Chef Crystal Wahpepah is a Kickapoo chef, author, and founder of Wahpepah’s Kitchen in Oakland. She uplifts Indigenous foodways through storytelling and food sovereignty. A James Beard finalist featured on Food Network and CBS, she is currently Chef-in-Residence at Cal Poly Humboldt Rou Dalagarr Food Sovereignty Lab and Thirty Nine Restaurant at the First Americans Museum. Her cookbook Feather and a Fork celebrates Native ingredients, resilience, and cultural connection.