2026 OIE Annual Summit

Pearl Yellowman has dedicated her entire professional career to education and community advancement, with expertise spanning school-based counseling, tribal health, and adolescent support. She holds advanced degrees, including a master’s in counseling and a Doctorate in Education, and has extensive experience supporting youth development and community well-being.

Currently, Pearl provides Strategic Consultation and Organizational Structure Consultation for Tribal, Private and Non-Profit Organizations.

As the Summit’s Emcee, she will lead the Kickoff Workshop, setting the tone by outlining the Summit’s purpose, objectives, and breakout sessions. She will also speak on parent engagement, emphasizing strategies to support children’s health and wellness from both Native and non-Native perspectives.

Throughout the event, Pearl Yellowman will actively guide opening ceremonies, general sessions, lunch, and closing remarks—where she will synthesize key trends and share practical, non-tangible toolkits for participants.

Tony Duncan (Apache, Arikara, and Hidatsa) has performed for audiences worldwide, including performances at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Smithsonian Museum, the Billboard Music Awards, The Tonight Show, and The White House. Duncan has great achievements in both music and dance. As a hoop dancer, Tony Duncan is among the best in the world, winning the title of “World Champion Hoop Dancer” an amazing 6 times, and is currently the 2021/22 World Hoop Dance Champion. He is the featured dancer in Nelly Furtado's music video, “Big Hoops”.

As a flute player, he is currently signed to the largest Native American music label

Canyon Records. Duncan received the award for Artist of the Year at the Native

American Music Awards. Duncan has toured with acclaimed Native American artists

such as R. Carlos Nakai and Joanne Shenandoah, and across Europe and Asia with

international pop star Nelly Furtado. He’s enchanted over 100,000 people in Paris,

London, Tokyo, Manila, Switzerland, and the Island of Malta with his hoop dancing

and flute playing.

Tony Duncan was named the Kennedy Center NEXT 50 in 2022, a new initiative that

celebrates cultural leadership with 50 trailblazing leaders and organizations guiding

society and the next generation into the future. Tony Duncan was also the recipient of

the prestigious Dance/USA Fellowship, and this past year has collaborated with

Marvel, Vogue Magazine, and Facebook.

General Questions: Email indianeducation@azed.gov

Registration Assistance: Email leann.smith@azed.gov