Dennis McKenna

Dennis McKenna

Slide content Slide content  “BioGnosis: Building Bridges Between Ancestral Wisdom and Science”  Dennis McKenna’s research has focused on the interdisciplinary study of Amazonian ethnopharmacology. He has conducted extensive ethnobotanical fieldwork...
Francine Douglas

Francine Douglas

Stó:lo from Sts’ailes Nation and Tsimshian from Metlakatla Nation, Francine values and upholds the cultural teachings she has learned from her Indigenous family. Francine’s desire to support First Nation families and communities through the impacts of colonialism,...
Crystal Dawn Silas, M.D

Crystal Dawn Silas, M.D

Crystal Dawn Silas, MD is a family and functional/integrative medicine woman, herbalist, writer, speaker, and world traveler who informs and empowers everywhere toward a healthier and more wholesome holistic life. She has enjoyed being in service to international...
Bruce Damer

Bruce Damer

Chief Scientist, BIOTA Institute and Associate Researcher, UC Santa Cruz Department of BiomolecularEngineering   To achieve breakthroughs in his work in science and technology Dr. Bruce Damer has long practiced astyle of visionary thought experiment. After...
Don Chabelo

Don Chabelo

 Jose? Isabel Gonza?lez de la Cruz, also known as Don Chabelo, is a Marakame of the Wixa?rrika Nation, hailing from Jalisco, Mexico. He is descended from a long, distinguished lineage of Marakate1, including his parents, aunt, uncle, and both his maternal and paternal...