Germaine White is a former staff member of the Salish-Pend d'Oreille Culture Committee responsible for the book, The Salish People and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (University of Nebraska Press, 2005). White is a member of the advisory board for the online edition of the Journals of Lewis and Clark and has also been a tribal spokesperson for the expedition's bicentennial commemoration. She currently lives and works in Montana as an information and education specialist with the Natural Resources Department of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.