Trustees
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I believe
that the unique perspective and contribution the Buffalo Trust can make as a
native-led, native oriented foundation is both needed and appreciated.
William G. Demmert, Jr.
(Tlingit & Sioux)
Bellingham, WA Director/Trustee William G. Demmert, Jr. holds a
Ed.D. degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is an associate
professor in the Woodring College of Education, Western Washington University.
In addition to his university responsibilities, he serves on the Independent
Review panel created by the U.S. Congress to undertake a national assessment of
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments (ESEA) and other
federal programs in the U.S. Department of Education; is a member of the Board
of Trustees for the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, and was a
member of the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future. Dr.
Demmert served as the Commissioner of Education in Alaska for three years, as
the Director for Indian Education Programs in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and
as Deputy Commissioner of Education in the U.S. Department of Education.
Professor Demmert was also appointed by the U.S. Department of Education as
co-chair of the Indian Nations At Risk Task Force and served as the primary
writer for the Indian Nations At Risk Task Force Report, Indian Nations at Risk:
An Educational Strategy for Action. Professor Demmert’s international activity
includes serving as the chair for an international steering committee that has
been working with representatives from Russia, Northern Quebec and the Yukon
Territory (Canada), and Australia, on Native education issues.
K. Tsianina Lomawaima (Creek Nation
of Eastern Oklahoma)
Tucson, AZ Director/Trustee Dr. Lomawaima holds a Ph.D. in
Anthropology from Stanford University and is a professor in the American Indian
Studies Program at
Wilma Mankiller (Cherokee)
Stilwell, OK Director/Trustee Wilma Mankiller is the former
Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Ms. Mankiller, who left
office in 1995, continues to pursue her commitment to Native cultural
preservation and development, speaking and publishing widely. She has earned a
bachelor’s degree and holds numerous honorary degrees. In addition to her
commitment to the Buffalo Trust, she serves as a Trustee of the Ford Foundation
and the Native American Preparatory School.
Nancy Marie Mithlo (Chiricahua
Apache)
Santa Fe, NM Director/Trustee Nancy Marie Mithlo earned her
doctorate in Anthropology at Stanford University in 1993 writing on the role of
contemporary American Indian artists. She resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico
and Northampton, Massachusetts. In Santa Fe she has been affiliated with
the Institute of American Indian Arts since 1985 in a variety of roles - as a
student, Museum Director, faculty member and consultant on distance education
initiatives. She also coordinates the Native American Arts Alliance (NA3),
non-profit aimed at increasing indigenous dialogue worldwide. NA3
sponsored Native American arts initiatives at the Venice Biennale
(“Ceremonial” in 1999 and “Umbilicus” in 2001). In Northampton, Dr.
Mithlo serves as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Smith College. Her
research interests include the career strategies of native women in the arts,
the politics of Indian “princess pageants,” ethnographic film studies and
indigenous curation methods. She was selected as an Americans for Indian
Opportunity Ambassador (Class of 1994) and serves on the board of the Native
American Art Studies Association. She is mother to two daughters – one
in college and one in kindergarten.
Janine Pease-Pretty on Top (Crow)
Crow Agency, MT Director/Trustee Janine Pease-Pretty on Top is
President of Little Big Horn College, Crow Agency, Montana. She holds Master’s
and Doctorate degrees in Education from Montana State University, and six
honorary degrees, and is a MacArthur Fellow, Class of 1994. She is also a
Presidential appointee to the National Advisory Council on Indian Education and
is on the Board of Directors of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium.
Dave Warren (Santa Clara Pueblo)
Santa Fe, NM Director/Trustee Dr. Warren is the former
Deputy Director of the National Museum of the American Indian, and, for twenty
years, Director of the Center for Cultural Studies and Research, Institute of
American Indian Arts (IAIA). While at IAIA, he served Indian communities in a
national program of cultural resources planning and development. Included in
this work were oral history programs, native language training, and museum and
educational program planning as determined by the tribes and communities. Among
Dr. Warren’s public service appointments are the Board of the National
Endowment for the Humanities, the President’s Committee on the Arts and
Humanities, and the Advisory Board for the National Park Service.
Robert Allen Warrior (Osage)
Norman, OK Director/Trustee Dr. Warrior is affiliated with the
Osage Nation, Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and was educated at Yale University and the
Union Theological Seminary. He has been a faculty member at Stanford and Cornell
Universities, and presently holds a faculty appointment at the University of
Oklahoma. He is the author of Tribal Secrets: Recovering from American Indian
Intellectual Traditions and Like a Hurricane: The Indian Movement from Alcatraz
to Wounded Knee.
Oriel Lucero (Isleta Pueblo
& Navajo)
Santa Fe, NM Director/Executive Director,
Secretary Oriel Lucero is the Buffalo Trust Executive Director. Ms. Lucero holds a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from Occidental College and a Master’s degree in Art History and Museum Studies from the University of Southern California. She has worked in art programs at the J. Paul Getty Museum, US Department of Interior, and Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology.
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