Tukwot Hamalu Momt Naka Gollette

Tukwot Hamalu Momt Naka Gollette (He/Him/His) is a student at Mt. San Antonio College, majoring in Business Management and Applied Mathematics. He is descent from the Juanenõ Band Mission Indians Acjachemen Nation of Orange County, The Tongva/Gabrielino First Peoples of Los Angeles, and has roots to the Akímel O’odham and Blood Tracing back to Yucatan from the Maya Communities. He goes by the Nickname Túki meaning “To fall to one by Luck” in Acjachemen. Túki aims to transfer to UCLA, UC Berkeley, or UC San Diego to pursue a degree in Accounting or Business Finance. Previously Served at ICC Treasurer and Inter Tribal Council President at Santa ana College, and is the Current Native American Inter-Tribal Student Alliance President of Mt.SAC.

Serving as the Region 8 Treasurer in the Statewide Student Government for California Community Colleges and currently transitioning into being a UN (United Nations) Delegate for Indigenous People in the Society of Native Nations Delegation. He does local work with CA Native Vote Project in Los Angeles being added when he was approved for the ANYO Conference for 2025 in San Diego, to the Advanced Native Youth Organizers Group.

Tukwot is passionate about building connections across communities while advancing his knowledge in business and financial literacy. His long-term goal is to establish Native-owned businesses that generate funding to support the Acjachemen Nation’s efforts toward federal recognition. Through his work, he hopes to raise visibility and bring supporters to his tribe. 

He offers assistance to the SoCal native community by offering his time to volunteering and community organizing for SoCal Native American enrichment. Volunteering with Orange County LGBTQIA2s+ center, many winters gathering of elders Fundraising and Informational Committee’s and feeding homeless Sunday’s with China Town Community for Equitable Development.

Currently, he is laying the foundation for his future impact, inspired by his father, Julian Anthony Figueroa Gollette. As an active member of the Native community, Tukwot is dedicated to networking at cultural and academic events. In his free time, he enjoys crafting Native cultural pieces, beading necklaces and clothing, and finding ways to uplift Indigenous voices through his work.