Leander K. Lane is a retired heavy-duty mechanic and a leading expert in the history of the Shiloh People. He is a founding member of the Shiloh Baptist Church and Cemetery Restoration Society and has served as president since its inception in 2001. His other writing has been featured in Our Canada and Prairies North magazines and the anthology Our Gift of History, Our Stories: Saskatchewan 1905–2005. Leander lives in Edmonton, Alberta, where he was born and raised.