Greg Sarris
Greg Sarris is Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, the tribe formerly known as Federated Coast Miwok. Author and editor of several acclaimed books including Keeping Slug Woman Alive: A Holistic Approach to American Indian Texts (1993); Grand Avenue (1994); and Watermelon Nights (1999); Greg holds the Graton Rancheria Endowed Chair in Writing and Native American Studies at Sonoma State University. He lives in Sonoma County.
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She was my great-great-grandfather’s mother and the last native of Petaluma: not the city we know today, but the ancient Coast Miwok village of the same name.