Organizing Team

Aaron Hughes [US Army veteran]

Aaron Hughes
[US Army veteran]

Ronak K. Kapadia

Ronak K. Kapadia

Therese Quinn

Therese Quinn

Joseph Lefthand (Cheyenne-Arapaho, Taos, and Zuni tribes) [US Marine Corps veteran]

Joseph Lefthand (Cheyenne-Arapaho, Taos, and Zuni tribes)
[US Marine Corps veteran]

Meranda Roberts (Yerington Paiute)

Meranda Roberts (Yerington Paiute)

Amber Zora [US Army veteran]

Amber Zora
[US Army veteran]

Kevin Basl [US Army veteran]

Kevin Basl
[US Army veteran]

Rachel Dukes

Rachel Dukes

Zaynab Hilal

Zaynab Hilal

Becky Nasadowski

Becky Nasadowski

Yiran Zhang [Singapore military veteran]

Yiran Zhang
[Singapore military veteran]

Inmagela Rivas Abreu , Spanish Translation

Inmagela Rivas Abreu, Spanish Translation

Liliana Macias , Education Guide

Liliana Macias, Education Guide

Tracy Tojo , Label Writing

Tracy Tojo, Label Writing

Georgina Valverde , Spanish Translation

Georgina Valverde, Spanish Translation

NEH Veteran Fellows

Natasha Erskine

Natasha Erskine

Gina Herrera (Costa Rican and Tesuque Pueblo) [US Army veteran]

Gina Herrera (Costa Rican and Tesuque Pueblo)
[US Army veteran]

Monty Little (Diné) [US Marine Corps veteran]

Monty Little (Diné)
[US Marine Corps veteran]

Eric Perez [US Marine Corps veteran]

Eric Perez
[US Marine Corps veteran]

Gerald Sheffield [US Army veteran]

Gerald Sheffield
[US Army veteran]

Anthony Torres [US Army veteran]

Anthony Torres
[US Army veteran]

Featured Scholars & Experts

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Nick Estes (Lower Brule Sioux)

Nick Estes (Lower Brule Sioux)

Kelly Hayes (Menominee)

Kelly Hayes (Menominee)

Tom Jones (Ho-Chunk)

Tom Jones (Ho-Chunk)

Laleh Khalili

Laleh Khalili

Tiffany King

Tiffany King

Kyle T. Mays (Saginaw Chippewa)

Kyle T. Mays (Saginaw Chippewa)

Chris Pappan (Kaw, Osage, and Cheyenne River Sioux)

Chris Pappan (Kaw, Osage, and Cheyenne River Sioux)

Yvette Pino

Yvette Pino

Michael Rakowitz

Michael Rakowitz

Meranda Roberts (Yerington Paiute)

Meranda Roberts (Yerington Paiute)

Rijin Sahakian

Rijin Sahakian

Harsha Walia

Harsha Walia

Jason Wesaw (Potawatomi)

Jason Wesaw (Potawatomi)

Artists & Performers

Bassim Al-Shaker

Bassim Al-Shaker

Hipólito Arriaga [US Marine Corps veteran]

Hipólito Arriaga
[US Marine Corps veteran]

Andrea Assaf

Andrea Assaf

Dorothy Burge

Dorothy Burge

Miridith Campbell (Kiowa) [US Marine Corps veteran]

Miridith Campbell (Kiowa)
[US Marine Corps veteran]

June Carpenter (Osage/Shawnee)

June Carpenter (Osage/Shawnee)

Brittney Chantele [US Army veteran]

Brittney Chantele
[US Army veteran]

Mahwish Chishty

Mahwish Chishty

Elexa Dawson (Citizen Potawatomi Nation)

Elexa Dawson (Citizen Potawatomi Nation)

Jose deVera [US Marine Corps veteran]

Jose deVera
[US Marine Corps veteran]

Melissa Doud (Ojibwe) [US Army veteran]

Melissa Doud (Ojibwe)
[US Army veteran]

