Gary DuBois, JD, MSW, is an award-winning author, enrolled citizen of the Pechanga Band of Indians, and the Tribe’s Tribal Historic Preservation Officer and founding Director of the Pechanga Cultural Resources Department. He also co-founded Great Oak Press and its Research Library and Archives, where he has helped build a specialized collection of primary sources, historical records, and scholarship documenting Native American history, the American West, military history, and regional history.
A historian, attorney, archival researcher, and U.S. Army veteran, DuBois brings a multidisciplinary perspective to Native American history, federal Indian policy, military history, the American West, and historic preservation. He earned his JD and MSW from Washington University in St. Louis and an MA in Interdisciplinary Studies from California State University, San Bernardino.