Matt Remle

Matt Remle (Hunkpapa Lakota) lives in Duwamish Territory – Seattle, WA with his family. He is the editor and writer for Last Real Indians and works for the Office of Native Education for the Marysville School District.

Matt is the author of Seattle’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day resolution, calling on Congress to engage in reconciliation with Tribes over the Boarding School Era policies, as well as Seattle’s resolution to oppose the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline and ordinance to divest from Wells Fargo. He served on the City of Seattle’s stakeholders committee to establish a public bank and on Seattle’s Green New Deal Steering Committee that drafted the resolution and ordinance that was passed in 2019.

In 2016, he was the co-founder of the group Mazaska Talks which focuses on global divestment from banks and corporations that negatively impact social welfare and the environment. In 2020, he was named by The Seattle Times as one of the most influential people to watch for in the next decade. His passions include spending time with his family and friends, hiking, being outdoors, going to powwows, tribal gatherings, ceremony, and reading comic books.