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Udall Foundation Announces 2023 Native American Graduate Fellows


Posted: 7/28/2023

The Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (Udall Foundation) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Morris K. Udall and John S. McCain III Native American Graduate Fellowship in Tribal Policy (Native American Graduate Fellowship). The Native American Graduate Fellowship is awarded to outstanding Native American and Alaska Native graduate students who are currently pursuing advanced degrees in health care fields and who have demonstrated a commitment to Native health care.

The 2023 Native American Graduate Fellows were selected by an independent review committee on the basis of academic achievement, professional goals, and personal commitment to Native health care. They will each receive an award of $25,000 for the 2023-2024 academic year. This year’s class includes three graduate students in various health care disciplines representing three Tribes and three universities.

The 2023 Native American Graduate Fellows are:

  • Hailey Baker, Cherokee Nation, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.
  • Monica Desjardins, Navajo Nation, Johns Hopkins University.
  • Steven Harris, Native Village of Afognak, Pacific University.

The Native American Graduate Fellowship Program honors the legacies of Morris K. Udall and John S. McCain III. Click to learn more about the Native American Graduate Fellowship and meet the 2023 Native American Graduate Fellows.

More Information
For more information about the Native American Graduate Fellowship Program, please contact Jason Curley at (520) 901-8564 or curley@udall.gov.

About the Udall Foundation
The Morris K. Udall Foundation was established by the U.S. Congress in 1992 as an independent executive branch agency to honor Morris K. Udall's lasting impact on this Nation’s environment, public lands, and natural resources, and his support of the rights and self-governance of Native Americans and Alaska Natives. In 2009, Congress enacted legislation to also honor Stewart L. Udall for his half century of distinguished national leadership in environmental and Native American policy. The agency is known today as the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation (Udall Foundation) and is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona.

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