Position Summary

Re

porting to the Vice Provost for

University Outreach and Engagement, a unit under

MSU'

s

P

rovost Office

,

the

D

irector will have full

responsibility for

all

administrative

functions including

budget

,

human

r

esources

,

and

operation

s of the Institute

.

 

T

he mission of the Native American Institute is to produce and further scholarship and programming for the benefit of tribes, American Indian

communities

,

and Native organizations. NAI supports campus and community collaboration and provides opportunities for faculty, staff,

students,

and the public to learn about issues facing American Indians and Indigenous peoples.  

Through these efforts, NAI promotes sovereignty, self-determination, cultures, languages, traditional knowledge,

capacity

building, leadership

,

and well-being as defined by tribes, American Indian

communities,

and Native organizations.

 

DUTIES

 

The

D

irector of NAI

will

:

 

 

W

ork

across colleges and disciplines

to develop and support

collaborative research projects

and programs

,

identif

y

and secure

funding,

and

enhance

teaching

and

service

opportunities

that respond to the needs and goa

ls of

tribes

and

Indigenous communities

.

 

F

acilitat

e

capacity

development for

MSU

faculty, staff, and students to work in mutually beneficial partnership with Native

stakeholders.

 

S

upport

MSU

's

efforts to

build, sustain, and provide educational programming

in partnership with

tribal colleges,

Native nations, communities, and people.

 

 

Collaborat

e

with

other MSU Native community stakeholders, including

Tribal Extension within MSU Extension,

EAGLE (Educating Anishnaabe: Giving, Learning, and Empowering) Faculty/Staff Association

, the American Indian & Indigenous Studies Program (AIIS), the Indigenous Law and Policy Center (ILPC), various undergraduate and graduate student groups and organizations across campus [IGSC - Indigenous Graduate Student Collective, NAISO -- North American Indigenous Student Organization, AISES -- American Indians in Science and Engineering Society, NALSA -- Native American Law Student Association, Wilma Mankiller Society]; with the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion (IDI); and other University Outreach and Engagement (UOE) units.

 

Establish and sustain partnerships and collaborations with the 12 Federally Reco