Faculty Members and Areas of Research

Taiaiake Alfred, Chair, Indigenous Governance and Human and Social Development, PhD (Cornell)

Specialization in leadership, warriorism, cultural restoration, and political thought.

Jeff Corntassel, Associate Professor, Indigenous Governance, PhD (Arizona)

Specialization in Indigenous political movements, community resurgence, global Indigenous rights discourse, and sustainable self-determination.

Waziyatawin, Indigenous Peoples Research Chair and Associate Professor, Indigenous Governance, PhD (Cornell)

Specialization in Indigenous peoples and decolonization strategies, women and resistance, traditional knowledge recovery, and global collapse.

Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark, Assistant Professor, Indigenous Governance, PhD (Minnesota)

Specialization in Indigenous comparative politics, Indigenous diplomacy and treaty relations, Indigenous law and governance, and US/Canadian Indigenous law and policy.

Local Indigenous Advisory Council

Charles Elliott, Tsartlip

Myrna Crossley, Lekwungen

Cheryl Bryce, Lekwungen

Fran Powless, Mohawk Nation