Native Stories

Dr. Michael Little Crow is an esteemed Indigenous Math Educator deeply committed to promoting mathematics education and empowering learners from diverse backgrounds. He is a member of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa-Cree people. He co-founded OPEN Global Village, Original Peoples Education Network, which supports education abroad initiatives. He actively collaborates with the education agencies of several tribal nations to provide professional development opportunities in mathematics, aiming to enhance teaching methodologies and empower educators within these communities. His doctoral research focused on the development of a podcast titled "Professional Development for Math Educators: Amplifying, Hearing, and Understanding the Voice of Community Educators." 

https://www.facebook.com/openglobalvillage

https://open-global-village.org

https://www.youtube.com/open-global-village

Kori Czuy, ᒥᐦᑯᐱᐦᐁᓯᐤ, is Cree/Métis Polish, and was born in Treaty 8 by the banks of the Peace River. She is the Manager, Indigenous Engagement at the Spark Science Centre, focusing on bringing together multiple ways of knowing science. Kori is on an ongoing journey to reconnect with and learn from the knowings of the land, as well as helping others connect with the complexities of these knowings alongside Western science.

Her PhD is in storying mathematics; through her research she worked with children and Treaty 7 Elders to explore the depth of mathematics within Indigenous stories.

www.relationalsciencecircle.com

Podcast “Ancestral Science” on Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/0uGuMvlde8aEuntOaeGmhK?si=f356934ff3b6479e)

Podcast Merch: https://www.relationalsciencecircle.com/shop

Temaʻuounukuhiva Teʻikitekahioho-Wolff was born in Hilo, Hawaiʻi and raised in the district of Puna. He went to Ke Kula o Nāwahīokalaniʻōpuʻu, a Hawaiian language immersion school, where he learned Hawaiian language. He is of ʻEnana (Marquesan), Hawaiian, Chinese, Dutch and American descent. He currently lives in Aotearoa New Zealand with his partner and in 2020 pursued a Masters of Māori and Pacific Development from the University of Waikato while writing his thesis on the ancestral fishing methods of Nukuhiva. He speaks English, Hawaiian and Marquesan and is learning to speak French and Māori. His interests are in Polynesian linguistics and culture, connecting people throughout the Pacific and enjoying the ocean, whether it be through fishing, diving or surfing.

Dr. Bryan Dawson is a University Professor of Mathematics, from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. He has a public Canvas course called “Calculus with Infinitesimals”: https://uu.instructure.com/courses/13558

Jodie and Roberta are a mother/daughter duo both from Institute of Education at Massey University in New Zealand with Cook Island roots.Dr. Jodie Hunter is an Associate Professor and teaches papers in the area of Mathematics Education and Pasifika education. She has previously worked in the area of mathematics education at Plymouth University, UK in the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching and Learning. Her research interests include effective mathematics teaching and culturally responsive teaching for Pasifika learners.Dr. Roberta Hunter is a Professor of Pāsifika Education Studies. Her research explores ambitious teaching; mathematical practices; communication and participation; and strength based and culturally sustaining practices in mathematics classrooms. Her most recent research has examined the mathematical practices students use as they work on problems embedded in social justice contexts.

Rowena Ball is of Aboriginal and Irish descent. She is a research Mathematician at The Australian National University and is active in researching Indigenous Science and Mathematics and in STEM outreach with Indigenous students at remote schools and on-campus Summer Schools.

Dr. Edward Doolittle is Kanyenkehake (Flint Nation = Mohawk) from Six Nations in southern Ontario. He earned his PhD in pure mathematics (partial differential equations) from the University of Toronto in 1997. In 2000-2001 he was a member of Onkwewenna Kentsyohkwa (Our Language Group) studying the Mohawk language full time in immersion in his home community. In 2001, he joined the faculty of First Nations University of Canada, a federated college of the University of Regina, where he is now Associate Professor of Mathematics.

Dr. Doolittle is interested in probability, particularly in relation to partial differential operators. He is also interested in Indigenous mathematics and related concepts like Indigenizing mathematics, traditional mathematics, and ethnomathematics, and the educational possibilities afforded by those different views of mathematics. He is the recipient of a Governor General’s Academic Medal (Gold) and an Honorable Mention in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition.

Craig Young is from Tséch’ízhí, Arizona and was nominated recently for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation’s highest honor for STEM and computer science teachers. He is Honágháahnii, born for Kinłichíi’nii. His maternal grandfather is Tł’ááshchí’í, and his paternal grandfather is Nát’oh Dine’é Bitáá’chii’nii (Táchii’nii).He is a STEM educator/ethno-mathematician/after-school program staffer at Tuba City Boarding School. He maintains a family and is working on a doctorate in leadership at Fielding Graduate University. He also runs TCBS’s Thunderbird Robotics Team, is part of the Alliance of Indigenous Math Circles, runs Tuba City’s Arrowhead Math Circles, runs a few math camps across the Nation, and runs Warriors of Hope is character development for boys.Linkshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzeJtfjFjiwMmkhm1cDYuDwhttps://aimathcircles.org/allied-math-circles/Facebook: Arrowhead Math CircleContact info: [email protected]

Moeata Galenon, the first female Maohi Navigator on the traditional canoe Faafaite.She shares her journey of becoming a crew member of Faafaite, to becoming the first female navigator on the vaa, after she sailed from Tahiti to Aotearoa/New Zealand with co-navigator Titaua Teipoarii in 2019 without using any instruments. She shares on the importance of indigenous knowledge in navigating and in perpetuating our cultures.