Columnists Bios
By
Jeff Goettel
Story Published:
Sep 12, 2008
Story Updated:
Oct 3, 2008
Kara Briggs
Kara Briggs, Yakama and Snohomish, is a journalist. She edited the 2007 book, "Shoot the Indian: Media, Misperception and Native Truth." She lives at the Tulalip Tribes reservation in Washington State. She can be reached at briggskm@gmail.com.
Steven Newcomb
Steven Newcomb, Shawnee/Lenape, is indigenous law research coordinator in the education department of the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation in San Diego County, co-founder and co-director of the Indigenous Law Institute, and author of ''Pagans in the Promise Land: Decoding the Doctrine of Christian Discovery'' (Fulcrum Publishing, 2008). He lives in San Diego and can be reached at snewcomb@sycuan.org.
Steve Russell
Steve Russell, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, is a Texas trial court judge by assignment and an associate professor of criminal justice at Indiana University. He is a columnist for Indian Country Today. He lives in Bloomington and can be reached at swrussel@indiana.edu.
Charles Trimble
Charles E. Trimble, Oglala Lakota, was principal founder of the American Indian Press Association in 1970, and was executive director of the National Congress of American Indians from 1972-1978. He is retired and resides in Omaha with his wife. He can be reached at cchuktrim@aol.com.
Kevin J. White
Kevin J. White, Ph.D., Akwesasne Mohawk, is an assistant professor at SUNY Oswego in the Native American and American Studies programs. He has been involved since 1999 with the late John C. Mohawk’s Pinewoods Community Farming Inc. Iroquois White Corn Project. He can be reached at kwhite3@oswego.edu.
