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INGRID WASHINAWATOK EL ISSA
AWARDS, HONORS
AND
ACHIEVEMENTS
l 1987 ASIAN-AMERICANS for EQUITY AWARD: FOR BUILDING RACIAL HARMONY AND ECONOMIC
CO-OPERATION
l 1992 FANNY LOU HAMMER AWARD: FOR WORK ON BEHALF OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
l 1995 FREDERICK DOUGLAS AWARD - North Star Fund: FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE IN THE SPIRIT OF FREDERICK DOUGLAS
l 1998 INDIAN OF THE YEAR - Thunderbird American Indian Dancers
l INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP AWARD - International Cross Cultural Black Women's Studies Institute: FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
HONORS
l FELLOWSHIP: Rockefeller Foundation's Next Generation Leadership Program:
l 1993 - Presented the KEY TO THE CITY: Scranton, Pennsylvania
l 1999 - World Peace Day, Costa Rica: honored Ingrid, Lahe'ena'e Gay and Terrence Freitas
l 1999 - Honored by the United Nations in Geneva Switzerland on her birthday, July 31st
l 1999 - Honored by the United Nations in New York in August
l 1999 - Sun Dance held in her memory in Pipestone, Minnesota
l 2000 - Honored at the Annual American Indian Story-telling Festival at UW-Madison
l 2000 - Honored by Kuna Student Youth Movement
l Scholarships have been established in Ingrid's name at:
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City College of New York, NY
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University of Hawaii, Hawaii
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The Hay Ground School, Long Island, NY
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Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, NY - and many other academic institutions worldwide.
l A memorial to
Ingrid has been dedicated in her home reservation in Wisconsin.
ACHIEVEMENTS
l Ingrid was an active member of the Indigenous Initiative for Peace, convened by
Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu Tum.
l Organized sessions and participated in the1st through the 4th State of the World Forum
conferences in San Francisco, CA.
l Served as an official translator at the 2nd International Conference on Indigenous People
and Land.
l Served as a delegate to the 2nd through the 8th and at the 37th Sessions of the
Commission on Human Rights and the 12th and 15th Sessions of the Working Group on
Indigenous Peoples.
l Served as Chairperson of the NGO Committee of the International Decade of the of the
World's Indigenous Peoples, 1994.
l Chair of the board for Native Americans In philanthropy
l Board member of the American Indian Community House.
l Founding member of the Native American Council, New York City.
l Served on the selection committee for the Letelier Moffit Human Rights Award.
l Co-chair of the Indigenous Women's Network
l Co-produced the film documentary "Warrior."
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