Patrisia Gonzales descends from several generations of traditional healers. She is the author of Red Medicine: Traditional Indigenous Rites of Birthing and Healing, (University of Arizona Press, 2012). She is…

Janelle Palacios RN, CNM, PhD grew up on the Flathead Reservation in Northwestern Montana. She is currently both an American Indian Research Fellow at the University of Arizona under the…

Priscilla R. Sanderson, Ph.D., CRC is a member of the Navajo Nation. She is an assistant professor with Northern Arizona University (NAU), Health Sciences Department, College of Health and Human…

Dr. Rodney C. Haring is research faculty at the University of Arizona, Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, Native American Research and Training Center. He is also…

Cherry Smiley is an abolitionist, artist, activist and feminist. She is a collective member of the Aboriginal Women’s Action Network, an organization that is an independent voice against injustice to…

Heidi was raised in a trilingual (English, Spanish and German) home in Alaska. She is a writer, researcher and curious traveler. After working in education, social work and sustainable rural…

Patricia Spence lives in Riding Mountain, Manitoba Canada. She has lived and worked with the indigenous peoples of Northern Ontario and the Yukon for 35 years. She has been a…

Mr. Wilson Manyfingers is a noted international relations analyst with roots in his own Cree Nation. He is an Associate Scholar at the Center for World Indigenous Studies. Mr. Manyfingers…

Dr. Kanchan Sarker is on the Sociology Faculty at the University of British Columbia-Okanagan. He has been a researcher at the Sociological Research Unit of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkkata and…

Dr. Jennifer (Jenny) L. Penland, Associate Professor of Education at Wes tern Wyoming Community College, received her Doctoral Degree in Educational Leader ship with a cognate in Higher Education and…