Sarah Hernandez (Sicangu Lakota) is an assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. Her research focuses on Indigenous literature and literary criticism. Hernandez is the Legacy and Literature Officer for the Oak Lake Writers Society, a first of-its-kind tribal writing group for Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota writers. She has collaborated with the Society to launch #NativeReads, a community-based reading campaign and podcast series to increase knowledge and appreciation of the Oceti Sakowin literary tradition.
