2025 MNABA Scholarship Recipients

This year MNABA awarded scholarships to nine outstanding Native law students to support their law school education.

Corrina Kingbird (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe)
Christopher Parisien (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians)
Tashina Emery (Keweenaw Bay Indian Community)
Case Guinn (Cherokee Nation / Delaware Tribe)
Ashley LaFriniere (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians)
Rachel Evangelisto (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe)
Kylan Hill (Red Lake Nation)
Leo John Bird (Tlingit & Haida; descendant of the Blackfeet Nation) (not pictured)
Adrianna Rivera (Native Hawaiian) (not pictured)

Also selected for this year’s Jodi Drews Scholar: Ashley LaFriniere, recognized for her strength, leadership, and embodiment of the values Jodi exemplified.