Cara Jade Myers (Kiowa/Wichita) is a Native American writer living in Los Angeles, CA. In 2019 she was a fellow in the 4th Annual Native American TV Writers Program where she developed a TV pilot from pitch to 3rd draft. That same year, she was a semi-finalist in the ABC/Disney writers’ program. In early 2020… Read more »
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Matthew Rochester
Matthew Rochester is a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Born and raised in the Smokies, he grew up playing in the forest, using his vivid imagination to escape a rough family life. Leaving home at eighteen, Matthew obtained a Bachelor’s in Film & Creative Writing. While obtaining his degree, he temporarily studied… Read more »
MorningStar Angeline
MorningStar Angeline, born as MorningStar Angeline Wilson-Chippewa, was born in Santa Fe, NM, to Rita Rose Wilson and Ethan Shawn Chippewa. She was later adopted by Daniel Harold Freeland and was raised in Gallup, NM. She is Navajo, Chippewa Cree, Blackfoot, and Latinx. Angeline began acting in theatre as a child and continued studying acting… Read more »
Randi LeClair
Randi LeClair (Pawnee Nation) graduated from Oklahoma State University with a BA in English (Creative Writing) and a Master of Professional Writing (MPW) from the University of Oklahoma. She received two Sundance Institute fellowships in 2010 and 2015, one for screenwriting and the other for film production. Her short film, Rariihuuru, aka The Letter, about… Read more »
Scott Pewenofkit
Writer/Director Scott Pewenofkit is a member of the Kiowa tribe of Oklahoma. In 2015 he graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor’s degree in Film. In 2018 he earned his M.A. in Media Studies from The New School, after which he made three very personal short films touching on themes of memory and… Read more »
DeAnna Autumn Leaf Suazo – 2020 Featured Artist
DeAnna Autumn Leaf Suazo (Taos Pueblo & Diné) DeAnna Autumn Leaf Suazo is a Taos Pueblo and Diné contemporary 2D artist. She grew up on the tribal lands of Taos Pueblo, New Mexico. Today, DeAnna is attending the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she is studying studio arts with… Read more »
Cari Daly
Cari Daly is the grandchild of Irish gangsters, Canadian Mennonites and Southern orphans. She grew up in the Washington, DC suburbs, escaped to NYC, and currently lives in South Central LA. While in New York, Cari received her BFA at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, then relocated to the west coast, where she earned… Read more »
Brian Vallie
Born and raised on the Crow reservation in Montana, Brian grew up floating the river, hunting, exploring, jumping off cliffs and blasting Korn in his parents basement. After getting cut from the basketball team two years in a row, Brian took a direction that would ultimately change his life. Running every day for nearly two… Read more »
Kaherawaks Thompson
Kaherawaks Thompson was born and raised on Kawehnoke, an island on the St. Lawrence River in the northernmost territory of Akwesasne. An alum of the Sundance Institute Native programs, Kaherawaks workshopped her short screenplay, Tehokkenhén:tons (“Close to Death”), during the 2010 Native Lab. In August 2012, a short film was produced from the workshopped story,… Read more »
Brian Ramian
Brian began his career in Los Angeles as an actor in the late 1990’s working both in TV and independent film. He spent several years honing his skills as a storyteller while understanding character psychology before deciding to follow a deeper calling to create story rather than just play in it. Best Punching Bags for… Read more »