Tashina Emery

Tashina Emery is known as the Clearing of the Sky Cloud woman, Misanaquadikwe. The one who can clear a cloudy day. Tashina is from the small reservation, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of Michigan. She teaches during the day as an Adjunct Professor at my Tribal Community College, taking a few classes my self learning about my people, from my people. She runs a jewelry business during the evening. She writes into the night, after earning her MFA in Creative Writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts. She recently was the Associate Judge for her Tribe’s Judicial Branch, appointed by the Tribal Council after the passing of our Chief Judge, my appointment ended in January. Doing it all while being a mother; worrying and caring for my little brown baby and all future brown babies. My movement on and off the reservation has led to my passion as a lifelong learner, adding to her life bundle and superpowers of legacy.