IEI Board of Directors
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Evelyn Conley - Chair
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Keetoowah Band Cherokee
- Sylva, NC
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Independent Consultant
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Nancy C. Maryboy, Ph.D. - President and Founder, Executive Director
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Cherokee/Navajo
- Santa Fe, NM
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
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Northern Arizona University
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Wohali Productions, Inc.
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David Begay, Ph.D. - Vice President and Founder
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Navajo
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Ganado, Arizona
- Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Northern Arizona University
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Dine Hatathli Medicine Men Association, Navajo Nation
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Dr. Polly O. Walker - Vice Chair
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Cherokee
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Holland Park, QLD
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Australia
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University of Queensland, Australia
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VerlieAnn Leimomi Malina-Wright, Ed.D.
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Native Hawaiian
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Honolulu, Oahu, HI
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Former Vice Principal of Kula Kaiapuni O Anuenue-
- Hawaiian Immersion School
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Past President, National Indian Education Association
(2007)
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Julie D. Moss
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Keetoowah Band Cherokee
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Tahlequah, OK
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Tribal Management, Grant Writer
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Muskogee (Creek) Nation
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Claire U'ilani Pruet
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Native Hawaiian
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Honolulu, Oahu, HI
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Educator, Student Resource Development
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Dr. Lynn Simek-Morgan, Ed.D
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Naraganset heritage
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Boca Raton, FL
- President, Health Care Credit Union Association
- Former Associate Professor and Interim Dean, Education Division, Chaminade University, Honolulu,HI
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Christopher Teren - Technical Specialist
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Cherokee/Navajo
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Friday Harbor, WA
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President, Teren Solutions
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Ashley Teren
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Cherokee/Navajo
- Jacksonville, OR
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Sales Director, Project Director for IEI Cosmic Serpent
IEI Elders' Circle
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Bill Jordan, Navajo
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Navajo Medicine Man
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Lukachukai, AZ
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Rose Von Thater-Braan, Cherokee-Tuscarora
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Silver Buffalo Consulting
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Director, Native Science Academy
- 130 East Scenic Avenue
- Pt. Richmond, CA
- 510-237-6217
IEI Faculty
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Dr. Roberto Gonzales-Plaza
International Advisory Council
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Dr. Marie Battiste, Mi’kmaq, Professor and Director, Aboriginal Education Research Director, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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Chad “Kalepa” Baybayon, Native Hawaiian, Hawaii Lead Navigator, Polynesian Voyaging Society, Hilo, HI
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Angelita Borbon, Indigina Sonoran Desert (Yoeme), Sacred Science consultant and Comadre Conciencia Dialogue facilitator, Tucson, AZ
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Larry W. Campbell, Sr., Swinomish Indian Tribe, Swinomish, WA, Tribal Historical Preservation Officer
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Robert Charlie, Athabaskan, Fairbanks, AK, Director of CHEI, Cultural
Heritage and Education Institute
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Troy Cline, Goddard Space Flight Center,
Washington, DC, Educational Technology Specialist
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Dr. Paul Coleman, Native Hawaiian, Astrophysicist, University of Hawaii, Manoa, HI
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Jerry Elliot, Cherokee/Osage, Oklahoma City, OK, NASA,
a founder of AISES
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Amethyst First Rider, Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, Lecturer,
University of Lethbridge, cultural specialist, scholar
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Gary Fujihara, Hilo, HI, Director of Outreach, Institute of Astronomy, University of Hawaii
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Dr. Roxanne Gould, White Earth Chippewa, Golden Valley, MN, Augsburg College
