Redbird Willie

Redbird Willie is a native ecologist and educator.

After graduating from UC Berkeley with a degree in Native Studies, Edward (Redbird) Willie has worked in various fields of education, while at the same time continuing to enrich his personal education - an education fueled by his desire to uncover and rekindle the cultural earth-based knowledge of California Indians. He teaches Traditional Ecological Knowledge, fire ecology, permaculture, and ancestral skills, to people of all ages. He has in recent years been a core organizer of the annual Buckeye Gathering, a gathering in support of ancestral arts. He has been an adjunct instructor for Weaving Earth, an organization dedicated to reconnecting humans to each other and to the Earth. Also an artist (drawing, painting, and sculpture), he has recently illustrated a children’s book, The Adventures of Two Coast Miwok Children. He has 4 grown children and currently resides in Sonoma County, California.