Native American and Indigenous Peoples Steering Group

To help support and ensure the success of Native American and Indigenous diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across schools and units at the University

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

Jasmine Gurneau (Chair), (Oneida/Menominee) Manager for Native American and Indigenous Initiatives, Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
Alissa Baker, (Cherokee) Graduate Student, Department of Psychology
Lisa Bernal, (Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota) Program Coordinator, Chicago Public Schools American Indian Education Program
Janet Dees, Curator, Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
Aaron Golding, (Seneca) Assistant Director, Multicultural Students Affairs
Sean Harte (Menominee), Weinberg '87
Doug Kiel, PhD (Oneida), Assistant Professor, Department of History, Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
Patty Loew, PhD (enrolled member of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe), Professor, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications; Director, Center for Native American and Indigenous Research
Niyo Moraza-Keeswood (Diné/ Chichimeca), Assistant Director, Undergraduate Admission
Isabel St. Arnold (Keweenaw Bay Ojibwe), Undergraduate Student, SESP '22
Pamala Silas (Menominee, Oneida), Associate Director, Center for Native American and Indigenous Research
Eli Suzukovich, PhD (Little Shell Band of Chippewa-Cree), Adjunct Lecturer, Environmental Policy and Culture Program
Dorene P. Wiese, PhD (Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Mississippi Band, White Earth Reservation Enrolled), President, American Indian Association of Illinois