Art Coulson

Art Coulson (Cherokee) was born in Honolulu and spent his childhood years traveling the world as the son of a sailor. For 23 years, he worked as a daily journalist in cities across the United States and wrote an award-winning column about contemporary American Indian issues. After his journalism career, Art served as executive director of the Wilma Mankiller Foundation in Tahlequah, OK. A resident of the Twin Cities, Art frequently returns to the Cherokee Nation to visit with family, to play traditional stickball and to improve his knowledge of the Cherokee language.