Cutcha Risling Baldy

Cutcha Risling Baldy is a Native American associate professor and department chair of Native American studies at Cal Poly Humboldt in Arcata, California. Risling Baldy focuses her research on Indigenous feminisms, California Indians, Environmental Justice, and Decolonization. Her most notable contribution to the study of Indigenous feminisms was her debut book in 2018, ''We Are Dancing for You: Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women's Coming-of-age Ceremonies''. At the 2019 Native American Indigenous Studies Associate Conference, she was awarded “Best First Book in Native American and Indigenous Studies”. Risling Baldy is also a prominent proponent of the Land Back movement committed to restoring indigenous lands to tribal nations in the United States. Her expertise has been featured in interviews with National Public Radio and various podcasts including For the Wild and Indiginae. Provided by Wikipedia