Biography
Cherokee/Navajo
Nancy C. Maryboy, Ph.D. is the President and Founder
of the Indigenous Education Institute, a non profit
organization with a mission of preserving, protecting
and applying indigenous knowledge. She is also President
of Wohali Productions, Inc., consulting in areas of
indigenous science, indigenous astronomy, Native American
education, curriculum development, film making and
strategic planning.
She
is currently working to develop native astronomy educational
materials with the World Hope Foundation and the Sun/Earth
Connection of NASA. She is adjunct professor in the
Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northern Arizona
University, where she is developing an Internet based
course of Native American Astronomy. She is a core
member of the Native American Academy, working at
the boundaries of traditional indigenous and western
science.
Her
current work is centered around the recovery of indigenous
astronomies and how that knowledge can be used in
educational settings today, primarily for the benefit
of native students. She gives national and international
presentations on the juxtaposition of native knowledge,
quantum consciousness, western science and the protocols
of conducting indigenous research.
She
was a faculty member and administrator at Dine College,
the Navajo Tribal College, for 13 years. She was Director
of Curriculum and Professional Development, and Vice
Principal, at a K-12 school district on the Navajo
Nation for 3 years. She has developed and taught courses
in indigenous philosophy in curriculum for the University
of Alaska, Fairbanks. She currently holds an Arizona
Secondary teaching certificate and an Arizona Principal
certificate.
Dr.
Maryboy received her Ph.D. in Integral Studies with
a focus on Indigenous Science, from the California
Institute of Integral Studies. She is Cherokee/Navajo
and lives in Bluff, Utah in the Four Corners area.
She comes from a family of traditional and medical
healers. She has two children and one granddaughter.
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