NIEA Past Presidents

NIEA is honored to have such strong leadership paving the way for more than 40 years of Indian education advocacy, technical assistance services, coordination and communication with our membership and those who work on behalf of Native education.

1970 - 1972 Dr. Will Antell, White Earth Ojibwe 1973 Dillon Platero, Navajo 1974 Dr. Rick LaPointe, Sicangu Lakota 1975 Dr. Kenneth Ross, Flandreau Santee Dakota 1976 Dr. Rick St. Germaine, Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe 1977 Patricia Locke, Hunkpapa Lakota 1978 Lionel Bordeaux, Sicangu Lakota 1979 Stuart Tonemah, Kiowa-Comanche 1980 Lowell R. Amiotte, Oglala Lakota 1981 A. Gray Kingman Wapato, Cheyenne River Lakota 1982 Art Hill, Sr., Cheyenne-Arapaho/Crow 1983-1984 Dr. John W. Tippeconnic III, Comanche 1985 Karen Cornelius-Fenton, Flathead/Oneida

1986 Dr. Anselm G. Davis, Jr., Navajo/Choctaw 1987 Dr. Suzanne Sockey-Selby, Pawnee-Choctaw 1988-1989 Edward Parisian, Chippewa-Cree 1990 Dr. Robert J. Swan, Chippewa-Cree 1991 Donna Rhodes-Martin, Creek 1992 Loren "Bum" Stiffarm, Gros Ventre-Cree 1993 Dr. Scott Butterfield, Winnebago-Chippewa 1994 Phil Baird, Sicangu Lakota 1995 Lorene Zah Bahe, Navajo 1996 Allen Tsinigine, Navajo 1997 Loren Wills, Jicarilla Apache 1998 Yvonne Novak, White Earth Chippewa 1999 Dr. Sherry R. Allison, Navajo

2000 Dr. Gloria Sly, Cherokee 2001 Carole Ann Heart, Sicangu Lakota 2002 Kerry D. Bird, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota/Lumbee 2003 Robin Butterfield, Winnebago/Chippewa 2004 Cindy La Marr, Pit River/Paiute 2005 Dr. David Beaulieu, White Earth Chippewa 2006 Ryan Sense Wilson, Oglala Lakota 2007 Dr. VerlieAnn Malina-Wright, Native Hawaiian 2008 Dr. Williard S. Gilbert, Hopi 2009 Robert B. Cook, Oglala Lakota 2010 Patricia Whitefoot, Yakama/Diné  2011 Mary Jane Oatman-Wak Wak, Nez Perce