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Michael Connolly is a Kumeyaay historian and member of the Campo Kumeyaay Nation. He has lived on the Campo Indian Reservation intermittently since 1960 and continuously since 1986. Michael traveled extensively while growing up as a military dependent, living in bases across the U.S. As an adult, Mr. Connolly's early career included serving as an airborne Ranger in the U.S. Army and several years in the Army Reserve as a Non-Commissioned Officer. Following his active duty military service, he worked his way to senior engineering positions in the aerospace industry. In 1990, he left the aerospace industry to begin the environmental program for the Campo Reservation. It was here that he began his involvement in Kumeyaay history, acquiring references and developing material that would eventually become the core of the Kumeyaay history program developed for classes at Kumeyaay Community College.

Mr. Connolly continues to serve the people of Campo as an Executive Council Member. He is also President and CEO of Laguna Resource Services, Inc., an environmental consulting firm that specializes in working with Indian communities.

Mr. Connolly is also the author of Sycuan: Its Land, Its People, published in 2006 and a contributing author to Equity and Sustainable Development, Reflections from the U.S.-Mexico Border, published in 2006. He has also published numerous papers on equity, economics, and Kumeyaay history.