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Kirby Gchachu, Zuni Pueblo, Albuquerque, NM, South West Polytechnic Institute (SIPI), educator
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Dr. Roberto Gonzalez-Plaza, Bellingham, WA, Faculty, IEI
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Dr. Isabel Hawkins, Argentina Native, formerly of Space Science Laboratory, University
of California, Berkeley, Astrophysicist
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John Herrington, Chickasaw, Houston, TX, former NASA Astronaut
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Arlinda Hodges, Cherokee, Penrose, CO, educator and technology specialist
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Linda Hogan, Chickasaw, Tishomingo, OK, educator, author, filmmaker
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Donna House, Navajo, San Juan Pueblo, NM, Botanist, international consultant
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Dr. Oscar Kawagley, Yupik, Professor and author, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK
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Keiki Kawai'ae'a, Native Hawaiian, Programs Director, Hawaiian Language
Center, Director Indigenous Teacher Education, College of Hawaiian Language, University
of Hawaii, Hilo, HI
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Wikuki Kingi, Maori, Waiheke Island, Aukland, New Zealand, Master Carver/Spirit Holder, Te Ha Indigenous Academy of Culture, Arts, Science and Enterprise
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Dr. Mimi Lam, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Phil Lambert, Maori, New Zealand, educator at Maori Wananga, traditional
carver, philosopher
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Dennis Lamenti, Navajo, Bloomington, IN, Astronomy Department, University of Indiana
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Leroy Littlebear, Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, Professor Emeritus,
University of Lethbridge, noted Dialogue facilitator, scholar
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Ida (Gus) Bagus Nyoman Mantra, Native Balinese, Director of Karma Budaya
Foundation, Semarapura, Bali
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Kenneth Maryboy, Navajo, Bluff, Utah, San Juan County Commissioner, Navajo Tribal Council, Navajo Medicine Man Association
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Elizabeth Matlack, Booz Hamilton, Washington, DC
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Joseph P. McCoy, Swinomish Indian Tribe, La Conner, WA, Swinomish Public Works Department, Minister of the 1910 Swinomish Indian Shaker Church, and member of the Swinomish Cultural Committee
- Dr. Cheryl Metoyer, Cherokee, Dana Point, CA, Professor, University
of Washington
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Tjalaminu Mia, Australian Aborigine, Senior Reseracher, School for Indigenous Studies, University of Western Australia, Perth
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Jill Milroy, Australian Aborigine, Director of School of Indigenous Studies,
University of Western Australia, Perth
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Dana Mitchell, Passamaquody and Penobscot, cultural specialist, Indian
Island, ME
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Pat Moss, Cherokee, Tahlequah, OK, Cultural Specialist
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Dr. Lynn Narasimhan, Chicago, IL, Educator, DePaul University
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Lee Nichol, Albuquerque, NM, scholar, editor of David Bohm's
books, e.g., "On Creativity," "On Dialogue," and "The Essential David Bohm," published
by Routledge.
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Justin Nolen, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, ethnobiologist
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Dermot O'Hara, Dublin, Ireland, healer
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Dr. Glenn Parry, SEED Graduate Institute, Albuquerque, NM
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Dr. Lloyd Pinkham,
Yakama Nation, Wapato, WA, Science Educator, Traditional Knowledge Consultant
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Sarah Police, Navajo, Bluff, UT, artist
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Prince Tjorkorda Gede Agung Dharma Putra, Native Balinese, Ubud, Central
Bali, Architect
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Dr. Phil Sakimoto, physicist, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN
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Ashley Cottrell Teren, Cherokee/Navajo, Jacksonville, OR, Project Manager IEI Cosmic Serpent , Project Manager and Webmaster: Sharing the Skies, graduate researcher-education
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Patrick Toomey, Salt Lake City, UT, retired, American Express Company
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Dr. Shelly Valdez, Laguna Pueblo, New Laguna, NM, Native Pathways, science educator,
evaluator
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Roberto Vasquez, Mexican Indian, Curandero, Albuquerque, NM
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Gerald White, Ojibwe, Deer River, MN, Indian Education Director/Cultural Liason, Deer River School District
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Emil Wolfgramm, Tongan, Honolulu, HI, physicist, educator, navigator
and canoe builder, writing PhD in Polynesian Astronomy
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Tania Haerekitera Wolfgramm, Tongan, Waiheke Island, Auckland, NZ, Te Ha Indigenous Academy of Culture, Arts, Science and Enterprise
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Yvonne Yazzie, Navajo, Albuquerque, NM, Developer YazzieNet listserv