Don Coyhis, ND
President, White Bison, Inc.
Don Coyhis is a member of the Mohican Nation who currently lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is the President of White Bison, Inc., an American Indian 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation dedicated to creating and sustaining a grassroots Wellbriety Movement that provides culturally based healing to the next seven generations of Indigenous People. Through the leadership of White Bison, the Wellbriety Movement has taken a prominent role in the recovery of many Native Americans and their communities. Coyhis has published many Wellbriety books and resources. For over 30 years, he has been called upon to provide technical assistance by national policy organizations such as the White House Office of Drug Control Policy, SAMHSA, and other national recovery organizations to develop culturally-based prevention and recovery programs for Indigenous communities. He has also received many prestigious awards, including the 2009 Purpose Prize.
Gary Ferguson, ND
Research Associate Professor and Director of Outreach and Engagement, Washington State University’s Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH)
Gary Ferguson, ND, serves as Research Associate Professor and Director of Outreach & Engagement at Washington State University’s Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health (IREACH). As a naturopathic physician, Ferguson has a passion for wellness-based, culturally-connected approaches to achieving community health. He is Aleut/Unangax, enrolled in the Qagan Tayagungin Tribe and is originally from the Shumagin Islands community of Sand Point, Alaska. Ferguson’s past positions include providing clinical services to his home region at Eastern Aleutian Tribes, serving at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium as the Wellness & Prevention Director and Senior Director of Community Health Services, and as Chief Executive Officer at the Rural Alaska Community Action Program.