About the Indigenous Inclusion and Engagement Working Group

The Indigenous Inclusion and Engagement working group was formed to champion the following initiatives on Butler’s campus:

Awareness – Educating on traditional knowledge, courses/programs, and learning opportunities.
Representation –Recruiting students, faculty, and staff; developing scholarships; encouraging hiring incentives; and retaining services and support, policies, and practices review.
Community Relations – Building connections and relationships with local leaders in Indianapolis, tribal leaders of traditional Indiana homelands, and Indigenous leaders around the world.
Truth & Reconciliation – Advocating for local indigenous history, land acknowledgment, social responsibility.

Committee Members

This working group, chaired by Professor of Anthropology Dr. Tom Mould, is comprised of faculty, staff, students, and alumni seeking to mobilize campus to engage in Indigenous issues, achievements, culture, and joy.

Faculty and Staff:

Tom Mould

Professor – Anthropology
Department of History, Anthropology and Classics

tmould@butler.edu

Jordan 253-C

Irune del Rio Gabiola

Professor – Spanish
Modern Language Center

igabiola@butler.edu

JH 386

Lynne Kvapil

Professor of Classics
Department of History, Anthropology and Classics

lkvapil@butler.edu

JH 380

Randall Ojeda

Senior Director Diversity Equity & Inclusion & Director
Diversity Center

rojeda@butler.edu

AU

Alexander Roehrkasse

Assistant Professor – Sociology & Criminology
Sociology and Criminology – LAS

aroehrkasse@butler.edu

JH-246H

Julie Searcy

Assistant Professor – Anthropology
Department of History, Anthropology and Classics

jsearcy@butler.edu

JH-253E

Ageeth Sluis

Professor – History
Department of History, Anthropology and Classics

asluis@butler.edu

JH-349C

Student and Alumni Members:

Justin Deem-Loureiro, Student, jdeemloureiro@butler.edu
Chinoodin (Cameron Tomaszewski), Student, ctomaszewski@butler.edu
K’uyaang (Ben Young), Alumnus, Haida Language Specialist, yaadaas@yahoo.com