Tristan Ahtone is a member of the Kiowa Tribe and serves as editor-in-chief at the Texas Observer. He has reported for PBS NewsHour, National Native News, Wyoming Public Radio, NPR, Al Jazeera America, National Geographic and High Country News. Tristan’s stories have won multiple honors, including investigative awards from Public Radio News Directors Incorporated and the Gannett Foundation. He additionally was awarded a Nieman Fellowship to study at Harvard University in 2017. He is president of the Native American Journalists Association.