity african american american indian local heroes resources tv asian pacific american disability culture latino lgbt women immigration in focus california stories programs a-z   about KQED   support KQED   the guide online   email newsletters   DTV transition   KQED store   help & FAQ   contact info American Indian Heritage 2004 Local Heroes: Lisa Carrier, Mutsun Language Foundation Honoree Lisa Carrier is co-founder, secretary and treasurer, and marketing director of the Mutsun Language Foundation. She is also the Amah Mutsun Tribal Council secretary and director of the Humunya Foundation. For more than eight years, Carrier has taught Mutsun traditions through presentations and classroom demonstrations at schools, universities, and state, regional and county parks and for the native people in her community. She continues to preserve her Mutsun heritage through basket weaving, storytelling, music, dance, regalia making and horticulture. She also makes traditional-style jewelry which helps fund the Mutsun Language Foundation. Carrier is writer and editor for the Tribal Voice, the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band newsletter, which fortifies interaction with other California native communities. She coordinates the annual fall gathering for California Native Peoples day at the San Luis Reservoir State Park. back to main American Indian Local Heroes page American Indian 2004 Local Heroes Lisa Carrier and Quirina Luna-Costillas Mutsun Language Foundation Carmen A. Foghorn American Indian Graduate Program, U.C. Berkeley Martin Waukazoo Native American Health Center American Indian 2003 Local Heroes Don "Little Cloud" Davenport Smoke Johnson Ruth Villasenor Kathy Wallace American Indian 2002 Local Heroes Sandra George Medi-Cal Program, City & County of San Francisco Ruth Hopper Native American Studies Program University of California, Berkeley Nelson Jim Clinical Director, Family & Child Guidance Clinic Native American Health Center Mark Owens Program Facilitator Marin Abused Women Services, Men's Program Paul Owns the Sabre Artist Patrick Orozco Chairman, Pajaro Valley Ohlone Indian Council Honor in Memoriam Virgil Cross Guns Northern Traditional Dancer Millie Ketcheshawno Executive Film Producer American Indian 2001 Local Heroes Gilbert Blacksmith Medicine Warrior Dance Troupe Dr. Leslie Gray Executive Director and Founder, Woodfish Institute Deni Leonard Founder and Chairman, United Native Depository Corporation Michael Smith Executive Director, American Indian Film Institute Helen Waukazoo Medicine Executive Director, Friendship House Association of American Indians American Indian Heritage Features & Resources American Indian Resources American Indian Local Heroes Educator Resources site map | terms of service | privacy policy Copyright © 1994-2008 KQED. All Rights Reserved.		SPONSORED BY: