Guides

Walk Softly Tours – Summary of Resumes
	Ken Sweat, Ecologist Doctoral candidate at Arizona State University in Taxonomy MS, Botany, Arizona State University, 1995 BA, Biology, Mathematics, Claremont McKenna, 1990 Mr. Sweat is an Arizona native and a field biologist and is faculty at Arizona State University in the Natural History Dept. and producing videoconferencing seminars for K-12 and college level courses in botany, biology and desert ecology. Emphasis in his Masters program was on desert ecology. He has done extensive field work in the areas fire ecology, desert tortoise and spotted owl populations and relocations. He has also worked as a laboratory technician in the medical research industry. He has conducted desert nature tours for the past 3 years and co-founded Walk Softly Tours in 1996, where he serves as chief staff ecologist. He leads ecotours into the back country of the Sonoran Desert.
	Lance Polingyouma BS Anthropology, University of Massachusettes Graduate studies, Archaeology, Arizona State University Lance is the director of the Hopi Learning center in Scottsdale, Arizona, the organizer of Lacrosse in high schools in Maricopa County and an archaeological and Indian cultures guide for Walk Softly Tours.
	Thomas S. Tucker, Naturalist MBA, Southern Oregon State College, 1975BS Business, Southern Oregon State College, 1970 Mr. Tucker, a fourth generation Arizona native, began conducting tours of the Sonoran Desert in 1992. He has made a life study of the Sonoran Desert and since 1989, has extensively researched the desert biosystems, geology, ancient history and archaeology. He is presently conducting field studies in botanical adaptations and producing video conferencing seminars for K-12 and college level courses in deserts, archaeology and geology. In 1995 he co-founded Rattlesnake Roundup, Inc., a desert tour company. In 1996 he co-founded Walk Softly Tours, an ecotour (nature tour) company. He presently serves as Vice President and General Manager of Roundup and Walk Softly Tours. As a staff naturalist, he conducts back country ecotours of the Sonoran Desert and throughout the American west.
	Pemwahtumequa BA, Liberal Arts, University of Oklahoma MA, Fine Arts, University of Oklahoma Pemwah is a Native American of Kickapoo and Laguna Pueblo heritage. She is an artist of both contemporary and Native American works and a student of Indian cultures past and present. Her Indian and art background bring a unique perspective to the interpretation of ancient rock art and the symbolism of ancient and modern American Indian art.
	Kathlene M. Meadows, Biologist/Ecologist BS, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, 1995 Raised in Arizona and has studied the desert, its ecosystems and biology extensively. She also has experience in mountain climbing and rappelling. She has a triple minor in chemistry, physics and math and three years experience as an environmental engineer. She is a volunteer for US Fish and Wildlife. BS, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, 1995
	Anne Swetish, Historian AA Western Michigan University, Spanish, 1965 In Arizona 30 years. Took an active interest in the Sonoran Desert, becoming a tour guide and conducting extensive research on the various ecosystems of the desert and on the historical role of women in the West. She then moved into the areas of ethnobotany and anthropology. She conducts eco and cultural tours of the American Southwest.
	Will Tsosie BS Business, University of New Mexico MS Paleoanthropology, UNM, Farmington Will is a native of the Navajo reservation, an anthropologist, story teller, singer and flute player. He guides for Walk Softly Tours while on the reservation, taking us to places seldom seen by non Navajo's. His cultural interpretations of the Navajo life and his perspective on life in general from the Navajo point of view are priceless.
	Walk Softly Tours has recruited Native American guides and members of the natural sciences community for assisting in the guiding of tours. This gives Walk Softly the capacity for not only ecotours, but for scientific research tours as well.

	To Contact Us: Walk Softly Tours PO Box 5510 Scottsdale, AZ 85261-5510 Phone: (480) 473-1148 Fax: (480) 473-1149 E-Mail: Walk Softly Tours