Lakota McRoberts

Art by Lakota McRoberts

2025 Brave Heart Fellow

Ahtna Athabaskan

Glennallen, AK

Lakota is the Garden Design Manager at the Copper River Native Association. She is passionate about “permaculture” as a practice. This means observing nature, researching tools and techniques used by Indigenous people in a specific bioregion, and engaging in a diligent, daily practice of balancing the needs of yourself and family with those of the other species around you.

During her time as a 2025 Brave Heart Fellow, Lakota plans to research regional medicinal plants and sharing findings with the community.