Bradley Veile grew up in Illinois but has taught in Illinois, Nevada, Missouri, Colorado, Arizona and will start his 28th year of teaching Social Studies on the Coeur d’Alene Reservation in Northern Idaho.  Besides teaching all the social studies classes in the high school, he also coaches volleyball and track.  He earned a BA in Sociology/Anthropology from Western Illinois University and an MA in American Indian Studies from the University of Arizona (Bear Down).  Areas of interest beyond American Indian Studies include being a teacher trainer for Exploring Humanitarian Law, a US Holocaust Memorial Museum Fellow, an Alfred Lerner Fellow, and a Fellow at the National World War I Museum.