Frank Vaisvilas covers Native American issues in Wisconsin in Wisconsin. The state is home to 11 federally recognized Native American tribes. Vaisvilas traces his own roots to the Yaqui, the indigenous people of Mexico. Previously, he wrote feature stories for the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and the Daily Southtown and served as a breaking news weekend reporter for the Daily Southtown and the Chicago Tribune. Prior to this, Vaisvilas helped transform a shopper into an award-winning community newspaper with hard-hitting enterprise reporting, a professional redesign and an introduction of several sections. His work on rapidly rising property taxes for residents on Chicago’s south side was nominated for best investigative reporting by the Chicago Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. Adapting to newsroom layoffs of photographers, Vaisvilas expanded his photography skills with the use of professional cameras and his photographs have often been featured on the front pages of major newspapers.