Crystal Echo Hawk (Pawnee) is the founder and Executive Director of IllumiNative, the first
and only national Native-led organization focused on changing the narrative about Native
peoples on a mass scale. Crystal built IllumiNative to activate a cohesive set of research-
informed strategies that illuminate the voices, stories, contributions and assets of contemporary Native peoples to disrupt the invisibility and toxic stereotypes Native peoples face.
Crystal Echo Hawk (Pawnee) is the founder and Executive Director of IllumiNative, the first
and only national Native-led organization focused on changing the narrative about Native
peoples on a mass scale. Crystal built IllumiNative to activate a cohesive set of research-
informed strategies that illuminate the voices, stories, contributions and assets of contemporary Native peoples to disrupt the invisibility and toxic stereotypes Native peoples face.