Billie Sutton
Bio: Billie Sutton (Noobései Niibéi ‘Singing Southern Woman’) taught IT in the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education for 27 years before retiring and was the first woman to be a teacher in the Electronics/Computer Service division. She also worked for the Arapaho language program for several years, as well as serving the tribe in other capacities, including being elected as the Arapaho District 1 legislator to the tribal government, a position from which she recently retired. She also served as a board member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College. She has always been an ardent Arapaho language advocate, and is currently creating short learning videos posted on YouTube in an attempt to promote Arapaho language revitalization. She is also currently on the Cheyenne & Arapaho language board, and has been an active part of Boulder’s Indigenous Peoples Day events from the start, as a representative of the Southern Arapaho people.