Board of Directors
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Chairman of the Board Richard is the Associate Director and Curator of the American Indian Culture Center & Museum in San Diego as well as the Director and Curator of the Kumeyaay Culture Center. His roster of activities and duties is too long to list- suffice it to say that Richard is an extremely active presence in all Native American revitalization efforts in Southern California, teaching classes, running programs, publishing a daily email newsletter ,etc. |
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Nancy Richardson Steele, Karuk Nancy is a language specialist and consultant. She has worked on language projects for the past 25 years. Nancy is also a board member of the Karuk Language Restoration Board and is an accomplished storyteller, basket weaver and traditional singer. |
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Deborah Morillo, Deborah is a present participant in AICLS.
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Stan Rodriquez |
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Matthew Vestuto, Tšʰumaš Matthew Vestuto is presently attending The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. He’s pursuing a degree in linguistics and focuses on two of the 6 Tšʰumaš languages; Barbareño and Ventureño. |
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Professor Leanne Hinton, Consulting Board Member Dr. Hinton is professor emerita of the Linguistics Department at U.C. Berkeley. A specialist on language revitalization, she consults with indigenous groups around the world on language maintenance and reclamation. As a founding member of AICLS, she is deeply involved in their language programming. Dr. Hinton has published 8 books, and numerous articles and reports on the revitalization of indigenous languages.
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Marina Drummer Marina served as Executive Director of the LEF Foundation from 1985- 2000. In 2000 she began her own non-profit, Community Futures Collective and provides technical assistance and fund-raising help to grassroots organizations. She currently serves on the board of the Oaktown Jazz Workshop, Families With A Future, the National Coalition to Free the Angola Three and is Grants Advisor to the LEF Foundation. |
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Northern Obispeno Chumash