Tim Nelson (Coast Miwok and tribal member of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria) is currently completing a master's degree at Sonoma State University in the Cultural Heritage and Resources Management program. Tim earned a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Washington in 2013, and is a certified instructor in a traditional martial art. He is interested in traditional ecological knowledge, cultural and prescribed fire practices, ethnographic studies, and decolonization movements within anthropology, archaeology, and eco-restoration efforts.