Cheewa James is a sought-after professional keynote speaker and corporate trainer working with associations, corporations, educational organizations, and government agencies across the United States and Canada. She encourages enhancing business and personal relationships by centering on the power of communication and motivation to build leadership. As a client once said, “When Cheewa James is on, the electricity and energy kick in. We learn, we enjoy, we grow.” Although addressing contemporary, cutting-edge business and training issues, Cheewa often uses Native American philosophy to illustrate a point. She creates a feel for diversity in a very subtle way. Cheewa was born on the Klamath Indian Reservation, Oregon, and is enrolled with the Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma. Her father was America’s first Native American professional basketball player. An accomplished author with nearly 100 articles in print, Cheewa’s work has appeared in Smithsonian, National Wildlife, Chicago Tribune, Kansas City Star, and newspapers across the country. Her award winning book, "MODOC: The Tribe That Wouldn’t Die," is the phenomenal story of her own tribe, written over a 12-year period. A former television anchorwoman and producer, Cheewa has won the prestigious National Golden Mike Award for excellence in television production and seven television United Press International Awards in reporting and documentary work. A nationally syndicated special on PBS, “American Indian Circles of Wisdom,” featured her motivational speaking skills. She is seen frequently on KVIE-PBS, Sacramento. Her charisma on camera has moved to power on the platform. Cheewa James' B.A. degree is in communication and her graduate work in education. She is a certificated educator. Titles Climb Off Dead Horses: Mastering Change If It Is To Be, It Begins With Me How to Create a Dynamic Organization Dead Fish Don’t Swim Upstream: How to Motivate People Five Ways to Communicate Effectively and Build Networks Leap to Leadership: Principles of Eagles Is Time Running Away From You? Pulling Together: Making the Organization Work Storytelling as a Healing Tool Storytelling as a Learning Literacy Tool Topics Motivation, Change, Leadership, Human Resource, Communication, Time Management, Minority Click topic above to see more speakers on that topic Speaker's Asking Fee Range $5,000 - $7,499 Click on fee range to see more speakers. This is the starting keynote fee range - other programs may be higher. State CA Click on state above to see more speakers from that state. Fees The fee range quoted means the speaker's fee starts somewhere within that range. Note that speaker's fees are subject to change and some speakers may have special fee quotes.