Skahendowaneh (pronounced ska-hen-DOE-wan-ay) is a highly respected Mohawk Faith-keeper from Akwesasne. He is Trent University’s inaugural Chair in Indigenous Knowledge, a position that is the first academic chair of its kind in Canada and all of North America to be awarded to an Indigenous Elder or traditional person. He is actively involved in research and in transmitting Indigenous knowledge to undergraduate and graduate students, as well as to departmental and university colleagues. In addition, as Chair Mr. Swamp is involved in several cultural facets of the Indigenous Studies program and the wider community.