Marty Meeden (Mono Lake Paiute/Washoe)
Marty is the oldest of six children and is the first in his immediate family to graduate from college. He attended and graduated from Antelope Valley College, CSU Northridge, and Point Loma Nazarene University.
During college, Marty researched his Mono Lake Paiute family genealogy and created a family tree going back 8 generations to Captain John. Marty continues to serve as a leader of his family and devotes much time in helping to raise his numerous nieces and nephews.
Marty retired from Palmdale School District in Northern Los Angeles County, California after serving as an elementary school teacher for 35 years.
While working as a teacher, Marty also proudly served on numerous boards and associations. Marty is the first person of color to be elected as President of Palmdale Elementary Teachers Association. He is the first California American Indian elected to the California Teachers Association (CTA) Board of Directors. Marty also served on the National Education Association (NEA) Board of Directors. He served on his local school board (Westside Union, Los Angeles County) and was appointed by Palmdale School District to be one of their representatives on the Palmdale Aerospace Academy Board of Directors.
Throughout his life, Marty has always been an advocate for social justice. He continues to be active in the push for appropriate ethnic minority curriculum, the elimination of inappropriate images and mascots in schools and the words that go with them. His efforts have been recognized by both the CTA and the NEA as the recipient of the CTA American Indian/Alaska Native Jim Clarke Human and Civil Rights Award, the CTA Member Human and Civil Rights Award, and the NEA Leo Reano Memorial Human Rights Award.
After retirement, Marty relocated to the Washoe traditional homelands south of Carson City, Nevada to be closer to family. He recently served as the Education Director for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. As a Northern Nevada resident, Marty continues to be a force for social justice. Marty was instrumental in the effort to silence the Minden Siren in Douglas County, Nevada. The siren was a remnant of Nevada’s past which served as a warning for local Washoe Indians to leave town by sundown, or face the threat of jail, fines, or extrajudicial violence.
He enjoys working with the LESMCC.
Marty is the oldest of six children and is the first in his immediate family to graduate from college. He attended and graduated from Antelope Valley College, CSU Northridge, and Point Loma Nazarene University.
During college, Marty researched his Mono Lake Paiute family genealogy and created a family tree going back 8 generations to Captain John. Marty continues to serve as a leader of his family and devotes much time in helping to raise his numerous nieces and nephews.
Marty retired from Palmdale School District in Northern Los Angeles County, California after serving as an elementary school teacher for 35 years.
While working as a teacher, Marty also proudly served on numerous boards and associations. Marty is the first person of color to be elected as President of Palmdale Elementary Teachers Association. He is the first California American Indian elected to the California Teachers Association (CTA) Board of Directors. Marty also served on the National Education Association (NEA) Board of Directors. He served on his local school board (Westside Union, Los Angeles County) and was appointed by Palmdale School District to be one of their representatives on the Palmdale Aerospace Academy Board of Directors.
Throughout his life, Marty has always been an advocate for social justice. He continues to be active in the push for appropriate ethnic minority curriculum, the elimination of inappropriate images and mascots in schools and the words that go with them. His efforts have been recognized by both the CTA and the NEA as the recipient of the CTA American Indian/Alaska Native Jim Clarke Human and Civil Rights Award, the CTA Member Human and Civil Rights Award, and the NEA Leo Reano Memorial Human Rights Award.
After retirement, Marty relocated to the Washoe traditional homelands south of Carson City, Nevada to be closer to family. He recently served as the Education Director for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. As a Northern Nevada resident, Marty continues to be a force for social justice. Marty was instrumental in the effort to silence the Minden Siren in Douglas County, Nevada. The siren was a remnant of Nevada’s past which served as a warning for local Washoe Indians to leave town by sundown, or face the threat of jail, fines, or extrajudicial violence.
He enjoys working with the LESMCC.