Director of Outdoor Adventure and Cultural Education
Ayukîi,
I am a Karuk, Wiyot, and Konomihu Shasta Native. My family originates from the villages of Ka’tim’îin and Vunxárak along the Klamath River in northern California. I have been working for Ríos to Rivers since December of 2022. In 2023, I founded and direct a paddle club for Karuk Native youth called Páah Áama. I received my bachelor’s degree in Recreation Administration in 2019 from Humboldt State University, with an emphasis in youth outdoor adventure, and a minor in Business. In 2022, I received my graduate degree from the Environment and Community Social Science program at Cal Poly Humboldt. I have been working with youth in the Humboldt community for the last decade and I am going into my 9th year working for Native youth in the local Native communities. I enjoy providing outdoor adventure and cultural therapeutic opportunities to Native youth in our underserved areas in Native Country. I am looking forward to the outdoor adventure education with a TEK perspective and to be able to provide whitewater kayaking programming to Native youth of the Klamath basin. Most of all, I am excited to support and work alongside the Native youth and staff team who are serving as water stewards and activists for our rivers.
Yôotva,
Amada Lang