We are joined by charlee huffman, Kaw Nation Citizen, poet, theologian, curriculum designer, and gentle soul, who speaks at the intersections of identity with a deep grounding wholeness. This is an important opportunity to open our minds and hearts and begin a conversation about indigenous solidarity.

charlee huffman, Kaw Nation Citizen. With an MFA from the City University of New York and an MDiv from Union Theological Seminary, she is a theologian with accolades for contributions to the exceptional poetry anthology The Ending Hasn’t Happened Yet, edited by Hannah Soyer, which highlights her work as a member of the neurodivergent and disabled writers community.

A child of diaspora, charlee taught Comparative Religion with a focus on religion and social justice for ten years at Hunter College in NYC before working as language director on a language revitalization grant for the Kaw Nation in Oklahoma for a year and a half. In partnership with Tai Edwards and Curtis Kekahbah, she designed land-based curriculum for The Sacred Red Rock Project for Kanza Heritage Society. She is currently serving as co-editor for the upcoming publication ShokhÍ: How Iⁿ‘zhúje‘waxóbe Came Home and the Rematriation of a Stolen Monument.