Tommy Orange, born of Cheyenne and Arapaho heritage in 1982, is a renowned American novelist and writer hailing from Oakland, California. His debut work, "There There" (2018), was shortlisted for the 2019 Pulitzer Prize and won the 2019 American Book Award. His upcoming novel "Wandering Stars" will be released in 2024.
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Shana Yellow Calf, of 10 Buffalos Art, is an enrolled member of the Northern Arapaho in Wyoming. Shana has been producing captivating art in various mediums since the 1990s, blending her rich plains heritage - Arapaho/Shoshone, her mother's Chippewa/Metis ancestry, and the Pacific Northwest Coastal influence from the Puget Sound area of Washington where she grew up