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Ashley Hemmers

1985 -

“If we can come together around this space, then the desert might remember us as friends. And if we live in a meritorious way and understand our place and our position with our environment, then we can co-steward it together.”

Ashley Hemmers is a member of and Tribal administrator for the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe. The Fort Mojave Indian Tribe has long worked to protect Avi Kwa Ame including Spirit Mountain, which ten Yuman-speaking Tribes of the Mojave, as well as the Hopi and Southern Paiute, consider sacred. Recently, Hemmers along with a diverse coalition, particularly women and Tribal leaders, successfully advocated for the federal designation of Avi Kwa Ame as a national monument in March 2023.

Pictured: Ashely Hemmers.

Sources

• Ashley Hemmers. The Desert Remembers: Co-Stewardship in the Mojave Desert. TEDx Talks, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juK5NjS5WiY.
• Dittmar, Kelly. “A Woman Tribal Leader Leads A New National Monument With Distinct Approach To Power.” Forbes. Accessed April 9, 2025. https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellydittmar/2023/04/25/a-woman-tribal-leader-leads-a-new-national-monument-with-distinct-approach-to-power/.

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