Shoney Hixson Blake, ’06; Native American Cultural Center

From her undergraduate days as an engaged Native American community leader and student-athlete, Blake distinguished herself as a builder of networks. Following Stanford, Blake attended the University of Chicago Law School and launched a successful private law practice as a patent litigation associate with Latham and Watkins LLP.

Blake and fellow alumnus Ray Blake married and spent seven years as Resident Fellows at Muwekma-Tah-Ruk, Stanford’s Native Theme House. There the pair worked to create a visible and affirming Indigenous home, hosting programs and classes, developing student staff and mentoring students on wellness, service and creative expression.

Now an associate at Pipestem Law in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Blake recently created the “50 for 50” Native Stanford Alumni spotlight series interviewing 50 Indigenous alumni over 50 weeks in celebration of the 2020-2021 50th anniversaries of the Stanford American Indian Organization and Stanford Powwow. She also created a film called “Building Tah-Ruk” video for Muwekma’s 30th Anniversary in 2018

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