Clifford E. Trafzer (Wyandot) is a professor of American History and the Rupert Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs at the University of California, Riverside, USA.  He has written and edited several books, including Boarding School Blues, Native Universe, and Death Stalks the Yakama.

Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert (Hopi), an assistant professor of American Indian Studies and History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA is the author of Education beyond the Mesas: Hopi Students at Sherman Institute, 1902-1929 (University of Nebraska Press, 2010), and co-produced a thirty-minute documentary film on the Hopi boarding school experience entitled ""Beyond the Mesas"" (www.beyondthemesas.com).

Lorene Sisquoc (Cuhilla/Apache) is Curator of the Sherman Indian School Museum in Riverside, California, USA.  She teaches Native American Traditions at Sherman Indian High School, and is a co-editor of Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences.