Ralph Salisbury, Professor Emeritus of the University of Oregon, is the author of two books of short fiction and seven books of poetry, the most recent of which, Rainbows of Stone (University of Arizona Press), was chosen by Maxine Kumin as a finalist in the Oregon Book Awards. Other poetry titles include A White Rainbow, Poems of a Cherokee Heritage; Going to the Water; Spirit Beast Chant; Pointing at the Rainbow; Ghost Grapefruit and Other Poems; and Poesie Da Un Retaggio Cherokee (Multimedia Edizioni, Salerno, Italy). His short fiction titles include One Indian and Two Chiefs (Navajo C. College Press) and The Last Rattlesnake Throw (University of Oklahoma Press) . . .

Margaret Sam Cromarty of Chisasibi believes in sharing her culture with others and does so in different ways. Margaret is an accomplished speaker and has taken to writing poetry to share her culture as well as to communicate with her respected elders.

Margaret has conducted workshops and speaking engagements reciting her poetry and educating students and the public about the Cree Nation, Cree culture and philosophies as well as Cree lifestyle. She has been doing so for many years in different educational institutions in both Canada and the United States . . .

Carol Lee Sanchez is a poet, visual artist, essayist, teacher and mother of three adult children. She is a native of New Mexico and her cultural heritage is mostly Laguna Pueblo and Lebanese-American. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Art Administration from San Francisco State University in 1978. From 1976-85, Sanchez was a member of the San Francisco State University faculty. After a brief stay in Central California (1986-89) she relocated to Central Missouri and has taught at the University of Missouri-Columbia, State Fair Community College, Sedalia, MO and Whiteman Air Force Base, Knob Noster, MO. Currently she writes and paints in a two-story Victorian Farmhouse, east of Hughesville in Pettis County, Missouri.

As a poet and lecturer, Carol Lee was invited as a Native American cultural specialist, author & visual artist by the Art America Division of the United States Information Agency (USIA) to speak at various seminars on Native American culture held in Germany and Latvia (Fall 1993). She has given numerous Poetry readings throughout the United States and in several cities in Europe. She has also appeared on the PBS Television network reading her poetry. A Past Executive Director of the California Poets In The Schools Program (1976-78), she received her training and appointment as a Master Poet Teacher while serving as Bay Area Coordinator of the Program (1974-76). Sanchez continues to conduct Poetry Workshops in the schools . . .

Juanita Sanchez, coauthor of Taking Care of Sibo’s Gifts: An Environmental Treatise from Costa Rica's KekoLdi Indigenous Reserve, and Gloria Mayorga Balma run an Iguana Farm.  Juanita Sanchez and other members of the Kekoldi tribe in Costa Rica have been raising iguanas on a farm near the Caribbean coast for 15 years.

Joe S. Sando was born in 1923 into the Sun Clan at Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico. Sando received his education at Eastern New Mexico University and Vanderbilt. His career includes teaching Pueblo History at the University of New Mexico and Ethnohistory at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Sante Fe. Currently, Sando is Director of Archives, Pueblo Indian Study and Research Center, at the Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque. He also serves as consultant to the National Museum of Indian History in Washington, D.C.

Greg Sarris is a college professor, author, screenwriter, and current Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. He was chosen in 2005 to fill the Endowed Chair in Native American Studies at Sonoma State University. The Chair was endowed by his tribe. He was formerly the Fletcher Jones Professor of Creative Writing and Literature at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles; and a full professor at UCLA for ten years. Sarris was born in 1952 in Santa Rosa, California. His mother was an unmarried, 16-year-old white Jewish girl from Laguna Beach, in southern California. She died a few days after his birth, he says from a mismatched blood transfusion. He was adopted by a local couple, George and Mary Sarris . . .

Cheryl Savageau is the author of Home Country. She has been awarded fellowships in poetry by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Massachusetts Artists Foundation. Her poetry has been anthologized in An Ear to the Ground, Reinventing the Enemy's Language, and Two Worlds Walking, and has appeared in several literary journals. She works as a writerin-the-schools and as a storyteller. She lives in Worcester, Massachusetts, with her husband and son.

Gregory Scofield, poet, playwright, teacher, social worker (b at Maple Ridge, BC 20 July 1966). A MÉTIS of Cree, Scottish, English, French, and Jewish descent, Gregory Scofield was raised by his mother, an aunt, and in several foster homes in northern Manitoba, northern Saskatchewan, and the Yukon. A former outreach worker dealing with street youth in Vancouver, Gregory Scofield has taught First Nations and Métis Literature at Brandon University and the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, and has served as writer-in-residence at Memorial University. Much of Scofield's writing is an examination of his own life and that of his Native heritage . . .

1920-1983.  Murdo Scribe's book entitled Murdo's Story is a favorite of children's literature. In 1985, Murdo's Story was honored by the Canada Council with a Governor-General's Award for Children's Literature.

Born in 1941, Vickie L. Sears is a writer, storyteller, and psychotherapist. Currently, she resides in Seattle.