Celebrated and prolific United Keetoowah scholar and theologian ᏌᎳᎻ ᏛᏃᏪᎳᏂ (known more commonly by his legal name, Cody C. Robinson) grew up in the small Cherokee community of Shady Grove, west of Tahlequah, Oklahoma.

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Cody currently serves the United Methodist Church as the Chairperson of the governance committee of Board of Directors for the NSU Wesley Foundation (A United Methodist campus ministry), and Secretary for the Education Advisory Committee of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.  

He holds a Master of Divinity from Phillips Theological Seminary, a Master of Science in Higher Education Leadership, and a Bachelors of Science in Criminal Justice- both from Northeastern State University.