Alexii Sigona is currently a UC President's Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Native American Studies at UC Davis. He received his Ph.D. in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley. His dissertation, Revitalizing Stewardship: Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Land Access through Collaborative Caretaking, examines questions of land tenure, environmental policy, and environmental governance for non-federally recognized Tribal nations. He has published on topics related to environmental justice, recognition politics, cultural heritage management, and environmental policy. He serves on the Lands Committee of the Amah Mutsun Land Trust, is a leader of the Amah Mutsun Youth Group, and is on the Native American Advisory Council for University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources.