News From Native California - Spring 2015 Volume 28, Issue 3 | Page 4

contributors
Stephanie Lumsden (Hupa) is an
Adjunct Professor in Women and
Gender studies at Portland State University. In Our Languages, p.3

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Dugan Aguilar (Maidu/Northern Paiute/Achomawi) is an internationally
exhibited photographer. A retrospective of his work, She Sang Me a Good
Luck Song: The California Indian Photographs of Dugan Aguilar is due out
from Heyday in July 2015. Theresa
Harlan (Kewa) is a curator and writer
on Native American art, as well as an
HIV legislative policy specialist with
the California Department of Public
Health. Frank LaPena (Wintu-Nomtipom/Tenai) is an painter, sculptor,
printmaker, founder of the Maidu
Dancers and Traditionalists, and Professor Emeritus at California State
University, Sacramento.
Bear Dance, p. 4

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Norma Knight (Nomlaki/Maidu) is
a longtime Indian education activist and founding member of DQ University. Lois Davis (Maidu) is a basketweaver, activist, and educator.

Dolly Suehead (Miwok) is a retired
nurse and former councilperson for
the United Auburn Indian Community. Lavina Suehead (Miwok) is the
chairperson of the Colfax-Todds Valley Consolidated Tribe of Colfax Rancheria. Voices of Our Elders, p. 15
Monique Sonoquie (Chumash) is the
director of cultural programming at
Indigenous Youth Foundation and
author of the children’s book The
Beginning of the Chumash.
Up River Salmon Chowder, p. 21

Ron W. Goode (Mono) is the Tribal
Chairman of the North Fork Mono
Tribe, as well as a TEK and archeological consultant.
Tribal-Traditional Ecological Knowledge, p. 23

Ron Wermuth (Koso/Shoshone/
Kawaiisu) was the tribal and spiritual leader of the Kern Valley Indian
Community in Kernville, California.
Kish La Pierre is the Tribal Liaison
for Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas,
Nevada.
Rose Valley and the Bow and Arrow, p. 34

Voices of Our Elders, p. 15

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Wanda Rose Enos Batchelor
(Nisenan/Maidu/Washo) was the
first woman tribal leader of the
Washoe Tribe and works on language
revitalisation. Rose Enos (Nisenan/
Maidu/Washo) is a culture bearer
and dance captain for the Maidu
Dancers and Traditionalists.
Voices of Our Elders, p. 15

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Vincent Medina (Chochenyo Ohlone)
is a contributing editor to News and
author of the blog Being Ohlone in
the 21st Century.
Big Times/Little Times, p. 40