Daniel Cardenas is a Consultant currently operating Shasta Advisors, a tribal economic development, advocacy, public relations, and governmental relations firm based in Riverton, WY. He is also a Principal in an Infrastructure Merchant Bank, Yavapai Regional Capital, based in Scottsdale, AZ. Daniel is a member of the Pit River Tribe of California and served onContinue reading “Daniel C. Cardenas Jr.”
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Carson Bruno
Carson Bruno is an Assistant Dean for Admission and Program Relations at Pepperdine University’s School of Public Policy and a former research fellow at the Hoover Institution. He primarily studies California public policy, electoral politics, and public opinion, with a focus on the future of the California Republican Party. Carson also explores domestic economic policy,Continue reading “Carson Bruno”
Nathaniel Stewart
Annie Ireland
Annie Ireland is a former Research and Outreach Associate at PERC. She graduated from Colorado College with a B. A. in Political Science, where she was honored to receive the Edith Bramhall Award for outstanding scholarship in the department. Annie got her feet wet at PERC when she attended the student colloquium and worked asContinue reading “Annie Ireland”
Bill Varettoni
Bill Varettoni is the Community Founder, President, and Financial Planner at Community Ladders. At the tender age of 11, Bill was bitten by the entrepreneurship bug. Shopping around a liability release he obtained from his parents, he began a lawn and landscaping business that lasted through his first year of college. He employed both ofContinue reading “Bill Varettoni”
Te Maire Tau
Te Maire Tau is director of the Ngāi Tahu Research Centre and professor at the University of Canterbury. As a historian on oral traditions, tribal genealogies, and indigenous knowledge systems, Tau served as an expert witness for the settlement of Ngāi Tahu’s Treaty of Waitangi claim. He has published widely on oral traditions and theContinue reading “Te Maire Tau”
Chief Shane Gottfriedson
Shane Gottfriedson is the Chief of the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc in Canada and Chair of the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council.
Richard Wright
Richard Wright is a freelance writer in Toronto, Canada, formerly a current affairs television producer for CBC, Canada’s national broadcaster. His stories have appeared in top ranked newspapers and magazines, and have garnered many awards, including an Amnesty International award for social justice reporting in 2010 for “A National Disgrace,” a story about First NationsContinue reading “Richard Wright”
Justin B. Richland
Justin B. Richland is an associate professor of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. Richland is the author of several works on the contemporary legal systems and practices of Native American Nations, including Arguing with Tradition: The Language of Law in Hopi Tribal Court and Introduction to Tribal Legal Studies. He earned his PhD inContinue reading “Justin B. Richland”