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 Introduction: Evans Craig, Scottish/Navajo from Shiprock, NM. I am of the Red Cheek People Clan (Ti aaschii). Born for the Scottish Americans. My maternal grandfathers' clan is the Salt People Clan (Ashiihi). My paternal clan is the Craig Clan of Scotland, south of the Highlanders. I am lucky enough to have two wonderful kids, Siobhan Kristen and Evans Lowell .
- Vision: My vision is to help all the people of Mother Earth
”to see all of us as ONE, to see that WE are all connected.”
Currently: I live in Imperial Beach, CA working out of the First Nations Internet Cafe, right beside the pier. As an Internet Marketing Strategist, I have been working various contracts with businesses, such as Project Management, Network Administration, Web Design & Maintenance, Internet Marketing and Business Development. I am also honored to be on the Board of Directors for the San Diego Indian Health Center and a member of the Poway Interfaith Council, representing Native Cultural Beliefs. I spend my personal time at Pow Wows (a popular type of Indian gathering) dancing as a member of the Golden Gourd Dance Society of Southern California. As a Gourd Dancer, we dance to the old songs & bless the dance grounds before all the dancers arrive for the weekend. I also enjoy playing my Cedar Flute at all sorts of events, including my Invited Speaking Events.
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History: I earned a 2-Year Technological Drafting degree from Haskell Indian Nations University (formerly Haskell Indian Jr. College), and much later, a BBA in Management Information Systems (MIS), & MA candidate in Teaching & Learning Technologies - Distance Education, both from University of New Mexico.
I have been working for years to help get American Indian Nations on the Internet. I designed and implemented a National Supercomputing Program for DOE, called "Countdown To Supercomputing®" to teach Native American High School students to use ‘the Internet, Fractals, Virtual Reality, and Supercomputing,’ from 1990-95. I was part of the original Navajo Nation’s Technology Committee in 1991-95. I helped get Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) on the Internet in 1993. I designed, implemented, and maintained an International Native American Network called the "AISES Information System" in 1993-95. I helped get the Crow Nation’s five Tribal Colleges up on the Internet with Sandia National Laboratories' Montana Consortium in 1994. I worked with Dine' College (formerly Navajo Community College) to get them up on the Internet in 1994-95.  As an entrepreneur/co-founder/Vice President, I started a Native American Internet company called "ATIIN, Inc." in 1995-96. With ATIIN, I designed ‘Community / Tribal Networks’ for Isleta Pueblo, Tesuque Pueblo, and Rough Rock Community Schools. I designed Websites for over 25 Native American business’s in the Nations "first" Native American E-Commerce Mall, called Native CyberTrade. (see Native Nets in WIRED Magazine and Internet Indian Wars) I designed a National Network to connect up 49 Tribal Nations for the Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT) in 1996.
As a Technology Consultant, I have conducted Statewide Technology Assessments for Hawaii (Polynesians - 7 Community Colleges), North Dakota (5 Tribal Colleges), Alaska (College of Rural Alaska – 7 Tribes) & the Navajo Nation (Four states - AZ, NM, CO, & UT). I have also worked with Technology Teams on Internet Infrastructure Development for Dine' College (formerly Navajo Community College) in Shiprock, NM, Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) in Albuquerque, NM, and the Montana Consortium (5 Tribal Colleges) in Montana. I have conducted Technology Assessments for Schools & Tribes, such as Rough Rock Community Schools, Rock Point Community School, Turtle Mountain Chippewa Tribe, Tesuque Pueblo, Navajo Nation, & Isleta Gaming Palace. I have also designed Virtual Online Schools, such as the Western Governors University,worked to create a Virtual Pueblo University, and worked with the National Computational Science Alliance to create High Performance Computing (HPC) Online, to distribute and conduct HPC classes over the Internet and utilizing Internet2 technologies.
As former Catalog Coordinator (`97-'98) for Western Governors University On-line Smart Catalog/Adviser, I designing a complete virtual campus-wide information system (CWIS) for the Western Governors University (WGU). The design criteria specifically lays out the technical specifications of creating a CWIS without actual direct connections to each other. This CWIS connects Universities, Colleges, and other organizations in 19 states and 4 countries, with WGU academics and operations in 2 states, and students attending from around the world. All of this uses the Internet as a transmission mode and uses a single internet domain, wgu.edu to create a single virtual entity. As former Systems Specialist (`96) for Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT,) I was tasked to design an Intranet (for employees)/Extranet (for Tribal members) /Internet (for the general public) website for 54 Tribal Nations, 24 employees, and the public. I was former Entrepreneur/Vice President (`95-'96) of ATIIN, Inc. and Webmaster of Native CyberTrade (http://www.atiin.com/cybertrade), former System Administrator (`93-'95) of the AISES Information System (AIS) for New Mexico Technet, former AISES Student Regional (NM, AZ, UT, CO) Representative (`90-'92), former member (`88-'95) of SNL's American Indian Outreach Committee (AIOC), National Information Infrastructure (NII), Consortium of School Computational Science (ConSCS), Maui High Performance Computing, Education and Research Center (MHPCC), member of the Education Committee for 'Supercomputing '94', the Navajo Nations' Technology Committee, and UNM's American Indian Council. I have been traveling all over the US consulting on Educational and Telecommunications Infrastructure to Native American groups and Tribes. I have been Keynote Speaker at Summer Science Camps throughout the US for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) on "Integrating Science and Culture." I am actively working with National Native American Networking Projects to help all Natives have access to the 'Information Highway, as well as National high-speed Internet (Internet2) Infrastructure Development Research.
 The Tribal Mall (www.TribalMall.com) has been a great success in getting Native American Artists on the ‘net! I have recruited Native American Artists to join the Tribal Mall & provide Native American Sterling Silver Jewelry, Tribal Artifacts, American Indian Arts & Crafts, Native American Music & books, by going to Pow wow’s & Art Shows and getting them to join & signup for an online presences & to sell to the world. I do this by providing “Free eCommerce webpages” to Native Artists & “Free eCommerce website makeovers” to Indian-owned businesses. Of course, some are not ready and basic business skills have to be taught for them to succeed.
But that is the challenge, “To give them the choice.”
(see http://www.evanscraig.com/html/my_websites.html for some of the native artists, indian-owned businesses, and Tribal owned businesses)
 With my "Virtual Company", Internet Technology Services at www.InternetTechnologyService.net , I am using my extensive Internet Expertise to provide Internet Solutions to Tribes, Native organizations, and Native businesses, as well as online marketing and online business solutions to help sustainability and promote Tribal Sovereignty.
Some of the Highlights of Internet Technology Service, LLC over the past years:
- (2006) Opened Nations Internet (www.NationsInternet.biz), to provide High-Speed Wireless Broadband to Tribes.
- (2005) Providing Internet Marketing Technology (www.InternetTechnologyService.net/Marketing) to put Native business on the first page of Search Engines.
- (2004) Opened Trading Post Gifts (www.TradingPostGifts.biz), an online shopping catalog providing retail gifts at wholesale prices right to your doorstep & aimed at rural customers.
- (2003) First Nations Cafe (www.FirstNationsCafe.com),
 an Internet Cafe’ on the beach, opened in Imperial Beach, CA, USA to house an accumulation of Internet Technologies and create a business model for Tribes to sustain their own Tribal Economic Development.
- (2002) IndianTraining.org was designed & implemented in 45 days, from concept to reality, to create an American Indian Workforce in Web Development and Film & Video Production.
- (2002) Kumeyaay Community College: Online designed and implemented to help facilitate the Kumeyaay Nations' Education: 12 Kumeyaay Tribes in Southern California, USA and 5 Kumeyaay Tribes in Baja California, Mexico
- (2001) The Tribal Mall (www.TribalMall.com), Starting out as a personal jewelry website, has become the place on the web for Native American Artists providing Sterling Silver Jewelry & Beadwork, Tribal Artifacts, Indian Arts & Crafts, Native American music & books via the web.
- (2001) "First" Sovereign Tribal Network Design: submitted to Dep't of Commerce - Economic Development Administration
- (2000) Statewide Inter-Tribal Network Design for 19 Pueblo Nations in New Mexico, USA
- (2000) Became a Collaborative Internet Technology Advisor to the Tribal Digital Village project to work with 18 Mission Band Indian Tribes in Southern California, USA.
- Have fully developed and managed business & technology plans which have included 200+ Tribal Nations, 135 schools, 69 businesses & 19 non-profits utilizing online (web) project management techniques.
- Have designed, implemented, & maintained over 75 business eCommerce websites, 27 Tribal government websites, 12 non-profit websites and over 35 school websites on the Internet by providing a Web Presence in WebWorks in 2000-2007.
(see http://www.evanscraig.com/html/my_websites.html for examples)
Personal Comments:
Vision: My vision is to help all the people of Mother Earth
”to see all of us as ONE, to see that WE are all connected.”
I had planned to accomplish part of my vision by forming an Indigenous Distance Education Institute (http://www.evanscraig.com/EOT/Community/) that provides the necessary integration, connectivity and dissemination of widely separated resources and programs among the Native American distance education community. Now each region, school, tribe, consortium acts on their own, and each has unique programs and resources that could be shared by others. I envision a common place or means by which all could share their unique resources.
 As former, Education, Outreach, and Training Manager for AHPCC (Win 98, NT, and Linux workstations) (http://www.eot.ahpccc.unm.edu ) Have finished the design for a ``Tribal Computational Science Program," and is being used by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) and other Native American serving schools. I am currently funded by NSF for FY97-02 to develop an On-line Computational Science Program called "Countdown To Supercomputing!® - Online" for the High Performance Computing, Education, and Research Center (HPCERC) and the National Computational Science Alliance (NCSA) for Native American Summer Science Camps.
As former, Website Coordinator for the Western Governors University (Win 95, NT, and Novell PC's) ( http://www.wgu.edu ) I designed and built a Virtual Campus Wide Information System that integrates distance education information and student information from 19 western states at the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), with the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications.
Formerly, Systems Specialist for CERT's MIS/Technology Department (PC's, MAC's, & SCO/XENIX terminals). I optimized the Business, Educational, and Telecommunication systems of CERT. I designed an Internet node at the domain certnet.org for external Tribal communications and an Intranet node for internal organizational functions.
Former founder/owner/partner of Advanced Tribal Integrated Information Networks (ATIIN), Inc. ( http://www.atiin.com ), a Native American Internet company (PC's and SGI/IRIS workstations) to bring Native American business's and Tribes onto the "Information Highway" using the World Wide Web (WWW) for Economic Development. Designed and implemented the first native American Online Mall containing exclusively Native American products and services, called ``Native CyberTrade."
Contracted with Sandia National Laboratories (http://www.sandia.gov ) in Albuquerque, NM, for over ten years. I worked for KMI Services, TAD, Inc., and Consultants & Designers (C&D) at SNL as a LAN (Local Area Network) Manager (PC-MAC/Novell, and Sun/Solaris networks), & Supercomputing Instructor/Coordinator/Curricula Developer (MAC's & CRAY Y-MP/UNICOS workstations) for Education Outreach, Systems Administrator (PC's & VAX/VMS network ), Database Administrator (PC/Novell network), CAD Administrator (DEC/ULTRIX workstations), Configuration Management Project Mgr. (PC's) and CAD Designer (PC/ANVIL Workstations).
Integrated my graduate & undergraduate schooling with my work at SNL, by designing my term projects and papers into areas of interest to SNL. My term project in Fall '93 semester in Quality Mgt. lead me into doing Quality Assessments for my division, in Jan. '93 - Jan. '94. My senior project in Fall '93 was called the AISES Information System (AIS), an Internet node that served approx. 108 Colleges & Universities and 50 secondary schools. I continued my work with UNM as a graduate student in Education, Teaching & Learning Technologies, Computer-based Distance Education. I have designed Native American Educational curricula for other programs throughout the US, as well as working with Native Educational Telecommunication's Infrastructure Design & Technology Planning. I designed a Computational Science Distance Education Program for the Maui High Performance Computing Center for the Native Hawaiians.
Honors/Projects while at University of New Mexico:
- Deans List: UNM/Valencia campus - Fall '89, Spring '90, Fall '90
- Navajo Tribal Scholarship Spring '91 - Fall '92 & Spring '94, Fall '95
- Hartley B. Dean Scholarship Spring '91 - Spring '92
- A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship - Fall '92 - Spring '93
- Deans List: Anderson School of Mgt. - Fall '93
- Myrtle Okey Scholarship - Fall '95
- Teaching & Learning Technologies Fellowship - Fall '95
Hawaii Statewide Distance Education '94-'96 - Designed and implemented a statewide distance education system for the State of Hawaii connecting up the state with satellite Internet connection to the mainland, microwave connection between islands, microwave and wireless to all the high schools (as hubs), and fiber out to all K-12 schools from the hubs.
AISES Information System (AIS) '91-'95 - Proposed, initiated, and implemented a nationwide Native American Electronic Network on the Internet. This service was being used by 158 secondary schools, universities/colleges, professionals, and educators of Native Americans from each school.
Countdown To Supercomputing® '91-'95 - Proposed, initiated, and implemented a Native American High School Seminar in '91 and have since expanded it into a National Native American High School Curriculum designed to incorporate research topics, as well as technical skills in computational science applications.
American Indian Outreach Committee (AIOC) '91-'95 - Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) - As an active member of AIOC, I taught and coordinated educational programs for Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) and Navajo Community College (NCC). AIOC provides leadership for the growth, development, and full utilization of American Indians at SNL.
"Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges" '93-'94 for UNM.
American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES) Student Regional Representative '91-'93 - Represented all Native American Science & Engineering students from NM, AZ, UT, & CO.
Data Processing Management Association (DPMA) '91-'93 - Student Member (ex-vice-president)
NCR Student Essay Contest - August 1993: A national competition on "New Ways of Computing." I came in as a national finalist for UNM.
Biography Information:
- Special Awards of Achievements from Sandia National Laboratories:
- Dreamcatchers Science Program, SNL & AISES: Taught classes to middle school & high school students, 1992-5
- Dreamcatchers Certificate of Appreciation, May 1993
- Desktop Publishing classes, March, 1993
- SAT Preparatory classes, September, 1993
- American Indian Outreach Committee Special Achievement Award, 1992
- Computer & Physics classes, Feb. - Mar., 1992
- ES&H Contribution recognition on 'Management, Integration & Implementation Project,' 1991 - 1992
- Hermes III Program recognition certificate (Gamma-Ray technologies), 1990
- Saturn Program recognition certificate (X-Ray technologies), 1988
- Particle Beam Fusion Accelerator Program (PBFA2 - Fusion in a Laboratory) recognition certificate, 1987
- June, 2003: Started the Native Digital Divide to highlight my accomplishments in the Digital Divide arena.
- Dec., 2002: Reopened my Internet Technology Consulting site and started the "Internet Technology Services" to provide Internet Solutions to Tribes, organizations and Native businesses.
- Dine’ College is connected up to the vBNS (Abilene) via a DS3 and is the first Tribal College on the Grid, utilizing Internet2 type services.
- President Clinton addresses the Native Digital Divide (April 17, 2000) in Shiprock, NM: Dine’ College is connected up to the vBNS (Abilene) via 6 T1’s and is the first Tribal College on the Grid, utilizing Internet2 type services. They projected President Clinton across the Grid for all to see the webcast between Dine’ College & Red Lake Navajo School.
- "Collaborative Grid Technologies in the Classroom Workshop" (April 3, 2000) a part of AIHEC Annual Conference in Albuquerque, NM.: The workshop was conducted for the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Tribal College technology coordinators and was attended by representatives from 21 Tribal Colleges and organizations. Dine’ College (DC) demonstrated to the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC - 32 Tribal Colleges) that an ACCESS Grid node could work on the existing infrastructure of the multi-campus school. DC utilized the Collaborative Grid technologies to show community interactivity (via an ACCESS Grid node Mural) Dine’ College campuses at Tsaile, AZ, and Shiprock, NM as well as here in Albuquerque, NM at UNM and became the first Tribal College to be on and utilize the Access Grid (high speed Internet) technologies.
- "National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI) All-Hands Meeting" (February 9-12, 2000) in SDSC, San Diego, Ca: AIHEC announced a High Performance Computing Initiative (HPCI) to bring the developments of the Alliance to Indian Country with the following goals in mind:
- Bringing high performance computing resources to each campus
- Building a Native American Grid (national infrastructure) to connect those resources together
- Building a distributed Native American technical support infrastructure
- Building a distributed Native American library system
- Building Information Technology workforces in the communities served by AIHEC member institutions
- "Collaborative Community of Nations" meeting (December 13, 1999): The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American Indians was the first Native American group to utilize the Grid in an AG demo and Virtual Museum Presentation from the ACCESS Center in Washington, DC. The presentation & initial meeting were for a community of Native Educators from Tribal College Initiative (TCI), Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI), Dine' College, Crownpoint Institute of Technology (CIT), Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA),Bureau of Indian Affairs - Office of Indian Education Programs (BIA - OIEP), Department of Interior - Administration for Native Americans (DOI - ANA), and Smithsonian's National Museum for American Indians (NMAI) in Albuquerque, NM
- The Native Digital Divide: A Review of Online Literature (December 15, 1999): This paper summarizes the various online reports here in the "Native American Distance Education Community' website and answers the question; "What are the obstacles to integrating technology for improving education into Native cultures?" According to reports over the last decade, the lack of Native American infrastructure development and accompanying skills needed to maintain it, cooperative Tribal commitments, and collaborative government policies are the most common barriers affecting Native communities. The full online report is at http://www.evanscraig.com/EOT/Community/Reports/NativeDigitalDivide.html and the accompanying Appendix A contains a listing of the online reports, papers, and groups are identified by date of issue, then summarized, the identified obstacles are listed, and the conclusions are stated. Other questions about Native American telecommunication infrastructure are also answered, as well as suggested possible solutions that Native communities can utilize to overcome these obstacles.
- New Trends in High Performance Computing (August 17-21, 1999): Panel – Computational Science Education & Training Programs in Rural America at Long Island, NY
- UNM Alliance Chautauquas ’99 (August 9-11, 1999): Distance Learning in Native American – pre-Chautauqua workshop (Aug. 7)in Albuquerque, NM
- World Indigenous Conference on Education Hilo, Hawaii (August 1-7, 1999): AIHEC Presidents Meeting at Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC) – pre-conference meeting (July 31) & Access Grid Demonstration to the AIHEC President’s
- Grid Forum at NASA AMES (June 15-18, 1999): Alliance National Technological Grid Team – joined the User Support & Network Infrastructure Grid Teams in Mountain View, CA
- Digital Council Fires (May 14-16, 1999): National Native American Telecommunications meetings at the Convention Center at Alb., NM
- Tribal History & New Technologies Conference - San Diego Supercomputing Center (SDSC) at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) (May 12-13, 1999): Panel – Tribal Histories in the Electronic Age & VR Demonstrations – Virtual Reality demo’s to local Tribal K-12 students at San Diego, CA
- Northern Arizona Professional Chapter AISES Conference (May 1, 1999): Decision Making Workshop – Career Enrichment series & Career Fair – AHPCC presentations in Gallup, NM
- Faculty Internet Institute meetings Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) (April 28-30, 1999): Meetings with HINU staff & departments, AHPCC, Kansas University, and Rice University at Lawrence, KS
- Dept. of Interiors, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Office of Indian Education (OIEP) ACCESS Technology Conference Riverside Indian School (April 14-16, 1999): BIA National Technology Committee meeting & Four Directions Technology meeting at Riverside, CA
- ACCESS Gala Opening ACCESS Center in Washington, DC (April 12-14, 1999): AHPCC EOT activity demos in Balston, Virginia & National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC
- AHPCC Grand Opening & PACS Meeting (April 5-9, 1999): Partnership for Advanced Computational Sciences (PACS) national meetings – Training & Communities Committee’s in UNM/AHPCC at Alb., NM
- NLANR/Internet2 Conference ( March 6-10, 1999): Alliance Grid workshop – Globus in NMSU at Las Cruces, NM
- CyberFest at UNM (October 13, 1998): Conducted "Distance Education in New Mexico" forum with participants from American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC), Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI), Eastern New Mexico University, Highlands University, New Mexico State University, & University of New Mexico
- Tribal College Internet Status Summary (March 31, 1998): I released a regularly updated listing of the AIHEC schools capabilities to utilize some sort of Distance Education technologies, as well as an updated President's contact list at www.evanscraig.com/EOT/Tribal/
- AIHEC Conference on Education (March 20-25, 1998): AIHEC Technology Committee meetings in Billings, MT
- Institute for the Management of Distance Education '98 (June 2, 1998): Panel Presentation : "Faculty Tools - Showcasing Distance Education Tools on the Web" in Aurora, Co.
- Northern Arizona University / WEB98 (May 29-30, 1998): Conference Short Paper / Presentation : "Creating and Implementing the Western Governors University (WGU) Virtual Campus Wide Information System" in Flagstaff, AZ
- National Computational Science Alliance '98 (April 25-30, 1998): Conference Short Paper / Presentation : "Countdown To Supercomputing® - Online" in Champaign, Ill.
- American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Annual Conference - Journey into CyberSpace, Keynote Speaker & Presenter (April 4-8, 1998): Keynote Speaker - ``A Journey into Cyberspace - Visioning Native American Distance Education" Presenter - ``A Journey into Cyberspace - A Native American Showcase of Technology" in Bismarck, ND
- Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications Annual Conference - Access to Learning, Panelist & Presenter (1997): Panelist - Web-Based Course and Program Delivery: Ready-Fire-Aim! Presenter/Speaker - Needs Assessment in a Distributed Environment in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
- American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Annual Conference, (1997): WGU Presentation - `` Western Governors University" (Speaker) Hands-On Demo/Workshop - ``Using Rapid Application Development (RAD) in Website Design - Getting Your School on the Web …FAST!!!!! `` (Facilitator) at Palo Alto, Ca.
- NAU/web'97, Speaker & Presenter (1997): WGU Presentation - ``Creating the WGU Smart Catalog/Adviser" (Speaker) Hands-On Demo/Workshop - ``Using Rapid Application Development (RAD) in Website Design - Getting Your School on the Web …FAST!!!!! `` (Facilitator) at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ.
- Four Corners Technology Conference, Presenter & Workshop Coordinator (1997): WGU Presentation - ``Creating the WGU Smart Catalog/Adviser" (Speaker) Hands-On Demo/Workshop - ``Using Rapid Application Development (RAD) in Website Design - Getting Your School on the Web …FAST!!!!! `` (Facilitator) at Navajo Community College, Shiprock, NM
- Sixth International World Wide Web Conference (WWW6), Panel Chair/Event Coordinator (1997): Indigenous Panel - "Accessibility to Indigenous Peoples from Around the World." In Santa Clara, Ca. in cooperation with Stanford University.
- Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico Rural Systemic Initiative (UCAN RSI), Keynote Speaker (1996): UCAN RSI Annual Conference at ASU in Phoenix, AZ on "Issues on Implementing Technology Plans in Rural Communities"
- ATIIN, Inc. written up in WIRED Magazine for setting up the "first" Native American online shopping mall.
- UNM American Indian Council, Community Representative (charter member, 1994-1996): representatives of UNM and the community addressing the issues of recruitment and retention of Native American undergraduate and graduate students attending the University of New Mexico.
- International Conference on Distance Education (ICDE95) , Expert Speaker (1995): WWW expert speaker at ICDE95 at Edmonton, England for On-line conference from June 5-10. I was an expert speaker on "Changing the way Education is designed and delivered." Using the WWW for teachers to design and deliver curricula for students.
- Rural American Indian Science and Engineering Consortium, Technical Member (1995): a three year initiative with Southwest Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) and Crownpoint Institute of Technology (CIT) to establish minority college Centers of Excellence for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education (SME).
- Navajo Nation Information Technology Committee, Technical Member (1995): an Information Technology Team to support the strategic initiatives for Local Empowerment through development of existing technologies and a comprehensive Technology Resource Plan for the Navajo Nation.
- Native American Telecommunications Forum, Coordinator & Facilitator (1993): a forum in which Native American Tribal Representatives from across the US met to pool their technological telecommunications achievements into a cooperative effort in which all Native Tribes currently use.
- Consortium of School Computational Science (ConSCS) Education Programs, Charter Member (1992): a consortium that promotes collaboration among programs in terms of information sharing and problem-solving and to advance the rate of 'technology transfer' in terms of curriculum materials, computer models, and program coordination.
- Science, Engineering, and Mathematics (SEM) Dream Team, Charter Member (1992): a National Science Foundation (NSF) sponsored Indian Education Committee to address the unique needs of American Indians in the areas of science, engineering, and mathematics.
For all my latest adventures, see
my "Virtual Company" at Internet Technology Service, LLC ,
my Beachfront WiFi hotspot, First Nations Cafe &
Tribal Mall: Native American Jewelry, Tribal Artifacts & Indian Arts & Crafts
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