Southwest Region: White Mountain Apache Tribe, Haskell Indian Nations University
Dah’go’teh! My name is Latrell Dre Williams I am an enrolled member of The White Mountain Apache Tribe in Arizona. I am from a small town on the reservation known as Cibecue (Dishchii’bikoh). I am pursuing my Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. And I am set to graduate as an Honor Student in the Spring of 2025. While studying Environmental Science I was allowed to work for my Tribe under The White Mountain Apache Tribe-Water Resource Program (WMAT-WRP). I assist with Water Quality Testing, Geomorphology & Spring Surveys, Quantifying Stream-Flow Discharge Data, and Macroinvertebrate/Fish monitoring under the EPA Clean Water Act Programs. After my undergraduate degree at Haskell, I plan to attend graduate school to study Hydrology/Aquatic Ecology. As a kid I grew up in the Outdoors and my favorite outdoor hobby is fishing. Over the years at Haskell, I got to fish for King Salmon in Alaska, Steelhead Trout in Ohio, and the Blue Darter Fish in Kansas. However, my favorite trout to catch is the Apache Trout. The Arizona State Fish is found exclusively on my Reservation. My Goal is to be an advocate for conserving The White Mountain Apache Tribes’ Natural Resources and beyond my reservation borders for the Next Generations to Come! Ah’hey’yeh’eh, Ashoog! (Thank You) Native American Fish and Wildlife Society.
