Monica Cady, also known as Waubishkee-Gog-Kway (White Porcupine Woman), is a member of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians and resides in the Boreal forest of Hessel, Michigan. She designs pollinator gardens, leads plant walks to teach how to forage wild edibles sustainably, and does plant rescues and land restoration. Last year, with the help of two fellow water protectors, she began the rematriation of eleven acres as a botanical sanctuary that will be part of the United Plant Savers network. She has a B.A. in Environmental Studies/Sustainable Community Development with an Indigenous Perspective from Prescott College.

Tina Moses is an Anishinaabe Ojibway citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians from Michigan. She is the principal secretary in the Center for Native American Studies at Northern Michigan University, and is a contributing author of the Indian Land Tenure Foundation's Integration of the Indian Land Tenure Curriculum professional development series. As the former director of Marquette Area Public Schools Title VII Native American Education Program, she was instrumental in putting together the first Native American Educational Fair for the district, a tradition that continues today. Tina has also served as an Early Head Start worker for the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, as a camp counselor for the Native American Youth Leadership Summer Program, and as an Ojibway Language and Culture instructor for Mt. Pleasant Area Public Schools. She has a Bachelor's degree from Central Michigan University in Business Administration/General Management and is pursuing a Master's degree in Public Administration at Northern Michigan University.