In Memoriam

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In Memoriam

• In Remembrance of those who devoted their life
  for Urban Indian's access to Health Care
• Fall 2007

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• SAM SAPIEL

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SAM SAPIEL

• A lifelong activist for the rights of indigenous
  people, Mr. Sapiel died in his house in Falmouth
  In May 2007 of kidney cancer that had
  metastasized. He was 75 and also had a homestead
  on Indian Island in Old Town, Maine, where he was
  born.
• His death "is a huge loss to this community,"
  said Joanne Dunn, executive director of the North
  American Indian Center of Boston. "It's
  devastating, because he was so many wonderful
  things. He was the heart of this community, he
  truly was. We loved him very much.

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SAM SAPIEL

• A spiritual leader, Mr. Sapiel led the opening
  prayers at the center's events. He had been a
  life member of the group since it was the Boston
  Indian Council, which evolved into the current
  organization.
• Through the 1990s, Mr. Sapiel was a leader of the
  Muhheconnew National Confederacy, an alliance of
  tribes from Maine to Delaware that has worked to
  protect burial grounds and Native American sites.

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Dr. A.J. Tieszen
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Dr. A.J. Tieszen

• Dr. AJ Tieszen, was the Medical Director for
  the South Dakota Urban Indian Health (Located in
  Pierre, DC) As such, He served the Urban Indian
  Community from 1979 to December 2005.

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Marcus Harrison Jr.
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Marcus Harrison Jr.

• Marcus Harrison Jr was born in Phoenix, AZ on
  December 22, 1970.  He was an enrolled member of
  the Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma and was primarily
  raised in Cache, Oklahoma.
• Marc attended the University of Oklahoma where he
  received a Bachelor's of Science Degree in Health
  Program Planning and Promotion and a Bachelor's
  of Arts in Native American Studies (emphasis on
  Tribal Health and Education Policy Studies). In
  1996, he earned a Master's Degree in Higher
  Education Administration and Leadership

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Marcus Harrison Jr.