Kalyn Free, a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, is the founder and President of INDN's List. The Indigenous Democratic Network, INDN's List, is the only political organization that recruits, trains, and funds Indian candidates and staff and mobilizes the Indian Vote throughout America.

Kalyn has been active in public service in Washington, D.C., her home state of Oklahoma, and nationally for more than 20 years. After graduating from law school, Kalyn was the youngest lawyer ever hired by the United States Department of Justice. During her ten years with DOJ, Kalyn served as Senior Counsel in the Indian Resources Section, where she supervised environmental litigation throughout Indian Country. Her two most notable cases were the filing of the first joint complaint between the United States and Indian Nations in history, with the Puyallups and Muckleshoots in Washington State and the first Safe Drinking Water Act case for secondary contamination of drinking water on the Sac and Fox Reservation in Oklahoma.

After leaving the Department of Justice, Kalyn returned to Southeastern Oklahoma and became the first woman elected District Attorney of Pittsburg and Haskell Counties. During her tenure as DA, Kalyn made victims' rights, domestic violence, and child abuse priorities in her administration, significantly increasing the prosecution of domestic violence and child abuse cases, while racking up record-setting verdicts in the courtroom. Kalyn has successfully prosecuted first-degree murderers, child molesters, wife-killers, rapists, drug dealers, and dozens of corporate polluters.

Kalyn has received numerous awards recognizing her dedication to fighting for those who have no other voice, including the Arthur S. Fleming Award for Outstanding Service to the Federal Government; the American Bar Association's Spirit of Excellence Award for her efforts to increase minority hiring at the U.S. Department of Justice; the Oklahoma Institute of Child Advocacy's Friend of Children Award; the Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault's Make A Difference Award; the 21st Century Democrats 2006 Rising Star Award; and the National Education Association’s 2007 Leo Reano Memorial Award for her inspiring work with American Indians.   She was named as one of the Top Fifty Women in Oklahoma by the Journal Record.

Kalyn ran for the United States Congress in 2004, with the support and endorsement of 117 Indian tribes, AFL-CIO, EMILY’s List, Sierra Club, and 21st Century Democrats. Kalyn now focuses her practice on legal issues important to Native Americans, with a special emphasis on prosecuting corporate polluters who contaminate Indian Country. She is passionate about helping Indians run for and win elective office at all levels and devotes her time and energy to INDN's List and the INDN’s List Education Fund.  With the help of INDN’s List, 22 tribal members have been elected since 2006 and are now serving in state and local offices across America.  

Kalyn is honored to serve on the Democratic National Committee, having been appointed by the DNC Chairman, Governor Howard Dean.