Sherri Mitchell
Sherri Mitchell (1969–) is an Indigenous attorney, activist, and author from the Penobscot Nation. She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maine. She received her J.D. and a certificate in Indigenous People’s Law and Policy from the University of Arizona’s James E. Rogers College of Law. Sherri is also the founding Director of the Land Peace Foundation, an organization dedicated to the preservation of Indigenous rights and the protection of the Indigenous way of life. She serves as a Trustee for the American Indian Institute, as an Advisory Council member for Nia Tero’s Indigenous Land Guardianship Program.
Her writing has appeared in journals, anthologies and other publications, and she speaks and teaches on issues of Indigenous rights, environmental justice, peace building, strategic nonviolence and spiritual activism throughout the United States and Canada. Sherri is the author of the award-winning book, Sacred Instructions; Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change. She is also a contributor to eleven anthologies, including the best seller, All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, and Resetting Our Future: Empowering Climate Action in the United States, and contributed to Robert Shetterly’s book, Portraits of Racial Justice (New Village Press, 2021).
Sherri is the recipient of several human rights awards, including the Mahoney Dunn International Human Rights and Humanitarian Award and the University of Maine Alumni International Human Rights Award and her portrait is featured in the esteemed Americans Who Tell the Truth Portrait Series.