Keynote Speakers

Melanie Yazzie (Diné) is Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Macalester College. She specializes in Indigenous studies, feminist and queer theory, American Indian history, Diné studies, social and political theory, political ecology, social movements, and media and pop culture. She is coauthor of Red Nation Rising: From Bordertown Violence to Native Liberation and The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save the Earth, both of which came out in 2021. She co-hosts and produces the podcast Red Power Hour, which is sponsored by Red Media, a Native-led media organization she co-founded. She also does community organizing with The Red Nation, a grassroots Native-run organization she co-founded in 2014 that is committed to Indigenous liberation and decolonization.