Gyasi Ross is a Blackfeet author, attorney, rapper, speaker and storyteller.
In answer to the argument that Native Americans ought to focus on social issues larger than a team name, Ross stated that "Native people shouldn't be forced to choose between living or racial discrimination.
"[7][8] In 2015, Ross released his first spoken word album titled Isskootsik, or Before Here Was Here, on iTunes.
In response Ross published a song titled "White Privilege 3".
[10][11] He declared his support for Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic presidential primary elections.