Michael Holloman (AKA M. Yellowbear) is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation and a Professor in the Department of Art at Washington State University (WSU). As the Coordinator for Native Arts, Outreach, and Education for the College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Holloman is an exhibiting artist and celebrated scholar whose work is dedicated to expanding arts-based experiences and learning among Native and Indigenous communities across the region. His expertise in Native American Art History and the visual record of Plateau settler colonialism offers a critical, curatorial, and deeply personal perspective to the Commission’s work.