Enokiijig / We Serve
Along with AIRC staff, the center provides office space to Indigenous Studies and Ojibwe Language faculty and is “home away from home” for most of the University’s American Indian faculty and staff.
AIRC Staff
Vice President of American Indian Student Success and Campus Diversity Officer
American Indian Resource Center 114
Phone: 218-755-2141
Box #21
chrissy.downwind@bemidjistate.edu
AIRC Associate Director
American Indian Resource Center 109a
Phone: 218-755-3353
Box #21
ann.humphrey@bemidjistate.edu
AIRC Associate Director for Outreach
American Indian Resource Center 110a
Phone: 218-755-4210
Box #21
ron.wilson@bemidjistate.edu
Also on AIRC Staff
We have two new Staff at the American Indian Resource Center! These Student Success Coordinators will help students navigate the higher education landscape through various modes.
Ashley Jones
AIRC Student Success Coordinator
Room 113
ashley.jones@bemidjistate.edu
Phone: 218-755-2151
Jack Warren
AIRC Student Success Coordinator
Room 109
jack.warren@bemidjistate.edu
Phone: 218-755-2615
Languages & Indigenous Studies Faculty
Professor of Indigenous Studies
American Indian Resource Center Room 111
Phone: 218-755- 2590
shaawano@bemidjistate.edu
Professor of Languages Studies
American Indian Resource Center 112
Phone: 218-755-3968
Box #21
anton.treuer@bemidjistate.edu
Website:
Dr. Niiyokamigaabaw Deondre Smiles
Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies
Bangsberg Hall 203
Phone: 218-755-3374
deondre.smiles@bemidjistate.edu
Assistant Professor of Ojibwe Languages
kim.anderson@bemidjistate.edu