Mitákuyapi, Alayna Eagle Shield emáčiyapi. Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ Akíčita Háŋska-ta imáčaǧe. Húŋkpapȟa Malákȟóta, Isáŋyathi na Bdewákhaŋthuŋwaŋ Damákȟota, na Pȟaláni hemáčha. (Hello my relatives, my name is Alayna Eagle Shield. I grew up in the Long Soldier District on the Standing Rock Nation. I am Tip of the Horn Lakota, Lives on Knives and Dwellers of the Sacred Lake Dakota, and Arikara).I have a rez education from home and an education in a mix of Tribal community college, state college and university settings. I am a reactivated language warrior and health promotion worker. Our traditional languages are the center of who we are as Indigenous people. I am currently the Executive Director for the Mni Wichoni Health Circle and one of a group of co-founders for the Mní Wičhóni Nakíčižiŋ Wóuŋspe (Defenders of the Water School). I am a recent doctoral graduate from the College of Education at the University of Washington.My research was around Indigenous technologies and more specifically how cradleboarding can be a resurgence site for our lifeways to be reworked, revitalized, and reclaimed through traditional teachings and oral history.

Mitákuyapi, Alayna Eagle Shield emáčiyapi. Íŋyaŋ Woslál Háŋ Akíčita Háŋska-ta imáčaǧe. Húŋkpapȟa Malákȟóta, Isáŋyathi na Bdewákhaŋthuŋwaŋ Damákȟota, na Pȟaláni hemáčha. (Hello my relatives, my name is Alayna Eagle Shield. I grew up in the Long Soldier District on the Standing Rock Nation. I am Tip of the Horn Lakota, Lives on Knives and Dwellers of the Sacred Lake Dakota, and Arikara).I have a rez education from home and an education in a mix of Tribal community college, state college and university settings. I am a reactivated language warrior and health promotion worker. Our traditional languages are the center of who we are as Indigenous people. I am currently the Executive Director for the Mni Wichoni Health Circle and one of a group of co-founders for the Mní Wičhóni Nakíčižiŋ Wóuŋspe (Defenders of the Water School). I am a recent doctoral graduate from the College of Education at the University of Washington.My research was around Indigenous technologies and more specifically how cradleboarding can be a resurgence site for our lifeways to be reworked, revitalized, and reclaimed through traditional teachings and oral history.