Gwen Nell Westerman[3] is a Native American educator, writer, and fiber artist.
She is a professor at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and the Director of the Native American Literature Symposium.
She is an enrolled citizen of both the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation and the Cherokee Nation.
[6] Westerman earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in English from Oklahoma State University.
[2] She is a professor of English and director of the humanities program at Minnesota State University, Mankato.