McKalee Steen

McKalee Steen is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, and is a PhD Candidate at UC Berkeley in the Environmental Science, Policy, and Management Department. She is passionate about studying Indigenous land stewardship practices, providing resources for Indigenous youth, and the power of storytelling. Her current research interests include exploring the social and ecological impacts of Indigenous land management in cases where Tribes have been able to reacquire land within their traditional territories.