First Voices Indigenous Radio
March 19, 2019
In the first half-hour, Jarrad Packard is an enrolled member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and is also Oglala Lakota from Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Jarrad worked at the Indian Health Service headquarters in Rockville, MD from 2010 until 2018 in the Office of Management Services. He recently came on board with the New York Indian Council, Inc. in the role of Wellness Case Manager where he provides case management, outreach and referral services to the American Indian and Alaska Native community in New York City and the surrounding area. Jarrad graduated in 2009 with a bachelors degree in Health Care Management and Policy from Georgetown University’s School of Nursing and Health Studies.
In the second half-hour, Chief Phillip Whiteman Jr.,Yellow Bird, is a Northern Cheyenne Chief, spiritual leader, nationally renowned horseman, cultural consultant, performing artist, traditional storyteller and entrepreneur. He co-developed the Medicine Wheel Model, Beyond Horsemanship, a holistic model that connects the spirit of horse and human. Chief Whiteman most recently was a culture and language consultant for the major motion picture “The Hostiles,” starring Christian Bale, Wes Studi, Rosemund Pike and Rory Cochran. Chief Whiteman continues to give back to his community through his non-profit organization Yellow Bird, which empowers Northern Cheyenne youth and addresses the issues of historical trauma. He credits his parents, both members of the Northern Cheyenne Nation, the late Chief Phillip Whiteman, Sr., and his mother, the late Florence Bites-Whiteman, a Warrior Woman of the Elk Scraper Society for his many accomplishments. Joining Chief Whiteman is Lynette Two Bulls, Scouts the Way Woman. Lynette grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota and is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Nation, and is of Northern Cheyenne descendency. She has 30 years of experience in the profit and non-profit sector focusing on community development, social justice, environmental justice and leadership development. She is currently the Executive Director of Yellow Bird and is Co-Founder and a Cultural Practitioner of the Medicine Wheel Model, a strength-based, circular life model utilizing Indigenous values, traditions and healing with horses as the foundation to empower youth, families and communities. Lynette credits her grandparents the late Matthew and Nellie Two Bulls for her accomplishments. She resides in Lame Deer, Montana with her companion Chief Phillip Whiteman and children.