Inge Genee is coeditor of the Blackfoot Digital Dictionary and director of the Blackfoot Language Resources Lab, which conducts collaborative research in support of Blackfoot language revitalization. She received a PhD in linguistics from the University of Amsterdam. She is a professor at the University of Lethbridge, where she teaches courses in linguistics and Blackfoot grammar. Monica Macaulay received her PhD in linguistics from the University of California-Berkeley. She is the Ada Deer Professor of Language Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and on the board of the Endangered Language Fund, a nonprofit organization that funds language revitalization and preservation projects around the world. She also works closely with the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin on language reclamation and revitalization. Margaret Noodin received an MFA in creative writing and a PhD in English and linguistics from the University of Minnesota. She is Head Start director and Ojibwemowin instructor for the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa.

She is also a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where she teaches Anishinaabemowin, literature, and poetry online. Her work has included co-creation of www.ojibwe.net, publication of two bilingual collections of poetry in Anishinaabemowin and English and numerous translations of children's books.