Benjamin Grignon is a teacher of traditional Menominee arts at Menominee Indian High School. He represents the Menominee Nation and approaches culturally-responsive education by using Menominee Language, Culture and Art to promote and preserve tribal history as a pathway for future generations and positively influence the education of the youth in his community. He is the 2019 Wisconsin High School Teacher of the Year and the recipient of the 2020 National Education Association’s Leo Reano Memorial Human and Civil Rights Award.