2025 NNACoE Blanketing Ceremony

On June 2nd, we hosted our 2025 NNACoE Blanketing Ceremony to celebrate Native graduates of the OHSU School of Medicine, OHSU School of Nursing, and the Wy’east Medicine Pathway. We are honored to recognize and celebrate all of these amazing graduates as they embark on the next step in their journeys in medicine! ✨

OHSU School of Medicine Graduates:
Jared Delaney (Klamath Tribes)
Jasmine Fernandez (Pascua Yaqui Tribe)
Bret Gilbert (Miami of Oklahoma Tribe)
Anna Harris (Wallowa Band Nez Perce / Cayuse / Umatilla / Karuk)
Paige Morris (Citizen Potowatomi Nation)
Kevin Nicoll (Native Village of Unalakleet)
Rebecca Parmenter (Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican)

OHSU School of Nursing Graduate:
Christina Claw (Navajo - Diné)

Wy’east Medicine Graduates:
Whitney Gaskill (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Justin Henson (Navajo Nation and Keetoowah Cherokee)
Allan Paxson (Hopi and White Mountain Apache)
Mateo Perez (Picuris Pueblo, Santa Clara Pueblo, and Cochiti Pueblo)
Ferris Saad (Osage Nation)
Ava Scherlag (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Mauro Butzke (Nome Eskimo Community, Alaska Native Inupiaq)
Germain Medina (Wyandotte Nation)

Scroll to see photos from the event. All Images created by Kari Rowe.