Phill Allen received his BS (with a minor in Public Law) and MA degrees in History, from the University of Idaho, and is now working on his PhD at Washington State University.  Phill has taught high school-level courses in Math, English, American Government, and U.S. History for the University of Idaho’s Upward Bound Program.  He has also taught at Lewis-Clark State College.  Currently, he holds a full-time faculty position as Assistant Nez Perce Site Manager for Northwest Indian College and a part-time position as adjunct faculty for North Idaho College.  History, North American History, Philosophy and Native American Studies are just some of the courses he has taught.  Phill has been an Americorps volunteer, serving as Director of the Nez Perce Salmon Corps, and has been an Assistant Technician for Nez Perce Tribal Fisheries.  He has been Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Nez Perce Tribe Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Committee (1999-2004), a member of the Clearwater/Snake Bicentennial Committee (1999-present), a member of the Lewis & Clark Symposium Planning Committee and a Teacher Workshop instructor (1999-present).  Phill’s goals include completing and publishing 2 books, assisting the Nez Perce Tribe in creating their own tribal college, and continuing to travel and live the pow-wow way of life – dancing, drumming and singing.

Garry Bush has taught for over 35 years in the public school system of Idaho, Washington, California and Oregon.  From Kindergarten to graduate university students, Garry has touched the lives of thousands with his unique teaching style.  Degrees in Geography, History and Photography plus extensive Theatre background enhance Garry’s tour guide and interpretation skills.  Trained as a Teacher Consultant by the National Geographic Society, he has impacted geographic teaching throughout his home state of Idaho and allowed him to present innovative teaching techniques nationally and internationally.  Garry in 2004 completed the National Park Service’s Camp of Instruction at Fort Clatsop and is certified as a First-Person Living History Presenter.

Garry has presented Toussaint Charbonneau and Jean Baptiste “Pomp” Charbonneau along the Missouri River from Fort Mandan to the Rocky Mtns., across the Lolo Trail, down the Snake and Columbia Rivers to Fort Clatsop.   From large theaters and the National Park Service’s Tent of Many Voices, to “one on one” presentations in front of all age groups, the "Charbonneau family” has been well represented along the Lewis & Clark Trail.  Acclaimed as one of the best “first person interperters” in the nation, Garry brings history alive for his audiences.

Solo Greene is an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe and lives in Lapwai, Idaho, on the Nez Perce Indian Reservation.  He is the Education Specialist for the Tribe’s Environmental Restoration & Waste Management Program.  Solo played baseball for the Lewis-Clark State College (LCSC) Warriors and was on the 1990 World Series NAIA National Championship Team.  Having graduated with honors from LCSC and receiving a degree in Kinesiology and a minor in Psychology, Solo recently received a University of Idaho Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership.  Solo travels throughout the United States and presents to local, regional and national audiences on various topics including Native Americans, Nez Perce history and culture, education and multi-cultural education, the environment, and achieving success, health and wellness.

Bill Hayne, an Assiniboine/Sioux from Fort Peck, Montana, was born and raised on the Nez Perce and Shoshone/Bannock Reservations in Idaho.  He attended schools in southern Idaho and graduated from Blackfoot High School.   Following high school Bill pursued a blend of athletic and academic experiences in college, which earned him All American Honors in baseball and a BS degree in psychology from Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho.  He received his Master's degree in Health from Central Washington University where his focus was on Wellness and Resiliency in American Indians.                

Over the past 22 years, Bill has served in the education field in a variety of capacities, with an emphasis upon Indian education.  For seven years he was the Multicultural Student Services Director and head baseball coach for Green River Community College in Auburn, Washington.  Following Green River, Bill served as Principal for a K-8th grade tribal school for the Lummi Indian Nation in Bellingham, Washington, where he and his staff redesigned the curriculum, built a new school campus, and developed several youth and school/community leadership teams.  Bill spent over three years with the Western Center for Drug-Free Schools and Communities in Portland, Oregon as a consultant working with organizations and programs in efforts to promote wellness and prevention programs targeting substance abuse and violence.  While with the Western Center, he wrote a publication called An Eagle's View: Sharing Successful American Indian/Alaska Native AOD Prevention Programs, which highlighted programs from across the country.  Currently Bill is a faculty member in the Division of Education for Lewis-Clark State College, as well as an education and health consultant. |

While offering his services as a private consultant, Bill maintains his role of husband of 24 years, and father of four children.  A role he relishes deeply.

Chris Riggs is an Associate Professor of History at Lewis-Clark State College. He holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He lives in Lewiston, Idaho with his wife, Petra, and his daughter, Jessica.

Angel Sobotta, an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe and direct descendant of Chief Red Grizzly Bear and Old Chief Joseph, is a University of Washington graduate.  She is the Nez Perce Language Program Coordinator for the Nez Perce Tribe and the Chairperson for the Nez Perce Arts Council.  She wrote, produced and performed in the Nez Perce Legend plays; wrote the scripts for the documentaries “’ipsqilaanx heewtnin’ weetespe – Walking on Sacred Ground: The Nez Perce Lolo Trail,” which won an Aurora Award in Salt Lake City, Utah; and, wrote and narrated the script “Surviving Lewis and Clark–The Nimiipuu Story.”  Angel appeared as “Barbara” in TNT's "Lakota Woman" and was a featured powwow dancer in "Naturally Native."  In 2005, she appeared in “Doing It,” a video about abstinence, written by Kimberly Guerrero for the Nez Perce Tribe’s Students for Success Program.  At the 2006 National Live Radio shows, Angel played “Sage” in Arrigon Star’s “Super Indian” and “Shi-mama – Mom” in Rhianna Yazzi’s “The Best Place to Grow Pumpkins.”   She also narrated the 2007 video “Cats Road to State.”  Angel is listed on www.turtleislandstorytellers.net as an Idaho story teller, and she presents her Nez Perce family history each year to many tourist groups.  She also continues to speak about the development of healthy relationships and the prevention of drug and alcohol abuse.  Angel is a member of the Nez Perce Appaloosa Horse Club and of the M-Y Sweetwater Appaloosa Horse Ranch, which owns the largest number of horses for a Nez Perce family.  Angel and her husband, Bob, the Minority Affairs Student Counselor at LCSC, have three children and are expecting their 4^th in May.

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