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Greg Sarris

Greg Sarris is an award-winning author and tribal leader serving his fifteenth consecutive term as Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria. He received his Ph.D. in Modern Thought and Literature from Stanford University and has taught as a professor of Creative Writing and American and American Indian Literatures. His books include How a Mountain Was Made and Grand Avenue, which was adapted into an HBO miniseries. His new book Becoming Story is a kaleidoscopic narrative about his own life that considers the deep past, historical traumas, and possible futures of his homeland.

2022 Festival events
- Becoming Story, Writing the Land: Obi Kaufmann and Greg Sarris on California Dreaming (In-Person and Live Streamed)
2019 Festival events
- Rattlesnake Wins Hummingbird’s Heart: A Word for Word Performance
- The Once and Future Forest: The Mighty Redwood
- Straddling Worlds: Native Writers Reinvent Identity
- Digging Up The Roots: Transracial Adoptees Seek Truth
2018 Festival events
- Timeless Wisdom: Greg Sarris on Telling Tales and Native American Literary Tradition
- Murder and Survival: The Remarkable Story of Indian Rebirth in the Wake of Genocide
2017 Festival events
- Witness and Testimony: The Past and Present of Native America
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