Bozho, jayek. Kristen Arambula Hernandez ndezhnekas. Idwegishgokwe nishnabe ndezhnekas. Bodewadmi kwe ndaw.
Shishibeni ndebendagwas. Jigwe o ndotem.
Hello, everyone. My name is Kristen Arambula Hernandez. My indigenous name is Idwegishgokwe - Both Sides of the Sky Woman.
I am a Potawatomi woman enrolled with the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.
I am thunderbird clan.
Kristen is a mother to three, advocate for preserving and reclaiming ancestral, traditional ecological and star knowledge. She is an active member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation’s De’Wegen Kwek (Women’s Drum), an Indigenous Breastfeeding Counselor, birth doula and Cacao space holder.
Kristen was recently featured in Issue 3. of Hundred Magazine’s 100 Wildly Capable Women in OKC.