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Dr. Cleve Davis is a Newe (Shoshone-Bannock Tribes) from the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in southeastern Idaho. After receiving a bachelor of science degree in botany from Idaho State University in 2000, Cleve Davis worked for the Bureau of Land Management as a botanist. He then went on to complete a master’s degree in anthropology in 2010, where he contributed to preserving his heritage language, Panakwate. In 2011, Davis enrolled at University of Idaho (UI) and studied invasive plant biology, statistics, and landscape ecology. As a PhD candidate he was an Indigenous STEM Research and Graduate Education scholar, a National Science Foundation program designed to increase the number of Native American students pursuing doctorates or master's degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. While pursuing his doctorate, he also served as environmental coordinator for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes at Fort Hall where he worked to educate on Treaty Rights and environmental stewardship. In 2020, he started working as a data scientist for the Idaho National Laboratory. He and his wife also founded the Journal of Native Sciences, an open access academic journal that gives preference to publishing high impact articles written by Indigenous peoples. For fun he likes to camp and hang out with his family, paint, tinker with solar/wind technology, and make improvements to the family ranch/farm. He also regularly participates with Tribal activities for language and cultural preservation.