Slam Dunkley
Dumonde Slam Dunkley
Dumonde Slam Dunkley (he/his) is an Afro-Indigenous warrior who is continuing the fight of his Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape ancestors to build a radically different future for the United States of America.
Slam Dunkley is a member of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribe and of Jamaican heritage. His connection with Earth Guardians began when he attended the Indigenous Youth Initiative Camp as he was preparing to apply to law school with the goal of promoting and protecting Indigenous and environmental rights.
Since then, he has earned his J.D. from the University of Arizona with a focus on Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy, completed an LL.M. in International Business Law in France, and earned a second LL.M. at UCLA specializing in Human Rights and Native Nations Law. Today, Slam combines this training to best serve his community and is a practicing corporate attorney based in Delaware.
Slam currently serves on the Board of Directors of Earth Guardians and as Chairman, and recently graduated from the James E. Rodgers School College of Law at the University of Arizona. Upon completing the Indigenous People's Law and Policy program, he plans to continue to fight for the protection and recognition of the inherent rights of Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth.