
Native American and Indigenous Cohort Hosted by the WLU Native American and Indigenous Cohort
Our mission is to improve American Indian awareness and education on campus in order to provide a welcoming, vibrant, and culturally sensitive environment for W&L students and employees who identify as American Indian and those who support the issues faced by American Indians today.
We are excited to roll out our second year of events for the W&L and Rockbridge community! This article, W&L Announces Yearlong Native American Heritage Celebration, published in the September 24, 2020 Columns highlights some of the new initiatives our cohort has been working on the last year to create more awareness for Native people and cultures. We hope you will join us at our two October events (description below and poster attached). Please reach out to any member of the cohort with questions you may have!
Native American and Indigenous Cohort Membership
- Thomas E. Camden '76 (Monacan descendant) Associate Professor, Head, Special Collections & University Archives
- Francile Elrod, Associate Director of Community-Based Learning, Shepherd Program
- Victoria P. Ferguson (Monacan), descendant of the people upon whose land your very institution sits (NAIC Monacan community member)
- Chelsea Fisher, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
- Kelly Fujiwara (Miwok descendant), Special Events Coordinator at Lee House
- Leah Naomi Green, Visiting Assistant Professor of English
- Joseph Guse, Professor of Economics
- Julia Hernandez, Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
- Kim Hodge, Director of Sustainability Initiatives & Education
- Seth Michelson, Associate Professor of Spanish
- Ella Powers '22
- Nicole Poulin, Campus Garden Manager
- Lynn Rainville, Director of Institutional History and Museums, Professor of Anthropology
- Jessica Wager (Mvskoke Creek descendant), Executive Assistant to the Provost
- Susan Wager (Mvskoke Creek descendant), Assistant Director of the Lenfest Center