Lance X̱ʼunei Twitchell (born 1975) is an American scholar, poet, and language revitalization advocate.
[2] X̱'unei Lance Twitchell was granted tenure in the Department of Humanities, School of Arts & Sciences at the UAS Juneau Campus in 2018.
[3] He earned a Ph.D. in Hawaiian and indigenous language and culture revitalization from the Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, an M.F.A.
in English with a minor in American Indian studies from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
[4] He serves on the state's Alaska Native Language Preservation & Advisory Council, appointed by the governor.