
Michael Kickingbear Johnson is a citizen and elder of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation. With a thirty-year career in digital media, Michael is the founder of Creative Arts, which produces video and multimedia for Foxwoods, the Mashantucket's gaming enterprise. He has worked at the Tomaquag Museum as a Marketing and Technology manager.
Michael currently serves as the Mashantucket Deputy Historic Preservation Officer, consulting on gas and oil pipeline projects in the Northeast, monitoring regulation changes through the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency. He is passionate about protecting tribal sacred sites culturally significant to indigenous people.
He is also the co-host and technical director of the Native Opinion podcast.
Michael currently serves as the Mashantucket Deputy Historic Preservation Officer, consulting on gas and oil pipeline projects in the Northeast, monitoring regulation changes through the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency. He is passionate about protecting tribal sacred sites culturally significant to indigenous people.
He is also the co-host and technical director of the Native Opinion podcast.