Ronald “Tonka” Chee, is a Navajo/Hopi Traditional dancer, storyteller, flutist, and healer from the Bears Ears region of Southern Utah. He is born for the Bitterwater clan and born to the Cliff Dwelling people. As a child, raised by his grandmother, he was born outside under a tree and taught storytelling, survival skills, and eventually art. As a 10 year old he began drawing and at 15 he began dancing as a way to share healing.

He has worked as a tattoo artist, helping to heal bad tattoos with new art, and he has taught survival skills in Boulder, Utah through Boulder Outdoor Survival Skills. He teaches Traditional dancing to a variety of age groups, and shares how dancing is a healing process rather than a competition. He shares stories, like the tale of Kokopelli, that teach how to heal from sorrow and challenge.

Tonka is available to engage participants in the round dance, do collaborative projects with participants, perform for audiences, and teach flute, singing, storytelling, and the Navajo language to all age groups. He draws on audience participation as he explains the importance of his art.

Tonka wants to help audiences understand the proper way to talk about Native Americans, that they are still here, engaging with the audience