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Circle of Learning Students - Spring 2011

• Elviria Aquino – New Mexico
  Pueblo of Ohkay Owingeh
  Elviria works as a library technician at the New Mexico State Supreme Court Law Library as well as volunteering countless hours to her community and the P'oe Tsawa Community Library. She hopes to concentrate on archival studies and eventually help her tribe preserve and digitize their records.
• Lisa Dirks – Alaska
  Unangan (Aleut)
  Lisa has been working at the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation since 2007 and has a strong interest in social science and public health research. She is particularly interested in community involvement in social science research and the incorporation of community based participatory research methods in the dissemination of research results. Lisa holds a B.A. in Anthropology-Ethnology from the University of New Mexico and a Masters in Health Science Administration from Northern Arizona University.
• Susan Gehr – California
  Karuk Tribe
  Susan is a continuing SLIS student and has been working actively with the Karuk tribe on language preservation. She has been working on processing the Thomas Buckley Papers in the Special Collections of the Humboldt State University Library and on an online dictionary of the Karuk language. Susan holds a B.A. in Women's Studies/Native American Studies and a M.A. in Linguistics.
• Amy Moore – Maine
  Passamaquoddy Tribe
  Amy has a B.A. in Art from Central Connecticut State University and Post Graduate Certification in Museum Studies from Harvard Extension School. Amy currently holds two positions; one as the Library Technical Assistant, Youth Services at Walker Memorial Library and another as Administrative Associate at the Maine Medical Center Library.
• Indri Pasaribu – British Columbia
  Toba Batak from Sumatra
  Indri has a B.A. in English and Political Science from Carleton University in Ontario, Canada. Indri has been working as a volunteer at the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs working to debug their automated library system after a data migration.
• Gena Peone – Washington
  Spokane Tribe of Indians
  Gena has a B.A. in Humanities from the University of Washington and has been working at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture for the past seven years. She has extensive experience working with American Indian collections and looks forward to integrating what she learns at SLIS with her museum experience.
• Mary Rogers – Montana
  Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and Confederated Salish and Kootenai
  Mary is the Database and Historical Records Manager of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Historic Preservation Department. She has her B.A. in Journalism from the University of Central Oklahoma and is a member of the Veteran Warrior Society.
• Shannon Rosenbaum – Washington
  Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
  Shannon is a recent graduate from the University of Washington, where she earned her B.A. in Anthropology and History. She was the 2010 undergraduate recipient of the Burke Museum Archaeological Collections Research Fellowship, where she has worked on developing a cultural education kit about the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. She has received the 2012 ALA Emerging Leaders award from AILA.
• Karen Shaffer (Brandt) – Hawaii
  Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
  Karen has been working in libraries since 1983 and is currently working with the State Department of Education in Hawaii. She has her MBA in Business Administration and a B.A in Logistics Management from the University of North Florida.
• Samantha Villagomez – Wisconsin
  Menominee
  Samantha is working as the tribal librarian at Menominee Tribal School. Before becoming librarian, Samantha worked as a substitute teacher at the school. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and a M.S. in Special Education from D'Youville College in Buffalo, New York.

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