Marlowe Sam, a member of the Colville Confederated Tribe, is a facilitator of the Four Societies Process Method, a traditional form of community conflict resolution and collective transformation that he has helped lead with a variety of social change organizations. Marlowe has served as an advisory board member for the Pacific Cultural Conservancy; acted as a primary mediator in several tribal and other conflicts; and been an advisor in such areas as traditional forest resource use and traditional men's healing programs. A participant in the indigenous caucus at the World Water Forum in Kyoto, Japan, in 2003, he is currently a doctoral student at the University of BC-Okanagan with a focus on Indigenous Water Rights.