In praise of Ameila

We are writing this letter in support of and praise of our daughter Amelia Moses Marchand regarding her four-year appointment by President Joe Biden as Chairwoman on the Advisory Council of Historic Preservation.

Amelia is a Colville Tribal member and a graduate of Lake Roosevelt High School, Eastern Washington University (BA) in Archaeology and Native American Studies. A Master’s Degree from Vermont Law School for Environmental Law and Policy.

Amelia presently works for the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, (ATNI) and advises government academic institutions and organizations on Indigenous sovereignty and climate issues. Amelia is also the Senior Tribal Climate Resilience Liaison.

Amelia and her husband Joaquin Marchand co-founded an Indigenous-led plant and pollinator conservation non-profit organization. L.I.G.H.T. Foundation, and volunteers with the Center for World Indigenous Studies and Education Research and Public Policy non-profit. She is a Public Voices Fellow of the Op-Ed Project at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and also of the Presidential Classroom and the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program.

Amelia stated, “I may not be the first Indigenous Woman to serve in the Tribal Member position and second to serve on the ACHP, but my ancestors are with me and I will not be alone, or the last.”

Amelia, her husband Joaquin Marchand, and two children reside in Hawaii. Their oldest child resides in Spokane, Washington.

We love you Amy and are so proud of you and all your accomplishments to make our world a better place.

Your family —

Harvey, Cheryl, Monica, Erica

and JC.