The Rupert Report

From the Desk of AIANTA's CEO |January 23, 2023

Help us celebrate AIANTA's NEW Content and Social Media Coordinator, Alicia Nequatewa!

AIANTA Highlights for the Coming Week

Go West Summit Appointment Selection Opens Soon!

AIANTA Tourism & Hospitality Scholarship

AIANTA is proud to offer the Tourism & Hospitality Scholarship, which provides American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian students with financial assistance towards a degree or certificate in hospitality, tourism, recreation, culinary arts or related fields.

Each year, AIANTA awards five individuals who have met all scholarship application criteria.

Award Amount: Students are awarded $1,000 per semester (fall and spring semester only). Each student can earn a maximum award of $2,000 per academic school year.

The deadline to apply is April 28, 2023 (Academic School Year 2023- 2024).

For more information, please click on the apply now button below.

Meet AIANTA's Content and Social Media Coordinator

Alicia Nequatewa (Hopi/Navajo) is the Content and Social Media Coordinator for AIANTA. In 2018, she received her BA in Native American & Indigenous Studies with a minor in Peace & Conflict Studies from Fort Lewis College. Now, Alicia is working towards her MLS in Indigenous Peoples Law from the University of Oklahoma. As an undergraduate student, Alicia was a member of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Board. She is an active board member of the Mesa Verde Museum Association for Mesa Verde National Park.



As a media consultant for Native American businesses and individuals, she works at growing their social media presence by assisting with management and the development of content. Alicia is also a contemporary Indigenous artist who works in dentalium shell jewelry, silver-smithing, lapidary setting, painted parfleche (rawhide) jewelry, and contemporary & traditional Indigenous clothing. 

There's still time to become A Member!

Join AIANTA and Support the Movement to Build Cultural Tourism in Indian Country

Bird Singer Thumb Drive

Artists: designed by NSRGNTS, led by Native couple Votan Ik (Mayan/Nahua) and Leah “Povi” Lewis (Pueblo/Dine’)

Through AIANTA membership, tribes, members of the tourism industry, federal, state and local governments, colleges and universities and others form a resource network that shares experiences and supports one another.

Already a member and need to renew? You still have time!

Please do so by January 31, 2023 to receive our latest Bird Singer Thumb Drive created by NSRGNTS! 

Nevada’s 2023 Tribal Tourism Conference

AlANTA, in partnership with the the Bureau of Land Management, is proud to host the 2023 Nevada Tribal Tourism Conference.

At this conference you will:

• Hear from state and national tourism experts

• Connect and network with other tribes from across the state

• Advance and develop your business, career and tourism ventures

• Gain an understanding of what is needed and how to participate in domestic and international markets

Registration information available soon at AIANTA.org