Chris Peters
Contributing Author
Chapter 1: Voices of the Sacred: An Indigenous Worldview and Epistemology of Northwestern California
Chapter 10: Protecting our Sacred Sites: Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association
Chris Peters (Pohlik-lah/Karuk) is the President and CEO of the Seventh Generation Fund, dedicated to Indigenous people’s self-determination and the sovereignty of Native Nations, and founder and President of Red Deer Consulting. Chris was a lead plaintiff in the Lyng v. NICPA case and has more than 30 years of experience in grassroots organizing. He is a spiritual leader among the Pohlik-lah and is a graduate of the University of California at Davis and Stanford University.