Sydney Anderson
Senior Associate
Sydney is a Tlingit Tribal citizen and descendant of the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa. Sydney joined EPIC as a Tribal Legal Fellow, and served for a year at the California Natural Resources Agency where she co-authored the Tribal Stewardship Policy and developed a toolkit to support its implementation. Prior to joining EPIC, Sydney earned a Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of California Los Angeles in 2024, where she worked with the Tataviam Land Conservancy to develop recommendations to guide Indigenous-led site acquisition and planning strategy for the non-profit Tribal land trust. Prior to attending UCLA, Sydney served as a Govern for America Fellow on the Early Childhood Strategy team at the Louisiana Department of Education.
Get to Know Me Further
I grew up in Seattle, surrounded by my mom’s family, and spent summers visiting my dad’s family in northern Minnesota. My grandparents ran a lakeside resort on our ancestral homelands, near the Boundary Water Canoe Area, and the cabins are now all occupied in the warmer (and sometimes colder) months by cousins, aunts, uncles, and other relatives. I now live in Los Angeles, where I love the sunny weather and enjoy hiking, swimming, playing tennis, and doing secret staircase walks, and taking advantage of the many art and music events. I look forward to carrying on the work that so many of my relatives and ancestors have passed on to me, of stewarding our lands and advancing tribal sovereignty.