DK: You're a true role model! Please tell us about yourself.

KM: Yá'át'ééh, my name is Kahlaya Rose Mckinney. I am born for the Owens Valley Paiute Tribe of Bishop, California. My father is Muskogee Creek from Tulsa, Oklahoma. My paternal grandfather is Red Running into Water Clan from Beclabito, New Mexico, and my paternal grandfather is Muskogee Creek, again from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

I am 19 years old and I'm majoring in Nursing at San Juan College. I am originally from Beclabito, New Mexico, and I reside in Shiprock, New Mexico. I am told that I am a very outspoken and confident person, and, I...