So You Think You Hired an American Indian

Authors

David Cornsilk, Cherokee, Genealogist, Nationalist, Consultant
Dean Flechs, Cherokee, Director of Multicultural Affairs and Equity, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Mary Lee Johns, Minneconjou Lakota, Consultant to Army Corp of Engineers
Helen Long Soldier, Sicangu Lakota, Education Specialist, Multi-Cultural Affairs, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date of this Version

October 2001

Abstract

This session will focus on the importance of ethnic identity as it pertains to American Indians. Most predominantly white institutions of higher education do not verify the self¬reported ethnicity of faculty, staff or students. Most tribally controlled institutions require documentation through enrollment/other proof How do universities verify Indian identity?