Yufna Soldier Wolf was born and raised on the Wind River Reservation in central Wyoming and is a citizen of the Northern Arapaho Tribe. Her parents were both boarding school survivors. Her grandparents were the first generations to be removed and sent to the first boarding school in the nation, The Carlisle Indian Industrial School. Yufna has done extensive research into her genealogy and the history of the Arapaho people. She will address the experience of healing and going forward as tribal people.

Yufna Soldier Wolf’s Arapaho name means Mother Nature’s Child. Her heart and passion is for preservation of tribal ways and customs, which includes protecting the land and her ancestors. Yufna has received various degrees, accolades, and certificates from Montana State University, the University of Wyoming.  She recently completed her Indigenous People’s Law Degree Program from Norman, Oklahoma. Formerly, she served as the Northern Arapaho’s tribal historic preservation officer. Her passion is for the preservation of tribal ways and customs, including protecting the land and her ancestors.

Two programs by Yufna Soldier Wolf are supported by  sponsors: Thursday, April 11 at High Noon (12PM) at Western Heritage Center (WHC) and then at Thursday April 11 at 6:30PM at MSU Billings College Library room 148.

Thanks to our generous sponsors the S.S. Heyneman Foundation, Billings Community Foundation’s James Wrightson Educational Endowment Fund, Jim and Chris Scott, Mayor Bill Cole and Anne Cole, Billings Public Library Foundation, and First Interstate Bank. Thanks to the MSU Billings Library and Eileen Wright for hosting the evening talk.