<b>Melanie Joy Huntington</b>, née Shockley, is an American public relations consultant, indigenous activist and politician of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyukon" class="extiw" title="w:Koyukon">Koyukon</a>) heritage.  She is shown in this photo riding in the 2012 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Days_Parade" class="extiw" title="w:Golden Days Parade">Golden Days Parade</a>, supporting the candidacy of mother Dorothy Shockley (to her right with back to camera), who was running for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_House_of_Representatives" class="extiw" title="w:Alaska House of Representatives">Alaska House of Representatives</a>.  Huntington is one of two <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Natives" class="extiw" title="w:Alaska Natives">Alaska Natives</a> serving on the six-member Fairbanks City Council (the other being June Rogers, an Iñupiaq).  This is significant in that Natives comprise approximately ten percent of the city's population, according to recent Census Bureau estimates.
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