Brenna Two Bears

Brenna is Diné, Hočak, and Standing Rock Lakota from Flagstaff, AZ and Black River Falls, WI. They are an award winning writer with publications in Saving Earth Magazine, the Timberline Review, and more forthcoming. They are a recipient of the Kay Snow Award for Fiction, the Michael Collier Scholarship and a Bread Loafer, and an Emerging Local Native Poet with the Native Arts and Culture Foundation’s Voices Like Thunder. Brenna lives in Oregon with her partner and their cat, Gizmo.

She began her career fighting environmental racism in her tribal homelands from the age of 13. Since then, Brenna has focused her work on uplifting voices that often go unheard. This includes work in grassroots organizing with movements, museum consultation on behalf of Native communities, and a passion for working with Native youth. She holds a BA in Art History & Visual Culture Studies from Whitman College, with a focus on Tribal Museums and the Politics of Display.