Rooted in Heritage: Indigenous Identity & Allyship

Missed our Rooted in Heritage event with PowerToFly? Catch the replay.

We partnered with PowerToFly for a candid Native American Heritage Month conversation with Jordan Cooper-Fossmo, a proud citizen of the Osage Nation and HR technology and strategic sales professional, focused on the history behind the headlines and what it means to honor Indigenous heritage at work.

Watch the full recording below to hear Jordan’s journey of uncovering her family’s and her nation’s history, including the events brought to a wider audience by Killers of the Flower Moon, how her heritage shapes the way she builds trust and lasting relationships in her work, and how colleagues can show up as allies by listening, learning, and making space for Indigenous voices all year long. Plus reflections and actionable insights you can start using today.

What You'll Walk Away With

After watching the session, you will gain the following insights and actionable steps:

1. History lives in people, not just in books and films.
Stories like the Osage murders are often known through movies, but for Indigenous colleagues they are family history with real, ongoing impact.
Action item: Read or watch one source on Osage or Native history created by Indigenous voices, not only mainstream adaptations.

2. Learning your own cultural history can be powerful and painful.
Jordan’s experience showed that uncovering family and community history can bring both pride and difficult discoveries.
Action item: Spend 15 minutes this month learning something new about your own family or cultural roots, and notice what it brings up.

3. Injustice is not acceptable for any culture.
The conversation reinforced that harm done to one community is a shared concern, not someone else’s history.
Action item: When a difficult part of history comes up at work, listen first and avoid minimizing it as “the past.”

4. Indigenous colleagues may be closer than you think.
During the session, a participant shared that she is also Osage and knows Jordan’s family. Indigenous identity is often invisible at work, and connection happens when people feel safe to share.
Action item: Find out whether your firm has an Indigenous or multicultural ERG and how you can support or attend its events.

5. Heritage can be a professional strength.
Jordan’s focus on trust, collaboration, and lasting relationships is rooted in her values and community. Bringing your full identity to work can make you more effective, not less.
Action item: Think about one value from your background that shapes how you work, and share it with your team or manager.

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