Current Members
(partial list)

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Trelasa Baratta

Middletown Band of Pomo Indians

Graduate Student,
Sonoma State University

William Bauer

Wailacki/Konkow Round Valley
Indian Tribes
​
Professor,
​University of Nevada Las Vegas

Stephanie Beaver-Guzman

Hupa/Yurok,
​Hoopa Valley Tribe
​
Graduate Student, Lecturer,
​Colombia College and California State University Stanislaus 

Kayla Begay

Hupa/Karuk/
​Yurok, Hoopa Valley Tribe
​
Assistant Professor, Cal Poly Humboldt

Anthony Burris

Ione Band of
​Miwok Indians
​
Graduate Student, University of California Davis

Val Chacon

Pechanga Band of Indians
​
Graduate Student, University of California Riverside

Olivia Chilcote

San Luis Rey Band of Mission Indians
​
Assistant Professor, San Diego State University

Wallace Cleaves

Tongva
​
Associate Professor
​of Teaching,
​University of California Riverside

Sarah Biscarra Dilley 

yaktitʸutitʸu yaktiłhini

Director of Indigenous Programs and Relationality at Forge Project

Carlie Domingues

Chumash
​
Graduate Student,
​University of California Davis

Maya Esquivido

Vanessa Esquivido-Hernandez

Nor Rel Muk Wintu
​
Assistant Professor, Seattle Central Community College
​

Nor Rel Muk Wintu
​
Education Director, Sacramento City College

Donna Fernandez

Southeastern Pomo/
Elem
​
Piner High School

Silver Galleto

Southern Pomo/
Coast Miwok
​
Graduate Student,
​Cal Poly Humboldt

Blythe George

Yurok Tribe
​
Assistant Professor, University of California Merced 

Gina Gradias

Barbareño Chumash

 Affordable Tribal Housing Program Manager, California Coalition for Rural Housing

Theresa Gregor

Siraye Herron

Iipay/Yoéme
​
Assistant Professor, CSU Long Beach
​(aka Puvungna)

Shasta

​Graduate Student, Visual Studies department, University of Oklahoma

Caitlin "Katie" Keliiaa

Yerington Paiute/
​Washoe
​
Associate Professor, University of California Santa Cruz

Lori Laiwa Thomas

Hopland Band of Pomo Indians
​
Professor,
Mendocino College

Deserea Langley

Susanville Indian Rancheria
​
Assistant Professor, California State University Chico 

Kishan
​Lara-Cooper

Yurok/Hupa/
​Karuk
​
 Professor,
Cal Poly Humboldt

Melissa Leal

Nikki Lim

Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen Nation
​
Assistant Professor,
Sierra College

Pomo/Miwok
​
Lecturer,
UC Berkeley, CSUSM

Stephanie Lumsden

Hupa
​
Assistant Professor, University of California Davis

Will Madrigal

Cahuilla/
Payomkawichum
​
Cultural Educator/
​Practitioner, University of California Riverside

Josh Martinez

Chumash

Professor, American River College
​

Sonia Maxson

Pechanga Band of Indians
​
Language Revitalization Specialist Chammakilawish Pechanga Schools 

Shelbi Meisser

Luiseño & Cupeño

Assistant Professor, University of Maryland 

Mark
​Minch-de Leon

Susanville Indian Rancheria
​
Assistant Professor, University of California Riverside

Deborah Miranda

Ohlone/Costanoan Esselen Nation/
Santa Ynez Chumash
​
Emeritus Professor
​of English,
Washington and Lee University

Brittani Orona

Hoopa Valley Tribe

Assistant Professor, University of California Davis
​

Alikoi Parra 

Chumash

Undergraduate Student, UC Riverside

Shaina Philpot

Hopland Band of Pomo

Director of the Native American Student Support and Success Program, Cosumnes River College

Heather Ponchetti Daly

Iipay Nation of
​Santa Ysabel
​
Assistant Professor, University of California San Diego

Joely Proudfit

Luiseño/
Payómkawichum
​
Professor,
California State University San Marcos

Sasheen Raymond

Hupa/Yurok/Karuk
​
Graduate Student,
Pepperdine University

Annette Reed

Tolowa Dee-ni' Nation
​
Professor,
California State University Sacramento

Kaitlin Reed

Yurok/Hupa/Oneida
Yurok Tribe​
​
Assistant Professor,
Cal Poly Humboldt

Cutcha Risling Baldy

Hupa/Karuk/Yurok
Hoopa Valley Tribe​
​
Associate Professor,
Cal Poly Humboldt

Charles
​Sepulveda

Tongva/
Acjachemen
​
Assistant Professor,
University of Utah

Alexii Sigona

Lina Tejeda

Amah Mutsun
Tribal Band​

Graduate Student, University of California Berkeley

Pomo
​
Graduate Student, California State University
​San Bernardino

Gabrielle Velazquez

North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians of California

Graduate Student, California State University
​San Bernardino

Rose Soza
​War Soldier

Mountain Maidu
​Cahuilla/Luiseño

Assistant Professor, California State University Sacramento

Kathleen Whiteley

Wiyot Descent

Assistant Professor, University of California Davis