Sabba Elahi

Sabba Elahi

Rodney Ewing [US Army veteran]

Rodney Ewing
[US Army veteran]

Ali Eyal

Ali Eyal

Darrell Wayne Fair [US Marine Corps veteran]

Darrell Wayne Fair
[US Marine Corps veteran]

Eddie Falcón [US Air Force veteran]

Eddie Falcón [US Air Force veteran]

Sarah Farahat

Sarah Farahat

Brian Frejo (Pawnee Nation/Seminole Nation of Oklahoma)

Brian Frejo (Pawnee Nation/Seminole Nation of Oklahoma)

Chitra Ganesh

Chitra Ganesh

Mariam Ghani

Mariam Ghani

Frederick Gokliz (San Carlos Apache) [US Army veteran]

Frederick Gokliz (San Carlos Apache)
[US Army veteran]

GOODW.Y.N. [US Army veteran]

GOODW.Y.N.
[US Army veteran]

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne and Arapaho Nation)

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (Cheyenne and Arapaho Nation)

Gina Herrera (Costa Rican and Tesuque Pueblo) [US Army veteran]

Gina Herrera (Costa Rican and Tesuque Pueblo)
[US Army veteran]

Tom Jones (Ho-Chunk)

Tom Jones (Ho-Chunk)

Rajkamal Kahlon

Rajkamal Kahlon

Ruth Kaneko (Kanaka Wahine) [US Army veteran]

Ruth Kaneko (Kanaka Wahine)
[US Army veteran]

Gilbert Kills Pretty Enemy III (Standing Rock Sioux)

Gilbert Kills Pretty Enemy III (Standing Rock Sioux)

Erika R. Land [US Army veteran]

Erika R. Land
[US Army veteran]

Terran Last Gun (Piikani)

Terran Last Gun (Piikani)

Joseph Lefthand (Cheyenne-Arapaho, Taos, and Zuni tribes) [US Marine Corps veteran]

Joseph Lefthand (Cheyenne-Arapaho, Taos, and Zuni tribes)
[US Marine Corps veteran]

Monty Little (Diné) [US Marine Corps veteran]

Monty Little (Diné)
[US Marine Corps veteran]

Hanaa Malallah

Hanaa Malallah

Dunya Mikhail

Dunya Mikhail

Hector René Membreño-Canales [US Army veteran]

Hector René Membreño-Canales
[US Army veteran]

James Pakootas (Confederate Tribes of Colville)

James Pakootas (Confederate Tribes of Colville)

Chris Pappan (Kaw/Osage, Lakota)

Chris Pappan (Kaw/Osage, Lakota)

Eric Perez [US Marine Corps veteran]

Eric Perez
[US Marine Corps veteran]

Yvette Pino [US Army veteran]

Yvette Pino
[US Army veteran]

Michael Rakowitz

Michael Rakowitz

Gregory Rick [US Army veteran]

Gregory Rick [US Army veteran]

Joseph Running Crane (Blackfeet)

Joseph Running Crane (Blackfeet)

Sada

Sada

Gerald Sheffield [US Army veteran]

Gerald Sheffield
[US Army veteran]

Carlos Sirah [US Army veteran]

Carlos Sirah
[US Army veteran]

Hussein Smko

Hussein Smko

Starla Thompson (Potawatomi)

Starla Thompson (Potawatomi)

Angela Waller [US Army veteran]

Angela Waller [US Army veteran]

Dwayne Wilcox (Oglala Lakota) [US Air Force veteran]

Dwayne Wilcox (Oglala Lakota)
[US Air Force veteran]

Yiran Zhang [Singapore military veteran]

Yiran Zhang
[Singapore military veteran]

Contributing UIC Graduate Students

Inmagela Rivas Abreu, Billy Borstell, Spencer Harrison, Zaynab Hilal, Andrew Kracinski, Liliana Macias, Alexa Marines, Tracy Tojo, and Hun Xue