Levi Rickert
Levi “Calm Before the Storm” Rickert (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation) is the founder, publisher, and editor of Native News Online. Rickert was awarded the Best Column Award in the print/online category at the 2021 Native Media Awards by the Native American Journalists Association. He is the recipient of the 2026 Tecumseh Peacemaking Award from the State Bar of Michigan’s American Indian Law Section. Rickert also serves on the advisory board of the Multicultural Media Correspondents Association. He can be reached at levi@nativenewsonline.net.
