VLC 2025 Inman

Muscogee (Creek) Nation Justin Giles is an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation from the Rekackv (Broken Arrow) tribal town, of the Katcv (Big Cat/Tiger) Clan, and is of Cherokee, Welsh, and Scottish descent. He grew up outside Washington, DC, in Northern Virginia, receiving his bachelor’s degree in anthropology from the University of Virginia. During his early college years, he was a member of the University of Virginia and Iroquois Nationals lacrosse teams as an Attackman. Mr. Giles has a multitude of professional experiences garnered from the National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Central Intelligence Agency, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), the Muscogee (Creek) Nation Cultural Center and Archives, Seminole Tribe of Florida Ah Tah Thi Ki Museum, and currently works for the Department of the Interior as the Bureau of Indian Affairs Museum Curator. He also currently serves on the Thompson Lacrosse 4 The Foundation Advisory Board and the US Lacrosse Native American Advisory Council. He resides in Washington, D.C. coaching with the Virginia Lacrosse Club and stepping back into the Referee Stripes. Mr. Giles continues to serve Indian Country by seeking to instill cultural pride and health to indigenous communities by telling our cultural history through contemporary issues and sports.