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Melissa K. Nelson

use both this parameter and |birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> | death_place = | death_cause = | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | burial_place = | burial_coordinates = | monuments = Indigenous food sovereignty | nationality = Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, Canadian | education = University of California, Santa Cruz (BA) | alma_mater = University of California, Davis (Ph.D.) | occupation = educator, author, ecologist | years_active = | employer = San Francisco State University | organization = Cultural Conservancy | known_for = | notable_works = | awards = | website = }} Melissa K. Nelson is Anishinaabe/Métis/Norwegian and an enrolled citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians. An Indigenous scholar and activist, she has been part of various activist groups that focus on Indigenous food sovereignty such as The Cultural Conservancy and Bioneers. Provided by Wikipedia