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Reservation Dogs, FX | Co-Executive Producer, Season 2 & 3 / Producer, Season 1
Accused, FOX | Writer / Director, Season 1
Rutherford Falls, Peacock | Producer, Season 2 / Story Editor, Season 1
Resident Alien, SYFY | Staff Writer, Season 1

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"The Original Athlete" for Nike N7 |  Script Writer

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ARTICLES

NÜÜMÜ POYO: A STORY OF RECLAMATION ON A WELL-LOVED TRAIL | Writer
Published by REI’s Uncommon Path Magazine

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NÜÜMÜ POYO: A STORY OF RECLAMATION ON A WELL-LOVED TRAIL

At the Kearsarge Pass trailhead in the high alpine outside Independence, California, we smudge ourselves with sage and prepare for our 12-mile journey. The sun is already high in the sky, and the desert air feels thin as we hoist our 40-pound packs and start walking down the dusty path.

It’s late August 2018, and I’m one of a handful of people carrying a resupply of dehydrated food, moleskin and sunscreen for a group of Indigenous women who have been trekking through the Sierra Nevada. The group is due at Bullfrog Lake in 10 hours, where, as night falls, we’ll hand off the reserves we carried and pray for the final 30-mile leg of the women’s trip before they take off for the southern terminus of the John Muir Trail (JMT). (click below to continue reading)