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THIS IS INDIAN COUNTRY - Who We Are

THIS IS INDIAN COUNTRY with Billy Frank Jr. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit best known for the Emmy Award-winning series produced by Michael Harris and Baby Wild Films. Since Michael and Billy started their first project over 20 years ago, an extraordinary group of Native and non-Native leaders have stepped up and contributed to our all-volunteer organization, truly making this effort walk in both worlds. Here are some of them... 

Our Legacy of Contributors

Past Board Directors

  • Michael Harris (Co-Founder, and Registered Agent) Documentary Filmmaker, Producer, Photojournalist and Climate/Wildlife Specialist, ABC News and Others
  • Daryl Williams, Retired Natural Resources Liaison and Enrolled Member, Tulalip Tribes
  • Steve Robinson Board of Directors, Center for Environmental Law & Policy (CELP); Former Public Affairs Manager and Policy Analyst for the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission; Salish Kootenai
  • Rochelle Cooke, Makah Museum; Enrolled Member, Makah Nation
  • Scott Schuyler, Policy Representative for Natural & Cultural Resources, Enrolled Member, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe




In Loving memory of our co-founder and host Billy Frank Jr.; our board member and mentor Hank Adams, executive director, Survival of the American Indians Association and enrolled Member, Quinault Nation and  Sioux-Assiniboine; our board member and great friend Vince Cooke, general manager and enrolled member, Makah Tribe; and William H. Rodgers Jr., 50-year University of Washington Professor of Environmental Law and Boldt attorney.

Past Board of Advisors

  • Kat Brigham, Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) and former Chair, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
  • Denny Heck, Washington State Lt. Gov. and former U.S. Congressman Denny Heck (D-WA 10th)
  • Max Gail, Actor and Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice Activist
  • Leonard Forsman, Suquamish Tribal Chairman and Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians (ATNI) President; University of Washington Regent
  • Brian Cladoosby, Swinomish Tribal Chairman and former National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) President
  • Gerald “G.I.” James, ESA/Harvest Policy Representative, Lummi Nation Natural Resources
  • Theresa Sheldon, Tulalip Tribes Councilwoman and 2nd VP of ATNI
  • Kim Kamara, Windz of Change


Additional Series Consultants since 2011 include Robert Anderson, Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior and former University of Washington Professor and Director, Native American Law Center; and University of California-Irvine Professor Michael Robinson-Dorn, Director, Environmental Law Clinic.

Organizational Information


Employer Identification Number: 90-0734251 / WA UBI #603 118 901
Mailing Address: 428 10th Ave. E., Seattle, WA 98102 

  


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Please email us with any questions, suggestions or ideas about 

THIS IS INDIAN COUNTRY or our work.

infoTIIC@gmail.com; michael@babywildfilms.com

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