My name is Paula Anderson; my maiden name is LittleChief. I was born in Lawton, Oklahoma and raised in Indian Country. I moved away a few times to get new experiences outside of Oklahoma. However, I always came back home because Indian country is truly where my heart lies.

I come from the Poolaw and LittleChief families and although I am enrolled Kiowa, I also have a bloodline of Comanche, Cheyenne, Pawnee, and Caddo descent. My mother is the late Sandra Poolaw, who worked for our tribe for over 30 years, and my father is Lance LittleChief. My maternal grandmother is the late Helen Poolaw who served on the Kiowa hearing board for years and was a well-known Kiowa War Mother and served as their president both locally and nationally. My maternal grandfather is James Barcidebar and my paternal grandparents are the late Paul and Lanell LittleChief.

I attended both Carnegie and Fort Cobb Schools but graduated from Roy J. Wasson High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado in 2001. As a young adult right out of high school, I worked hard and tried making sense of the transition to adult life and finally went to college at Cameron University in 2015 with my bachelor’s degree in business administration. I recently went back to Cameron and looking forward to graduating this May with my bachelor’s of accounting. My goal is to obtain my CPA license by September 2026.

My support system includes my husband of 15 years, Scott Anderson, who was former law enforcement and now serving in the emergency management sector and our son Lance Anderson, 21 who is an enrolled Kiowa member and Isabel (Izzy) Anderson who is an enrolled Caddo member.

From 2000 to 2023 I was able to begin working in the tribal world through the Kiowa Summer youth program where I was placed with Kiowa Housing. I went on to accumulate more tribal operations experience through the higher education, gaming, health (AOA, CHR, PHN, Fitness etc.), transportation, human resources, and economic development avenues (construction, professional services, clean energy, sales etc.). I currently work in the private sector for a local CPA firm and my husband, and I own and operate a cattle farm.

My passion lies in making things better, making things grow, and challenging myself and others constantly to be the best we can be and I hope to do the same for our Kiowa people.