Walk me through your early years growing up on the Flathead Reservation, and as part of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Montana?

My dad was a PE (physical education) teacher and I have two older brothers, so from a very early age sports was my life. I played all kinds of sports. My mom was a postal carrier, always aware of the dynamic between Tribal jurisdiction and state/local jurisdictions. That all came to light as I got into law. I went to do undergrad at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, which is where I first took an Indian law class and learned about the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Once I got interested in wanting to study law, I went to school at the University of Michigan and was involved in the Native American Law Students Association there.