Greg Sarris
Gregory Michael Sarris (born February 12, 1952) is the Chairman of the
Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria (since 1992) and the recent Chair of the Board of Trustees of the
Smithsonian's
National Museum of the American Indian. Until 2022, Sarris was the Graton Rancheria Endowed Chair in Creative Writing and
Native American Studies at
Sonoma State University, where he taught classes in
Native American Literature,
American Literature, and
Creative Writing. He is also President of the Graton Economic Development Authority. Sarris is currently the Distinguished Chair Emeritus at Sonoma State University. He was appointed as a UC Regent by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2023.
A notable scholar and activist, Sarris was elected to the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020. Sarris has authored six books, including ''
Grand Avenue'', a collection of autobiographical
short stories about contemporary Native American life. Named after a real place in
Santa Rosa's South Park district, Sarris was a co-
executive producer, along with Robert Redford, of a
two-part 1996 HBO miniseries adaptation, shot entirely on location. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the Sundance Institute.
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