Anthony Madrigal, Ph.D., a lawyer and historian, member of the Cahuilla Band of Indians, has worked as counsel for the California Native American Heritage Commission and in tribal cultural resource management for the Twenty-Nine Palms, the Cahuilla, and the San Manuel bands of Mission Indians. Madrigal has written about Cahuilla and Chemehuevi history, traditional ecological knowledge, and the preservation of sacred lands. He serves on the board of the Native American Land Conservancy.