News From Native California - Winter 2015-16 Volume 29, Issue 2 | Page 4

contributors Vincent Medina (Chochenyo Ohlone) is a member of the News staff, an assistant curator at Mission Dolores in San Francisco, and a board member for the Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival. A Word with Chiitaanibah Johnson, p. 4 8 Annelia Hillman (Yurok), is an artist and mentor who lives in Karuk territory. She received her B.F.A. from the University of Oregon, where she received the Jan Bach Memorial Award. The Sermon at ‘O’rekw 2015, p. 8 Terria Smith (Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla) is the editor of News From Native California and runs Native California events and publishing at Heyday. Kumeyaay Community College, p. 9; A Tribute to Morongo’s Indian Cowboy Heritage, p. 14 17 River Garza (Tongva) is in his fourth year at Cal Poly Pomona, majoring in Ethnic and Women’s Studies. He is interested in graduate school in the near future and would like to become a university professor. Weaving through the College Experience, p. 17 29 Samuel White Swan-Perkins (TsaLaGi (Southern Band)/Siksika/ German/English) was a resident of the Bay Area for several years and currently resides in Chico. A member of the Kiowa Dance Society and a TsaLaGi Stomp Dancer, he is honored to be a featured writer for News From Native California. Nisenan Heritage Day 2015, p. 11 Terra Trevor, a freelance writer, lives in Santa Barbara. Tomol Evening, p. 22 37 Carolyn Dunn (Creek/Cherokee/Biloxi /Choctaw) is a poet and playwright who was born in Los Angeles. She isn’t a California Indian but an Indian from California. A graduate of Humboldt State (B.A.), UCLA (M.A.), and USC (Ph.D.), she now lives in Ojibwe Country in Michigan. Retelling Our Histories, Imprinting Our Futures, p. 29 2 Linda Yamane (Rumsen Ohlone) is an artist, author, basketweaver, and culture bearer who lives in Monterey. Grizzly Bear Eats the Moon, p. 37 Lucille Girado-Hicks (Kawaiisu elder) is one of two fluent speakers of the Kawaiisu language. She was born in Twin Oaks and raised in the beautiful Paiute Mountains about thirty miles east of Bakersfield. In Our Languages, p. 3 Meagan Baldy (Hupa) is married with four children; her life’s passion is to promote food sustainability in the Hoopa community. She manages the community garden, teaches people how to cook local foods, and, as a Master Food Preserver, teaches the techniques of food preservation. Cooking Healthy in Indian Country is a project of the Hoopa Valley Tribe that helps educate Native people on prepping and cooking food. K’iłixun Mitsing Stew, p. 13 Ishmael Elias (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma) 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 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: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, p. 20 Ruth Nolan, M.F.A., M.A., is Professor of English, Creative Writing, and Native American Literature at College of the Desert in Palm Desert. She is editor of No Place for a Puritan: the Literature of California’s Deserts (Heyday, 2009), a writer/blogger for KCET Artbound Los Angeles and many more publications. She may be reached at [email protected]. Review: A Chemehuevi Song, p. 21 ▼ NE WS F ROM N AT IV E C ALIFO RNI A NNC_W1516_interior_tl.indd 2 1/4/16 11:14 AM