Our Core Faculty:
Suzanne Estes (Chickasaw & Choctaw)
Department Chair, Professor of Biology
Phone: (503) 725-8782
Email: estess@pdx.edu
Theodore Van Alst Jr. (enrolled member, Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians)
Tilikum Professor
Email: tva2@pdx.edu
Cornel Pewewardy (Comanche & Kiowa)
Founding Director & Professor Emeritus
Email: cornelp@pdx.edu
Grace Dillon (Anishinaabe)
Professor Emerita
Email: dillong@pdx.edu
Hailey Maria Salazar (Yoeme)
Assistant Teaching Professor
Email: haileymaria@pdx.edu
Adjunct Faculty:
Rachel Black Elk (Lakota/Lumbee)
Adjunct Instructor
Indigenous Nations Studies
Email: blackelk@pdx.edu
Carma Corcoran (Chippewa-Cree)
Adjunct Instructor
Indigenous Nations Studies
Email: ccarma@pdx.edu
Renea Perry (Tlingit/Inupiat)
Adjunct Instructor
Email: pperry@pdx.edu
Harold Paul (Nez Perce, Yakima, Cowlitz and Flathead)
Adjunct Instructor
Indigenous Nations Studies
Contact via department chair or iteck@pdx.edu
ITECK Coordinator:
Emma Johnson (Cowlitz)
ITECK Coordinator
Email: erj6@pdx.edu