Amy Stiffarm, PhD, MPH, Director of Native American Initiatives

Aaniiih Nakoda College announces the 2025 Commencement speaker who will deliver the keynote address. Amy Stiffarm is the Director of the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies' Program on Native American Initiatives, the Montana Coalition. Amy Stiffarm is a member of the Aaniiih (White Clay) Tribe of the Fort Belknap Indian Community and is a descendant of the Chippewa Cree and Blackfeet Tribes of Montana. Amy earned a PhD in Indigenous Health at the University of North Dakota in 2023. She specializes in Maternal Mental Health issues in American Indian communities. She received her Masters of Public...