Janet Campbell Hale (Coeur d'Alene) Was our Tribal Scholar for Fall Term, 2007. A gifted poet and prose writer, Janet lives on the reservation in Idaho. While she was here she was doing research on the history of her tribe for an upcoming guide to tribal history, culture, land, and tribal government, sponsored by her tribal council.
[more]Dailan Jake Long (Navajo). Dailan graduated with a major in Native American Studies. For his senior honors thesis: "Diyin Nohookaa Dine nihi'doo'nid, We are called the Holy Earth-Surface People: Navajo Resistance to Cultural Genocide, Environmental Injustice, and the Desert Rock Energy Project."
[more]Andrew J. Hope III (Tlingit / Sitka). NAS Tribal Scholar 2008. Andy held a Master of Arts in Cross-Cultural Studies from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. He was the coordinator for the Alaska Federation of Natives / Southeast Alaska Region. During Spring term, 2007, Andy worked his fellowship at Dartmouth in preparing a Web site for the Tlingit Clan Conferences held in Alaska. He was a poet, tribal elder and leader, dedicating his life to the advancement of all Alaska Native people.
[more]Joseph Brewer (Tsalagi, Oglala Lakota from the Meskwaki Community, Tama, Iowa). 2007-2008. Joe was awarded the tribal scholarship at Dartmouth in order to do work on his project "Agriculture and Natural Resources Management for American Indian Tribes: An Extension Agent's View." While he worked on this project he provided great leadership and direction for many of our students.
[more]Judy Kertesz (2006-2007) - (Lumbee) was a doctoral candidate in the History of American Civilization at Harvard University. Her dissertation is titled: "Skeletons in the American Attic: Curiosity, Science and the Appropriation of the American Indian Past." She is now an Assistant Professor at NC State University in the Department of History and her teaching interests include Native American History, Early American History, Public History, Material Culture, and Museology.
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