Indigenous Scholars In Residence Program

2025 Indigenous Scholars in Residence

May 25th – 31st
Patrick DeɁilélegiɁ (Red) Burtt is the Vice-Chairman of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, and he also serves as the Chairman of the Dresslerville Community Council as well as an executive board member of the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada and an alternate delegate to the National Congress of American Indians. Burtt holds a Bachelor of Arts in Native American and Indigenous Studies from Fort Lewis College, a Master of Arts in American Indian Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Master of Arts in History from Arizona State University. Burtt’s tentatively titled dissertation, Washoe Survivance, Reclamation, and Resurgence: A Century of Settler Colonialism, will reorient the common narrative of Indigenous Peoples broadly and the Washoe specifically to display their continued confrontation and resistance to settler colonialism. As a Faculty Associate and Adjunct Instructor, Burtt has taught courses in American Indian Studies and Native American Studies at institutions such as Arizona State University and California State University, Sacramento. These courses include Contemporary Issues of American Indian Nations, Introduction to American Indian Studies, and American Indian History. Professionally, Burtt has protected the homelands of Native Peoples in Nevada, California, Utah, and Oregon in collaboration with Native Nations and working as a Tribal monitor, an archeological technician, and the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California. Burtt has established protocols for the continued protection and preservation of heritage resources critical to the continuity of Indigenous cultures. Proficient in methods of the emerging field of Indigenous archaeology, Burtt will continue to advocate for advancing the uninterrupted presence of Indigenous Peoples within their respective homelands.

June 8th – 14th
Dr. Wade Campbell (Diné) is an Assistant Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology at Boston University. His research explores the historical relationships between Diné communities and other local groups in the US Southwest, including the Pueblos, Spanish, and Americans. In particular, Campbell’s work examines longer-term patterns of Diné settlement and economic activity across the greater Four Corners region, with a particular focus on the origins of the Diné sheepherding tradition and related shifts in land use, social organization, and diet and subsistence practices between A.D. 1600 and the present day.

June 22nd – 28th
Carrie Calisay Cannon is a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, and also of Oglala Lakota, and German ancestry. She has a B.S. in Wildlife Biology and an M.S. in Resource Management. If you wish to connect with Carrie, you will need a fast horse; by weekday she fills her days as a fulltime Ethnobotanist with the Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, by weekend she is a lapidary and silversmith artist who enjoys chasing the beautiful as she creates Native Southwestern turquoise jewelry.

June 15th – 21st
Noah Collins (Cherokee Nation/White Mountain Apache Tribe) is a doctoral candidate at Princeton University. His research interests broadly concern Indigenous health disparities. He has worked extensively in genomics, bioethics, and community based participatory research in multiple domestic and international Indigenous peoples groups. His most recent research has been to identify globally rare gene variants for use in creating therapeutics to treat areas of unmet medical need. His dissertation project, titled Incorporation: Australian Indigenous Pharmacogenomics, follows Aboriginal researchers across the Australian continent pursuing genomics projects in Indigenous communities in order to improve health outcomes and cultural efficacy in biomedical endeavors. This dissertation examines Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander vies for authority and power through critical Indigenous methodology and the role of science in shaping Indigenous futurity.

June 1st – 7th
Mowana L. Lomaomvaya is a member of the Hopi Tribe from the village of Hotevilla located in northern Arizona. She earned a Master of Arts in anthropology with an emphasis in archaeology from Northern Arizona University and a Master of Legal Studies with a concentration in Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy from The University of Arizona. Mowana is the Assistant Archivist for Indigenous Initiatives and Cultures at Northern Arizona University’s Cline Library. Her research focuses on the history, harm, and reparation of archaeology to Indigenous communities and their ancestors, particularly, repatriation, collaborative archaeological methods, and decolonizing frameworks. She is leading the development of an Indigenous Open Educational Resources repository created as part of the Seven Generations Signature Initiative, a grant aimed towards advancing Indigenous Peoples-focused scholarship, collaborative partnerships, and student success. Within Cline Library, she assists in the care and management of Indigenous archival materials, engages the Protocols for Native American Archival Materials, and consults on the review of SCA policies, procedures, and matters of cultural sensitivity and respectful access.

May 19th -24th
Dr. Justin Lund, Ph.D. (Diné), is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences. He holds both master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Oklahoma. As a biological anthropologist, Dr. Lund specializes in human microbiomes, bioethics, and Indigenous methodologies. His research and outreach efforts focus on amplifying Native American experiences, advancing Tribal sovereignty, and promoting science communication within Indigenous communities.