Sequoyah Trueblood is a native elder enrolled with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. As a pipe carrier and messenger of peace, he has contributed selflessly for many years in Canada, the United States, and around the world; paramount in his work is always placing the needs of the young people first. Sequoyah has a varied background in leadership capacities within indigenous peoples contexts as well as Western institutions. Currently, he teaches at the University of Calgary, at Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and at Schamanismus Akademie in Austria.