Cheyanne St. John

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Biography: 

Cheyanne St. John, the oldest granddaughter of Ernest Wabasha, was born and raised in Minneapolis by her parents, Theresa Wabasha of Lower Sioux Indian Community and Bennie St. John of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. She graduated from Fond du Lac Tribal College in 2002 with an associate of arts degree. Between 2003 and 2006, she attended the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque and participated in the museum studies program at Santa Fe’s Institute of American Indian Arts. In 2014 she began to manage the Lower Sioux Agency Historic Site. As of 2018, she is the director of the Cansayapi Cultural Department and the tribal historic preservation officer (THPO) for Lower Sioux Indian Community. Her hobbies include public service work with tribal and local community, traditional art practice, traveling to Wacipi, canoeing, hiking, reading, researching, and visiting.

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