NAISA Conference May 17–19, 2018
InterContinental Hotel | 900 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90017

Host Committee

  • UC Los Angeles: Mishuana Goeman (Tonawanda Band of Seneca)
  • Cal Tech: Nikki Chun (Kanaka Maoli)
  • Claremont Colleges: Kehaulani Vaughn (Kanaka Maoli)
  • CSU Long Beach: Cindi Alvitre (Gabrieliño/Tongva)
  • Cal Poly Pomona: Charles Sepulveda (Gabrieliño/Tongva, Acjachemen)
  • Cal State University, Los Angeles: Kimberly Robertson (Mvskoke)
  • CSU Fullerton: Brady Hiener
  • Occidental and Autry: Nancy Mithlo (Chiricahua Apache)
  • UC Riverside: Michelle Raheja (Seneca)
  • UC Irvine: Alicia Cox
  • UC San Diego: Gloria Chacon (Maya Ch'orti' ) and Katie Walkiewicz
  • Occidental College: Celestina Castillo
  • United American Indian Involvement (UAII): Joseph Quintana
  • Desiree Martinez, Gabrielino (Tongva)
  • NAISA Graduate Volunteer Coordinator: Michael Leonard Cox, San Diego Mesa College
  • Graduate Coordinators: Clementine Bordeaux (Sicangu Oglala Lakota), UCLA and Margaret McMurtrey (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), UCSB
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people of
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