News From Native California - Fall 2016 Volume 30, Issue 1 | Page 4

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Lyn Risling is an artist whose work
reflects the revival and continuation of cultural traditions and the
natural world of her tribal peoples,
the Karuk, Yurok, and Hupa. She
received the Community Spirit Award
from First Peoples Fund for her artwork and commitment to her Native
culture and community. Lyn has shown
her work throughout California and it
can be found in tribal cultural curriculum, language materials, brochures,
T-shirts, posters, and the Heyday
board book A is for Acorn.
In Our Languages, p. 4

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Gregg Castro (T’rowt’raahl Salinan/
Rumsien Ohlone) is a writer and
activist who has worked to preserve
the heritage of his Ohlone and Salinan cultures for over two decades.
He is an adviser with the California Indian Storytelling Association,
co-chair of the Society for California
Archaeology’s Native American Programs Committee, and served on the
Archaeology Resources Committee
of the State Historical Resources
Commission.
The Oral History of the People, p. 5

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Paul Stone (Paiute/Washoe) was
born and raised in Bishop on the
Owens Valley Paiute Indian Reservation. His native heritage is a great
influence on his work, and Paul is
proud to carry on these traditions
through his artwork.
An Artist’s Introduction, p.9

Miye Nadya Tom, Ph.D., is mixedblood Pomo, an enrolled member of
the Walker River Paiute Tribe, and
third-generation Russian American.
She was raised as an active member
of the Native American community in
Los Angeles. In 2014, she received
her Ph.D. from the University of Coimbra in Portugal, where she studied
post-colonialisms and global citizenship. Miye has had a keen interest
in studying contemporary Europe to
better understand the prevailing

legacies of conquest, colonialism,
and empire from their origins.
Lineage, p. 12

Vincent Medina (Chochenyo Ohlone)
is a member of the News staff, as
well as an assistant curator at the
Mission Dolores in San Francisco and
a board member for the Advocates
for Indigenous California Language
Survival.
Beauty, Justice, and Coyote Trickery, p. 13

Paige Bardolph is an associate curator at the Autry Museum of the American West. She received her undergraduate degree in history from UC
Berkeley and her master’s degree in
museum studies from San Francisco
State University. She is passionate
about developing exhibition content
related to Native California and
environmental history.
The Life and Work of Mabel McKay, p. 20

Holli Jackson (Modoc; member of
the Klamath Tribes) is a writer, photographer, and videographer. He is
supporting these habits by working
as a medical social worker on the
Northern California coast. He and
his partner, Lorraine Taggart (Yurok),
enjoy working together to support
their interest in Native issues.
In Celebration of the River, p. 30

Ishmael Elias is an enrolled citizen
of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
He is an active member of the Native
American Journalism Association
(NAJA). He holds an M.F.A. in English
from Mills College, a B.A. in Journalism from The Ohio State University,
and a B.A. in Spanish from Wright
State University. He currently resides
in Dublin, California, and works as
a legal writer and human resources
consultant.
Review: American Indians and Route 66, p. 34

Cutcha Risling-Baldy, Ph.D. (Hupa/
Yurok/Karuk), is an assistant professor of Native American Studies at San