Ray Buckley is an author and illustrator of Lakota, Tlingit, and Scots descent and interim Director of the Center for Native American Spirituality and Christian Study. Ray has served as the Director of the Native People’s Communication Office (UMCom) and Director of Connectional Ministries for the Alaska Missionary Conference. As a lecturer on Native American studies, Ray has taught America and the world, including in Nigeria and Ghana. His stories, poetry, and art have appeared in numerous journals, periodicals, books, and museums.
The background music, entitled “Coffee & Lullabies,” was created by Jeris and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.