Bonita
Roxie Aleja Sizemore: ( Porch Creek Band / Seminole
/ Choctaw / Tslagi, with her African ancestors from Mali
and Sudan.
The BNA developed
to its current state after the founders came together at
the 1992 annual Silver Star Pow Wow held in Oakland, California,
sponsored by the American Indian Film Institut.
A detailed
history of the organization is available here.