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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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