Native American & Indigenous Peoples Steering Group
Native American & Indigenous Peoples Steering Group
Purpose:
To help support and ensure the success of Native American and Indigenous diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across schools and units at the University
Goals:
To enhance communication and collaboration across schools and units;
To share best practices aimed at advancing the university's Native American Outreach and Inclusion Task Force (NAOITF) recommendations
To support staff who have explicit responsibility for addressing issues of Native American and Indigenous diversity, equity and inclusion within schools and units
Group Members
Jasmine Gurneau (Chair), (Oneida/Menominee) Director for Native American and Indigenous Affairs, Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
Bobbie Benavidez, Graduate Student, Department of Anthropology
Lisa Bernal, (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota) Program Coordinator, Chicago Public Schools American Indian Education Program
Janet Dees, Steven and Lisa Munster Tananbaum, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Block Museum of Art
Aaron Golding, (Seneca) Associate Director, Multicultural Students Affairs
Sean Harte (Menominee), Weinberg '87
Doug Kiel, PhD (Oneida), Assistant Professor, Department of History, Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Megan Bang, PhD (Ojibwe/Italian Descent), Professor, School of Education and Social Policy; Director, Center for Native American and Indigenous Research
Dorene P. Wiese, PhD (Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Mississippi Band, White Earth Reservation Enrolled), President, American Indian Association of Illinois