KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Second Native American to Win an Olympic Gold Medal & Co-Founder of Running Strong for American Indian Youth

Executive Director of Honor the Earth

Tribal Attorney, Indigenous Rights Activist & Founder of Not Your Mascots

Cultural Speaker, Advocate for Culturally Responsive & Trauma Responsive Organizations

Native Author, Speaker, Storyteller

Writer, Scholar & Distinguished Professor of American Studies at the University of New Mexico

Indigenous Award-Winning Author of "Bitterroot: A Salish Memoir of Transracial Adoption"

Native American Actor & Stand-Up Comedian

Executive Director at Seeding Justice; Racial & Social Justice Activist

Former President & CEO of American Indian Higher Education Consortium

Cheyenne-Holdulgee Muscogee Activist, Poet, Writer, Lecturer & Curator

Founder & Executive Director of the Freedom Writers Foundation; Education Reform Advocate

Best-Selling Author, Former U.S. Air Force Officer & Enrolled Member of the Ottawa Tribe

The Storyteller of the Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho

Award-Winning Indigenous Actress & Activist

Indigenous Speaker, Consultant, Educator & Author

Actor, Author and Advocate; Founder, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research

Musician & Actor Known for "Dead Man," "Ghost Dog" & "Smoke Signals"

Investment Banker, Filmmaker, Owner & Founder of Red-Horse Native Productions

Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Author; Best Known for "The Color Purple"