Greg Sarris is an enrolled member of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and is currently serving his seventeenth consecutive elected term as chairman of the tribe. He is the author of several books, including the novel
Grand Avenue, which he adapted for an HBO miniseries and co-executive produced with Robert Redford; the novel
Watermelon Nights;
Weaving the Dream, a biography of Mabel McKay;
Becoming Story, a memoir; and the story collections
How a Mountain Was Made and
The Forgetters. His latest book is
The Last Human Bear. Formerly a full professor of English at UCLA, Sarris serves on the University of California Board of Regents and the Sundance Institute Board, and he holds the Distinguished Emeritus Graton Endowed Chair in Native American Studies at Sonoma State University. He lives in Sonoma County, California. (Photo by Beowulf Sheehan)
