Chief Jake Swamp (Wolf Clan of the Mohawk Nation, Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy) is a respected spiritual leader who has participated in crucial Native American struggles, including the 1970 takeover of the Bureau of Indian Affairs office in Washington, D.C., settlement talks after Wounded Knee occupation, and the 1978 Longest Walk. He has represented Indian peoples in international forums including the United Nations. For the past two decades, Chief Swamp had traveled extensively, planting trees for peace and spreading a powerful message of peace and environmental education. Chief Jake Swamp is also the author of Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message, winner of the 1998 Media Award, and producer of Parabola Audio's The Peacemaker's Journey: How the Great Law of Peace Came to the Original Five Nations.

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