Gregory Michael Sarris is the Chairman of the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and the recent chair of the Board of Trustees of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Until 2022, Sarris was the Graton Rancheria Endowed Chair in Creative Writing and Native American Studies at Sonoma State University, where he taught classes in Native American Literature, American Literature, and Creative Writing. He is also President of the Graton Economic Development Authority. Sarris is currently the Distinguished Chair Emeritus at Sonoma State University. He was appointed as a UC Regent by Governor Gavin Newsom in 2023.

Watermelon Nights
1998
ISBN 9780140282764
Nothing But the Truth
2000
ISBN 9780130116420
The Last Human Bear
2026
ISBN 9781597147071
Surviving Through the Days: Translations of Native California Stories and Songs
2002
ISBN 9780520222700