Speakers

  • Janelle Adair - Indian University Scholars Society President
  • Dr. Brad Agnew - Author and NSU Professor of History
  • Kelly Anquoe - Kiowa traditionalist, musician and artist
  • Ardis Bad Moccasin - Nebraska Indian Community College
  • Steve Beleu - Regional Depository Librarian, U.S. Government Information Division, Oklahoma Department of Libraries
  • Tom Belt - Cherokee Language Program Coordinator, Western Carolina University
  • Marcellino Berardo - Lecturer of Linguistics, University of Kansas
  • Roy Boney - Filmmaker
  • Mallory Buckley - Miss NASA 2009-2010
  • Dr. Renee Cambiano - NSU Associate Professor of Educational Foundations and Leadership
  • Dr. David Close - Director of the Aboriginal Fisheries Research Unit at the University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre
  • Dr. Raymond DeMallie - Director of the American Indian Studies Research Institute at Indiana University - Bloomington
  • Joseph Erb - Filmmaker
  • Durbin Feeling - Cherokee Language Instructor, University of Oklahoma
  • Colleen Fitzgerald - Chair of the Department of Linguistics and TESOL, University of Texas at Arlington
  • Tom Elkins - Cherokee Nation Department of Environmental Services
  • Daniel Faddis - Cherokee Nation Science Education and Outreach Specialist
  • Dr. Hugh Foley - Rogers State University Associate Professor
  • Dr. Hartwell Francis - Cherokee Language Program Director, Western Carolina University
  • Deb Grayson - Cherokee Cornstalk Shoot Society
  • Web Grayson - Cherokee Cornstalk Shoot Society
  • Russell Harjo - American Indian Science and Engineering Society President
  • Sterlin Harjo - Filmmaker
  • Commander John Herrington - Retired U.S. Air Force, Veteran NASA Astronaut, Charter Member of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society
  • Dr. Dan Howard - National Science Foundation Fellow, University of Toronto
  • Vanessa Jennings - Kiowa traditionalist and cradleboard maker
  • Wyman Kirk - Instructor in the NSU Cherokee Language Degree Program
  • Dr. Mary Linn - Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma
  • Dr. Edgarita Long - NSU Professor of Speech Language Pathology
  • Wilma Mankiller - Former Cherokee Nation Principal Chief and NSU's first Sequoyah Fellow
  • Dr. Henrietta Mann - Found President of Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribal College
  • Dr. Brad Montgomery-Anderson - NSU Cherokee Language Education Degree Program Coordinator
  • Patrick Moore - Powwow Arena Director, NSU Student
  • Amber A. Neely - Department of Linguistic Anthropology, University of Oklahoma
  • Harry Oosahwee - Instructor in the NSU Cherokee Language Degree Program
  • Dr. Karen Patterson - NSU Professor of Speech Language Pathology
  • Lizette Peter - Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Teaching, The University of Kansas
  • Crystal Perry - Powwow Head Lady Dancer, NSU student
  • Rodrick Pocowatchit - Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Editor
  • Victor Roubidoux - Iowa Nation of Oklahoma Wild Eagle Rehabilitation Program
  • Jann Rose - Osage Nation Environmental and Natural Resources Department
  • Alice Saunsoci - Omaha Language Teacher, Nebraska Indian Community College
  • Dr. Gloria Sly - Cherokee Nation Cultural Resource Center Director
  • Chris Smith - Native American Student Association
  • Dave Stewart - CEO of Cherokee Nation Entertainment and Hard Rock Casino
  • Sammy Still - The Keetoowah News Editor
  • Hyde Toppah - Powwow Head Singer, NSU Senior
  • Steve Wahnee - Muscogeee (Creek) Nation Children and Family Administration Indian Child Welfare Coordinator
  • Dr. Virginia Whitekiller - NSU Associate Professor of Social Work
  • Kara Whitworth - Cherokee Nation Indian Child Welfare, Oklahoma Permanency Services, Oklahoma State Court Program Manager
  • Dawn Yahola - Muscogeee (Creek) Nation Children and Family Administration Manager
  • Akira Yamamoto - Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Linguistics, University of Kansas
  • Kimiko Yamamoto - Professor Emeritus of Japanese and Japanese Literature, University of Kansas
  • Nathan Young, IV - Filmmaker