Amy Bowers

Amy is a member of the Yurok Tribe. Her family is from the Yurok village of Requa on the mouth of the Klamath River in Northern California.

Amy earned a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Oregon and her J.D. from the University of Denver in 2007. She was a visiting student at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law during her third year of law school. She served two terms as the National Native American Law Students Association Secretary and the University of Denver Native American Law Students Association President.

Prior to coming to NARF as a staff attorney in 2007, Amy clerked for Alexander, Berkey, Williams and Weathers and the Native American Rights Fund. She is admitted to practice law in Colorado. Currently, Amy represents Tribal clients in the areas of water rights, trust fund mismanagement and Indian education. As the most recent addition to NARF, she also serves as the director of the NARF law clerk program.