The Board of Advisors reviews each script and identifies any instances of inaccuracy or insensitivity to Native cultures. The present members are:

• Aquene Azania (Choctaw), bilingual teacher.
• Lorri Carrico (EastMain/Free Cree), PhD student in linguistic anthropology.
• Todd Tamanend Clark (Onodowaga/Lenape), poet, musician, and cultural historian.
• Cassandra "Sandy" Frost (Athabascan), newspaper editor and e-journalist.
• Vicki Lockard (Choctaw/Nansemond), editor/publisher of Canku Ota.
• Casper Lomayesva (Hopi/Diné), reggae musician.
• Lindbergh Namingha (Hopi), former president, Native American Association of Germany.
• Mel Rasmussen (Anishinabe), writer and activist.
• Victor Rocha (Pechanga), Web publisher, PECHANGA.net.
• Steve Russell (Cherokee), Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Indiana University at Bloomington.
• Jeffrey Sanders, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, Political Science, and Native American Studies, Montana State University-Billings.
• Firehair Shining Spirit aka Sheila Spencer Stover (Delaware/Minisink Band/Turtle Clan), genealogist and teacher.
• Anne Thundercloud (Ho-Chunk), journalist.
• Jim Windwalker (Cherokee), Chief Investigator for the First Nations Commission on Civil Rights.

Unofficial Native advisors:

Simahoyo aka Linde Knighton (Creek), writer.
Valena Broussard Dismukes (African/Choctaw), photojournalist.

More information
What volunteering for the Board of Advisors entails

Advisors' comments on PEACE PARTY
Sandy Frost
Casper Lomayesva
Victor Rocha
Canku Ota review
Anne Thundercloud
Steve Russell

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