Tashena Asham
Inherent Rights Youth Fellow
Hello everyone!
My name is Tashena Asham (Lerat-Musqua). I am Anishinaabe from Keeseekoose First Nation, with maternal ties to Cowessess First Nation—both located in Treaty 4 territory where I reside with my husband and our three children. I enjoy beading, drawing and making ribbon skirts in my free time. I work as an Indigenous community worker, connecting with youth in our school to create cultural programming. I have also been contracted as an Inherent Rights Youth Fellow with the Centre for First Nations Governance.
I graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a B.A. in Sociology and a certificate in Indigenous Governance and Politics, sparking my interest in policy work and leading to my involvement with the IRYI in 2021. One of the greatest joys of being a part of the IRYI is connecting with our youth, leaders, and knowledge keepers that share the same passion for keeping our traditional ways of knowing alive and exercising our inherent rights. I look forward to being a part of the impactful work that CFNG does.