Bio: Jack Kohler (he/him) is a member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe in Northern California. He earned an engineering degree from Stanford, but his right brain just wanted to create, so he became a filmmaker. He established On Native Ground, a Hoopa Tribal non-profit film/media organization in 2006, which has multitudes of film awards and has created over 200 films. “River of Renewal” was Jack’s first documentary which screened over 2000 times on PBS stations across the nation and garnered Best Documentary from the American Indian Film Festival. His most recent project “Something Inside Is Broken” is currently doing the festival circuit and has won 24 awards. It was just acquired for PBS broadcast. He also created a 13-part television series called “On Native Ground Reports” for the FNX / PBS stations which has won many awards and stars young native news reporters. He wrote “Gift of Fear” with his daughter, Carly, also a Stanford graduate. Jack has been writing scripts about the MMIW crisis since 2010, including “K’ina kil: The Slaver’s Son,” his first award winning narrative film.

Bio: Katy Dore once turned down an invitation to have lunch with Queen Elizabeth in favor of going camping. She’s never regretted it.

Favoring stories of people history fails to mention, Katy is an award winning fiction writer, screenwriter and actor. After completing her undergraduate studies at Stanford University, she earned an MFA at the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Katy spent 30 years as the owner of a graphic design firm until a series of back surgeries forced a hiatus. Flat on her back, Katy had a moment to catch her breath and figure out what to do with the rest of her life. Narrowing her options to Rock Goddess or Filmmaker, Katy chose the latter.