NAISA is governed by a constitution and by-laws that were adopted by those gathered at the association’s second organizing meeting at the University of Georgia, Athens, in April, 2008 and amended at the first annual meeting in Minneapolis, May 2009. The first election of association officers took place in the spring of 2009. Officers elected then are listed below. Biographies of all council members are available by clicking on their names, and email links are also listed.

Robert Warrior (Osage)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
President
email Robert Warrior

Jean O'Brien (White Earth Ojibwe)
University of Minnesota
President-Elect
email Jean O'Brien

Maggie Walter (trawlwoolway)
University of Tasmania
Secretary
email Maggie Walter

Brendan Hokowhitu (Pukenga)
University of Otago
Treasurer
email Brendan Hokowhitu

Council Members

Terms expire 2012
J. Kehaulani Kauanui (Kanaka Maoli)
Wesleyan University
email J. Kehaulani Kauanui

Noenoe K. Silva (Kanaka Maoli)
University of Hawai'i-Manoa
email Noenoe K. Silva

Terms expire 2011
Chris Andersen (Michif)
University of Alberta
email Chris Andersen

Alice Te Punga Somerville (Te Atiawa)
University of Victoria, Wellington
email Alice Te Punga Somerville

Terms expire 2010
Robert Alexander Innes (Plains Cree-Cowessess)
University of Saskatchewan
email Robert Innes

Lisa Brooks (Abenaki)
Harvard University
email Lisa Brooks