Suzy Chaffee
Suzy "Chapstick" Chaffee Bio - as first woman on the USOC board in the 70s, she led the successful reform of the Olympic Rules with Legends like Bill Bradley, Muhammad Ali, Jack Kelly, Kip Keino, which leveled the playing fields with the government supported countries through Madison Ave, then led the Title IX March in DC. In 1996 she co-founded the Native American Olympic Team Foundation that has inspired ski areas across the US and Canada to invite tribal youth to share the joy of skiing with over 10,000 youth, which inspires their Elders to lead snowdances that have saved ski areas from droughts for 55 years. At the request of SLOC, she orchestrated a snowdance that restored their snow and also a Native ceremony with Ali, that protected Utah from expected terrorism, and every Olympics since then, including RIO!
National Ski and Snowboard Expos Outreach Native American Kids
COLUMN: Indians honored as Pioneers of Skiing this Vancouver Olympic "Tribal" Year. I am so proud that the top Ski and Snowboard Shows...
Hail Billie Jean King and Ted Kennedy – Native American Contributors to Title 1X
COLUMN: Native Americans can take pride that Tennis icon Billie Jean King, a Cherokee, and Ted Kennedy, descendant of an honorary Iroquois Chief, did...
Salute to Ted Kennedy by Women Athletes Everywhere!
COLUMN: Generations of vibrant American girls and women, as well as those from countries worldwide, will always be grateful to Senator Ted Kennedy, a...
Jim Thorpe's Sons Bolster Native American Olympic Dream
COLUMN: Heart-warming steps toward realizing a dream of creating a Native American Olympic Team were made at Oklahoma's City's "American Indian Sovereignty Symposium" on...
Native Voices: Green Lifestyle Film Fest has Certified Organic Native American Values
COLUMN: I got to witness the 2009 Green Lifestyle Film Fest at my UCLA alma mater March 13-15, transform from a 'little green engine...
Native Voices: 7.7.07 Lowers Earth Temp, 7/17 Energizes Oceans
COLUMN: Hail to Pragmatists Embracing Scientific & Spiritual Global Cooling Solutions Thanks to our Earth Hugs on 7.7.07 and 7/17, "the Earth temperature slightly lowered, and the oceans were re-energized, which will continue if we continue," say many Saints / Holy Ones / Ascended Masters / Seers / Star Nations, depending on your faith, backed by our intuition.
Native Voices: Naomi Lang – First Indian Woman Olympian; Hot 'Latin on Ice' TV Special
COLUMN: To the sultry strains of Carlos Santana / Rob Thomas, stunning Naomi Lang (Karuk Tribe), 2002 Utah Olympic ice dancing star, melts the "Latin On Ice" Special on the Style Network Friday, Jan. 12th at 5pm ET and on Sunday, Jan. 14th at 10am ET.
