Biography:
* Dune was a commercial fisherman in Prince William Sound until March 24, 1989 when the Exxon Valdez spilled more than 30 million gallons of oil into the Sound. On that day, he became an activist and social entrepreneur, dedicating his life to the protection of human rights and the environment

* For his work, he was selected by Time magazine as one of its "Heroes of the Planet"

* Dune is an Eyak Athabascan of the Eagle Clan from the Copper River Delta, Alaska and a member of the Eyak Traditional Elders Council

* He is a co-founder and member of the REDOIL Network  (Resisting Environmental Degradation of Indigenous Lands)

* Executive Director of the Fund for Indigenous Rights and the Environment (FIRE Fund)  A grant-making organization that funds indigenous people and environmental causes around the world

* Founder of the Eyak Preservation Council  The Eyak Preservation Council (EPC) was founded in 1989 following the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska.  EPC is recognized as the leading Native founded and led conservation organization in the region. EPC’s mandate is to preserve, restore, and celebrate wild salmon culture and habitat through awareness, education, and promotion of sustainable livelihoods within the communities of the Copper River and Prince William Sound Watersheds

* Founder and Executive Director of the Native Conservancy Land Trust .  The Native Conservancy Land Trust was established as a federally recognized non-profit organization in 2003 and is based in Cordova, Alaska.  The Native Conservancy is a land trust that reclaims ancestral tribal lands.  The Native Conservancy’s mission and purposes:

* To protect, preserve, and restore ancestral lands, waters, and ecological resources of Indigenous peoples, by acquiring fee title to land, and managing conservation easements in order to accomplish this purpose
* To restore and protect legal access of Native peoples to ancestral lands for cultural, ecological, spiritual, recreational, educational, subsistence, and sovereignty purposes
* To assist in establishment, networking, and land acquisition for local tribal land trusts
* To consult and work with governmental, tribal, and private agencies on conservation issues as they pertain to Native peoples, and generally to promote the responsible use of land and water resources in order to serve the cultural, ecological, scenic, economical, recreational, and spiritual needs of Native communities