Hugh O. Burnam (Hode'hnyahä:dye') is Mohawk, Wolf Clan from the Onondaga Nation. Hugh is an Assistant Professor of the Humanities in the Interdisciplinary Studies Department at Medaille College and a PhD Candidate in the Cultural Foundations of Education program at Syracuse University. Through an Indigenous Research Paradigm, his dissertation examines Haudenosaunee masculinity and experiences of Native students in higher education. Burnam studies power relations within Indigenous/ Settler spaces, borders, and time. Hugh is the proud father of two boys, the inspiration for his work.