Kerri J. Malloy is an assistant professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies at San Jose State University, where he specializes in Indigenous studies and genocide. He is enrolled Yurok and is of Karuk descent.

Sean Sherman is a chef born and raised in Pine Ridge, S.D., and a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe. His primary focus is the revitalization and evolution of Indigenous foods systems throughout North America. In 2014, he opened The Sioux Chef, a business providing catering and food education in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul area.

Dr. Donald Warne serves as the associate dean of diversity equity and inclusion and director of the department of Indigenous health at the University of North Dakota. He leads the Indians Into Medicine (INMED) and masters in public health program as well as one of the world’s first doctoral programs in Indigenous health.

Randall Akee is an associate professor in the Department of Public Policy and American Indian Studies at UCLA.

Mary Kathryn Nagle is an enrolled citizen of the Cherokee Nation and attorney who specializes in tribal sovereignty and Indigenous people’s rights and safety.

Michaela Madrid is the program manager of tribal governance at the Native Governance Center, a Native-led nonprofit that supports the sovereignty and governance of Native nations.

Kim Tallbear-Dauphine is an associate professor of Native studies at the University of Alberta in Canada.

Dina Gilio-Whitaker is policy director and senior researcher at the Center for World Indigenous Studies.

Dennis Smith is an associate professor of history and director of Native American studies at the University of Nebraska, Omaha.

Manley Begay is a professor in the Applied Indigenous Studies department and the department of politics and international affairs at the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Northern Arizona University.

Patty Loew is a journalism professor and director of the Center for Native American and Indigenous Research at Northwestern University.