Michael A. Buck (Ka-Kin-As)

Michael Aaron Buck was raised and graduated from White Swan High School on the Yakama Nation Reservation in Central Washington State. Mike's father is from the middle Columbia River people at Priest Rapids dam. Mike's mother is from the inland-coastal Nooksack River people in Bellingham, WA. Michael's name in Sahaptin or Ichiishkin Sinwit (Wanapum/Yakama) is Ka-Kin-As. 

Mike has worked primarily in Cultural Resources at Wanapum Heritage Center, Yakama Nation Cultural Center Museum and Library, and Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission CRITFC. He earned an undergraduate and graduate degree in Environmental Studies from Heritage University and the University of Washington.

Presently, Mike works for the Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB) as a program manager and practitioner of traditional medicine for the love and health of Tribal communities in Washington State and King County. He is also continuing education at the University of Washington as a PhD student in Socio-Cultural Anthropology.