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Our Team

Wendelin M. Hume, PhD

Principal Investigator

Naotkamegwanning Nation

Kathy Smart, EdD

Co-Principal Investigator/Instructional Design

Carla Eben

Tribal Coalition Partner

Pyramid Lake Paiute

Yi-Ping Hsieh, PhD

Co-Principal Investigator

Sherina Hume

Admin. Assist. & Social Media

Anishinaabe and Cherokee

Lisa Nerenberg

California Elder Justice Coalition

hoctaw and Cherokee

Nicole Chesemore

Graduate Research Assistant

Rebecca Warsinsky

Administrative Assistant

Loretta Heuer

Tribal Coalition Partner

Jodi Tess

Tribal Coalition Partner

Oneida Tribe

Jacqueline S. Gray, PhD

Consultant

Choctaw and Cherokee

Ademola Amida, PhD

Content Creator/Instructional Design

Anna Rackley

Graduate Research Assistant

June-Yung Kim

Principal Investigator

Petra Harmon

Tribal Coalition Partner

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

Marcia Hall

Tribal Coalition Partner

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes

Tara Lulla

Research Assistant

Sierra Schartz

Graduate Research Assistant

Taylor Pesch

Graduate Research Assistant

Address

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221 Centennial Drive, Mail Stop 8050

Grand Forks, ND 58202

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