Jacob Zimmerer is a PhD Candidate in Indigenous and Rural Health at Montana State University and a Land-based educator. He works for Buffalo Nations Food Systems Initiative, supporting cultural knowledge and identity regeneration for Native Students as a coordinator for the BNFSI Summer Fellowship Program. Jacob’s work emphasizes global de-Indigenization processes and ways to reinvigorate Land-based cultures, stories, and relationships. He leads educational programs in Montana and is a dedicated traditional craftsperson, farmer, hunter, and gatherer. He holds a M.A. in Native American Studies and a B.S. in Environmental Sciences, both from Montana State University and is deeply invested in what it means to carry his ancestors with him while also adapting to, and being a good relative on, the homelands of the Buffalo Nations of the Northern Great Plains.