Meda’s Tlingit names are Tśa Tsée Náakw, Khaat kła.at, and Jánwu Tláa. Her adopted Iñupiaq name is Tigigalook, and her adopted Cree name is Boss Eagle Spirit Woman. Her clan is Naanya.aayí and she is a child of the Kaach.aadi. Her family comes from Shtuxéen kwaan (now referred to as Wrangell, AK). Meda’s lineage also comes from Oregon, Washington, and the BC/Yukon Territories. Currently, she lives on Dena’ina lands in Anchorage, Alaska, with her fiancé, James Paoli, and their eight children.

Meda DeWitt is a Lingít traditional healer, certified massage therapist, ethno-herbalist, educator, and virtual and in-person events coordinator. DeWitt has an associate’s degree in science, an associate’s degree in human services, and an associate’s degree in Alaska Native Studies from the University of Alaska Anchorage. She has a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies: women’s rites of passage; a master’s degree in arts in Alaska Native traditional healing from the Alaska Pacific University; and is currently in an Indigenous studies doctoral program at Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, New Zealand.

Meda focuses on a multi-faceted approach to achieving holistic broad spectrum movement building. Meda’s work revolves around the personal credo “Leave a world that can support life and a culture worth living for.” Her work experience draws from her training as an Alaska Native traditional healer and Healthy Native Communities capacity building facilitator.

Source: medaforalaska.com