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Malcolm Margolin is publisher emeritus of Heyday , an independent nonprofit publisher and unique cultural institution , which he founded in 1974 . Malcolm is author of several books , including The Ohlone Way : Indian Life in the San Francisco – Monterey Bay Area , named by the San Francisco Chronicle as one of the hundred most important books of the twentieth century by a western writer . He has received dozens of prestigious awards . Malcolm , along with Vera Mae Frederickson and David Peri ( Pomo ), founded and started publishing News from Native California in 1987 .
Reflections on the Founding of News from Native California , p . 8
Cutcha Risling Baldy ( Hupa / Yurok / Karuk ) is an assistant professor of Native American Studies at Humboldt State University . Her research focuses on gender , California Indians , and decolonization . She is the author of a popular blog that explores issues of social justice , history , and California Indian politics and culture at www . cutcharislingbaldy . com / blog .
Water Is Life , p . 12
River Garza is from the Tongva Nation and a member of the Ti ’ at Society . He is originally from Gardena and is in his fourth year at Cal Poly Pomona , majoring in Ethnic and Women ’ s Studies . He is an avid reader as well as a social and community activist . He is interested in attending graduate school in the near future would like to someday become a university professor .
An Artist Introduction , p . 16
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 Dancing Dead , p . 19
Terria Smith ( Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla ) is the editor of News from Native California and runs Native California events and publishing at Heyday .
Helping Women Heal , p . 23 ; One Hundred and Ten Years of Schoolhouse Days , p . 57
Pat Murkland is an Inland Southern California writer , editor , and artist who also serves as the editor of Ushkana Press , the publishing arm of the nonprofit Dorothy Ramon Learning Center .
“ Quiet Your Heart ,” p . 28
Michelle L . LaPena ( Pit River ) is a mother of three and Indian law attorney . She has lectured at primary , secondary , and university levels and published a number essays , nonfiction , and law review articles on topics related to California Indians and federal Indian law . She received her B . A . in 1993 and her J . D . in 1998 , both from the University of California , Davis . She is currently completing her M . F . A . in creative writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts and is a recipient of the 2015 Truman Capote Creative Writing Fellowship and the American Indian College Fund ’ s Full Circle Scholarship .
Water and Oil , p . 30
Beverly R . Ortiz , Ph . D ., is a cultural services coordinator for East Bay Regional Park District , ethnographic consultant , and freelance writer living in the East Bay .
Looking Back , p . 34
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