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 Fairbanks Native Association Holiday In Whoville Holiday Party 2025 | |
| Born | Quannah Rose Potts ChasingHorse June 7, 2002 |
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| Years active | 2019–present |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
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Quannah ChasingHorse is an American model from Eagle Village, Alaska. She appeared on the 2020 Teen Vogue list of Top 21 under 21.
ChasingHorse was interested in modeling and fashion from a young age but, due to the lack of Indigenous representation she saw in magazines and fashion shows, did not think it was feasible as a career. [1] She has since been featured on the covers of Vogue Mexico , [2] Vogue Japan , [3] V Magazine, Elle, and Porter. [4]
She celebrates indigenous fashion and promotes sustainable indigenous brands. Her red carpet look at the Gilded Age-themed Met Gala in May 2022 went viral on social media. [5] The Navajo-inspired outfit was created by Peter Dundas, Tabitha Simmons, Gucci Westman, and 2006 Miss Navajo Nation Jocelyn Billy-Upshaw, a family friend. [6] Refinery29 called her the "breakout star" of the event. [7] That same week, she walked her first runway at New York Fashion Week. [8]
In March 2023, ChasingHorse was named one of USA TODAY's Women of the Year honorees for her advocacy of "issues of environmentalism, sustainability, women's rights and Native American rights." [9]
Born on the Navajo Nation in Tuba City, Arizona, [10] ChasingHorse is Hän Gwich'in of the Native Village of Eagle in Eagle Village, Alaska, on her mother Jody Potts-Joseph's side. Her biological father is Nathan Chasing Horse (Sicangu-Oglala Lakota from South Dakota). [11] [12]
ChasingHorse spent her early childhood with her mother in Arizona, Mongolia (where her maternal grandparents were Christian missionaries [13] ), and New Mexico before the family returned to her maternal homelands in Alaska when she was six. [14] She and her two brothers were raised to hunt, fish, and dog mush, by their single mother, who taught them a subsistence lifestyle. [15] [16] She lived in Kenny Lake and then Fairbanks. [14] She attended Effie Kokrine Charter School. [17]
ChasingHorse is a fourth-generation land protector for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as part of the Alaska Wilderness League. [18] [19] She has spoken on climate action and indigenous rights at a number of events and panels. [20] [21]
| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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| 2024 | Bad River | Narrator | [22] |
| 2025 | The American Southwest | Narrator | [23] |
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| 2022 | Walking Two Worlds | Co-Subject | Documentary Part of: The North Face Presents | [24] |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | |
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| 2022 | Santa Monica Film Festival | Best Documentary Short | Walking Two Worlds | Won | |
| 2025 | Sierra Club | Trail Blazer Award | Environmentalism | Honoree | [25] |