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Contributor Biographies

Purple Flower

Bradley Powless Dehowähda·dih - Onondaga Eel Clan member. Retired K-8 special education, regular educator, and culture teacher at the Onondaga Nation School. Graduate of Nazareth College and PennState University.

Margaret Kanatiiosta LaFrance - Kanien’keha:ka Wolf Clan member, Akwesasne. Kanien’keha:ka Language Teacher and Reading Interventionist at Salmon River Elementary School. Graduate of the University of Ottawa and the State University of New York at Potsdam.

Jennifer Risko - Social Studies 7-12 Educator. School Improvement Specialist for Questar III BOCES. Graduate of the University at Albany and the College of St. Rose.