Seth Thomas Sutton, M.A., is an Arts and Humanities instructor at Montcalm Community College where he also serves as chair of the college’s Arts & Humanities Department. He is an Emmy nominated Métis artist, scholar, author and activist.  

Active in his pursuit of social and cultural justice as an educator and activist, Seth writes and lectures on various topics, including, cultural criticism, critical theory, post-colonial political landscapes, Tribal sovereignty, traditional Indigenous art and culture, Western art and culture, anthropology, contemporary social issues, sustainable agriculture, and more.  

He has had several articles published in scholarly journals and is the author of "A Deconstruction of Chief Blackhawk: A Critical Analysis of Mascots & the Visual Rhetoric of the Indian, published in 2021. He is currently finishing work on his second publication, "Indians for Sale! Cigar Shop Indians & The Commody of Indigenous Culture," and "The Sacred Fire of the Odawa," both set to be released in early 2025. 

He is also the Sugar Captain of the Sugar Bush on MCC’s Sidney campus. 

Seth is a descendant of the North Shore Band of Waganakising Odawa and a non-enrolled member of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians.