Chase Bryer (Chickasaw) is a current Ph.D. student in Behavioral and Social Health Science at the Brown University School of Public Health. He joined NAISI in 2022, and serves as a liaison between NAISI faculty and students, while contributing to various initiatives focused on building a stronger intellectual environment for undergraduate and graduate Native American and Indigenous and NAIS students at Brown. Through his research, he uses community-based participatory methods to create interventions that will improve health outcomes, with a particular focus among Indigenous queer and Two-Spirit communities. His research, ultimately, aims to inform state actors including social workers, public health professionals, and biomedical researchers with ways to more sensitively engage with marginalized communities through resilience-based approaches to disrupt cycles of historical trauma. Chase holds an MSW from Washington University in St. Louis and a BA in Human Rights and Media from the University of Oklahoma.

Emma holds a bachelor’s degree in English and American Studies with concentration in Native American Studies from Amherst College, and a master’s degree in Native American Studies from the University of California, Davis. 

Emma is Anishinaabekwe and Lènapëxkwe by descent and was born and raised on Kaw, Comanche, Osage, and Pawnee land in what is now Great Bend, Kansas. Her interests include Indigenous teaching methodologies, and the intersections of Indigenous material cultures and literatures, with particular focus on material culture as a form of multimodal storytelling and Indigenous poetics.  

At NAISI, Emma is the primary contact for program coordination, administrative needs, communications, and outreach, and closely collaborates with related campus units. 

Dr. Gould first joined NAISI in 2019 as Associate Director. Her primary responsibilities have included the development and oversight of the undergraduate concentration in Critical Native American and Indigenous Studies and of all administrative aspects of the NAISI office, as well as working closely with faculty and offices across the University engaged in tribal outreach and projects. Her research and publishing have focused on Southern New England Native American history and culture in the 400 years since European contact, with additional expertise in Indigenous cultural landscapes, federal acknowledgement, NAGPRA and Section 106, and on her tribe's continued presence in the region. As a member of the Hassanamisco Nipmuc Band of Massachusetts, she has lifelong connections to the tribal communities and peoples of southern New England. Beginning in Fall 2024, Dr. Gould will serve as Executive Director on a part-time basis, as new staff are added to the expanding NAISI office.

Cameron Greendeer is a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and proud father of five children and a dog named Bruno. He currently resides on Cape Cod, moving to the east coast 13 years ago, and enjoys spending time with his family, fishing, hunting, traveling and learning his culture and traditions.

Cameron earned his bachelor’s degree in Health Studies from Bridgewater State University and has worked extensively with the local tribe of Cape Cod, the Mashpee Wampanoag. His previous work includes guiding tribal students on college and career readiness, along with direct services to assist with their educational goals. Cameron’s advocacy and mentorship work for tribal students has involved parents, teachers, staff, and school committees, and included leading programs for local tribes and communities that benefited representation of tribal students and communities in school systems.

As the newest member of the NAISI staff, Cameron looks forward to connecting with and supporting Native students at Brown, along with becoming a resource for staff and faculty on various topics.

Wunneanatsu Lamb-Cason (Schaghticoke/HoChunk) is an educator, advocate, traditional storyteller, and author who has been a voice for social, cultural, and educational equity for more than 20 years. She has led workshops and professional development in school districts and universities nationwide. At Brown, Wunneanatsu’s role will include oversight of staff and administration of the NAISI office, including supporting the expanding undergraduate concentration in Critical Native American and Indigenous Studies (CNAIS), NAIS-focused programming, and collaborations with centers, institutes and departments across campus. She will also contribute to strengthening the University’s relationships with tribes, both locally and beyond, and supporting the ongoing work led by the Vice President for Community Engagement and Practitioner in Residence for Tribal Engagement (endawnis Spears).

An enrolled citizen of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation (Connecticut), Wunneanatsu brings with her lifelong connections to the Indigenous communities throughout Indian Country, deeply rooted in southern New England where she was born and raised. 

She earned her B.A. in History with a concentration in Native American Studies from American Military University and her post-baccalaureate teaching certification in Secondary Social Studies from Shenandoah University. In recognition of her outstanding contributions to education, she was selected as the 2024 Virginia History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History. 

Wunneanatsu has served on local, state and national committees working to combat misinformation and ensure accurate Indigenous voices are maintained throughout our educational landscape; most recently being appointed Chair of the National Council for the Social Studies Indigenous Peoples Policy Task Force. Additionally, she is a founding member of the Schaghticoke Women’s Traditional Council. 

Her areas of interest include the roles of Indigenous women in Southern New England, knowledge sharing through storytelling, Indigenous pedagogical frameworks and accurate and respectful inclusion of Indigenous histories in educational resources. She has written classroom materials, teacher resources, and textbook content for McGraw-Hill Education, the Library of Congress and the University of the Arts among others. Additional published works include selected contributions to Dawnland Voices: An Anthology of Indigenous Writing from New England (2014) and Reimagining New England History: Historical Injustice, Sovereignty, and Freedom(2024). Her children’s book, Grandmother Moon, will be released in 2025.

Jenna Lowry is an undergraduate second-year student studying Political Science. As an Undergraduate Program Assistant at NAISI, she acts as a liaison between students, faculty, and staff and assists with events coordination. Jenna is originally from Robeson County, North Carolina where she is a member of the Lumbee Tribe.