Oren R. Lyons, Faithkeeper, Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation, is a member of the Council of Chiefs of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee/Iroquois Confederacy. An internationally renowned spokesperson on behalf of Native peoples who has received numerous honors and awards, Oren is a tenured Professor of American Studies at SUNY Buffalo, serves on the executive committee of the Global Forum of Spiritual and Parliamentary Leaders on Human Survival, and is a principal figure in the Traditional Circle of Indian Elders. His many books including Exiled in the Land of the Free; Democracy, Indian Nations, and the U.S. Constitution; Voice of Indigenous Peoples; and Native People Address the United Nations. Since 2008, he has been Chairman of Plantagon International AB, a Sweden-based company 85% owned by the Onondaga Nation, which is developing urban agriculture technologies.
