meet OUR CHAMPIONs

NAYA Action Fund seeks to elect leaders who are reflective of the community they serve. Through our endorsement process, candidates for elected office are asked to share their positions on issues, legislation, and policy concerns that impact the Native community. 


Questions about our endorsement process or if you would like to seek our endorsement in your campaign, please email endorsements@nayaaction.org.

  • Rebecca Descombes

    Inupiaq/ Enrolled with the Native Village of Barrow
    Hillsboro School District, Position 6

  • Amanda Squiemphen-Yazzie

    Wasco, Navajo, Yakama, and Citizen of the Warm Springs Nation
    Director, Multnomah Education Service District

  • WILLIAM MILLER

    Blackfeet/ Cherokee
    Mt. Hood Community College Board, Zone 2

    Find out more by visiting his website.