Elizabeth Alva Sumida [1998] (Wanka). Elizabeth graduated Dartmouth with a modified major in Anthropology and Native American Studies. Her writing project concentrated on post-colonization writing as a form of revolutionary thought and resistance in Peru. Her title: "Waling on Stones and Dir: Wanka Storytelling in Chongos Bajo."
[more]Peggy J. Ackerberg (1997-1998) - (Citizen Potawatomi), attended Harvard's Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. Her dissertation: "Peau rouge, marches blancs: The Marketing of Native America in French Literature." Peggy did not complete her dissertation, and is now employed in the private sector.
[more]William Wood (visiting from Williams College, 1997) (Cherokee). Bill graduated with a Major in History. He received the writing reward for his final history research project: "The Social, Political, and Economic Atmosphere of the Treaty of New Echota."
[more]Brooke Mosay Ammann [1997] (St. Croix Band Chippewa). Brooke majored in Religion and received a Minor in Native American Studies. She was awarded the Writing Prize for her autobiographical essay "And Still ..... I Walk."
[more]Alyce Spotted Bear (Mandan Hidasta) fulfilled two roles when she came to Dartmouth, from Cornell University where she had been working on her Ph.D. in Education. She served as a tribal elder in residence, and also as a visiting instructor. Her courses included "American Indian Education" and "American Indian Women of the Plains, a Cultural History."
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