JONATHAN
BYRON HOOK
telephone: 469-450-1374 email: airc@wt.net
Citizen
of the
Cherokee
Nation
Strengths: Program Development (research, strategy, implementation), Creating Partnerships, Working Cross-Culturally, Native Advocacy
Research Professor
in the Department of Philosophy and Religion,
Inaugural Director of International Indigenous and American Indian Initiatives (IIAII), University of North Texas, 01-08/ 2009
Responsible for building the first American Indian program at a Texas university, guided by this statement: “The vision of the UNT International Indigenous and American Indian Initiatives program (IIAII) is to effect UNT institutional and indigenous community growth through listening and responding collaboratively and non-paternalistically to domestic and international Native communities.“
Sample Personal Accomplishments with IIAII: drafted vision statement * drafted strategic plan * created indigenous Advisory Council * identified Native students and created student organization * planned and led ceremonial grand opening * conducted 3rd International Indigenous Student Videoconference on Culture and Environment * assisted in creating a College of Education American Indian projects committee * chaired UNT committee on SACNAS national conference * presented at NCAI mid-year conference on proposed conference addressing archeology from a Native perspective * met with administrators at five Russian universities to begin formation of an American-Russian indigenous-serving coalition * met with a Mansi Indigenous community in northern Siberia at request of U.S. Consulate * created group of international Indigenous delegates for conference to discuss Indigenous Environmental Philosophy
Inaugural Director of the Office of Environmental Justice and Tribal Affairs
(OEJTA), U.S. EPA Region 6 (
Responsible for managing $8 million annual budget * staff development * strategic planning * program implementation * responding to community concerns * developing collaborations * coordinating with D.C. offices * crafting policy * co-chairing regular meetings between tribal leadership and EPA leadership * participating on the EPA Region 6 executive team (comprising the deputy regional administrator, the senior policy analyst, and eight directors) * senior management liaison with EPA Native employees * cross-cultural conflict resolution
Sample Personal Accomplishments at EPA:
Assisted in resolving issues
raised by Tribes with
Inaugural President of the
Responsible for establishing and directing 501(c)3 Non-profit Center * meeting with School Districts and media regarding depiction of American Indians * teaching Indian History courses * working for the creation of a Texas Indian Commission * assisting Tribes with administrative issues * working with incarcerated Indians * chairing powwow committees * fundraising * holding weekly community gatherings * working with hospitals on Native issues * working with the cities of Houston and San Antonio on diversity issues
Sample Personal Accomplishments at AIRC:
Eliminated Indian mascots from
two
ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
Diversity Education Cadre
Instructor (undergrad/grad
level) in
American Indian history, Houston
Community College District,
Speech
Communication, and
English Composition and
the
Other Coursework
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Theology 1979
International/Cross-Cultural
Activities
Interviewed former political prisoner in
Taught and Coached in German and American communities in
MA studies in
Visited African (ANC), “Coloured”,
Asian, Afrikaner and English communities in
Researched South African Resistance Press and European
Imperialism and Colonialism at
Founding Board Member for Project Nicaragua Medical Relief Project- partnered with Houston Community College, 1993-1995
Founder and President of the
Consultant to the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas in their political renaissance, Eagle Pass, Texas and Nacimiento, Mexico 2002
Conference Lecturer and Environmental Liaison at the
Planner, host and guide for the Open World program of Russian environmentalists, 2005
Met with Jewish, Muslim (Tatar and Baskiri),
Methodist and Orthodox communities and leaders in and near
Co-facilitator with Piyachat Terrell, White House Initiative on Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, on landfill issue
participants included LDEQ, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, Sierra Club, City Council of New Orleans, New
Orleans Mayor’s office, Chef Highway Vietnamese community, Waste Management, Inc., July 2006
Chaperone and Program facilitator for
two Kiowa students meeting and
camping with indigenous Altai students in
Planner, host and guide for Siberian indigenous leaders tour of
Planner and facilitator for International Indigenous Student Videoconference on the Environment, in collaboration with the US State Department, US Consulate in Ekaterinburg, Russia, the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the Kialegee Tribal Town, Wetumka, Oklahoma, and the Anadarko School Indian Program, Oklahoma, 2007; in 2008 the University of North Texas hosted
the
PUBLICATIONS/DOCUMENTS
Book: The Alabama-Coushatta Indians,
East Texas Historical Association, Ottis Lock Endowment Award, Best Book category
Honorable Mention, September,
1998
Reference: "The Alabama-Coushatta Indians of
Reviews: “The Caddo Indians: Tribes at the Convergence of Empires,
1542-1854,” Gulf South Historical Review, Spring 1999
“Makers of Nigerian Press: An Historical Analysis” in The African Book Publishing Record, Fall 1990
Articles: “Toward a Worldwide Indigenous Network” in America.gov E-journal, Summer 2009
http://www.america.gov/publications/ejournalusa/0609.html
“Nurturing Tribal Partnerships: The Intersection of History, Culture,
and the
Agency’s
Indian Program” in Journal of
Indigenous Studies,
Essays/Poetry Freelance material for Harcourt Educational Measurement Examinations (S.A.T. etc.), 2000
Other: Kickapoo Elders Interviews, Documentation used by the Interior
Department to recognize the newly elected Texas Kickapoo Tribal Council,
Cherokee Nation Constitution, Delegate to the Cherokee Nation Constitution Convention in Tahlequah, 1999
Explanatory script and audio tape of the
advisory board member of the Haskell Indian Nations University RED (research, evaluation, and dissemination) Center, current
advisory council member of the University of
Texas and New Mexico State Universities Southwest Partnership Center, Schools of Nursing
project targeting Hispanic and Native American populations, 2004-2007
member of the Texas Department of
Health “Prevention of Violence Against Women Advisory Committee,” 2003
member of the Interreligious Council of San Antonio, 2001-2003
member of the Mayor’s United San Antonio Commission, 2001-2002
co-coordinator and host for the first all-Texas
Indian meeting, mediated by the U.S. Justice Department,
organizer
of the
Circle Writers and Storytellers
Conference, Art Contest and Powwow),
negotiator with San Antonio School Administrators regarding the removal of Indian mascots, 1999-2002
Master of Ceremonies for
coordinator and moderator for the Inaugural Assembly of the Grand Council of American Indians in Southeast Texas, 1999
delegate, panelist and discussion leader at the U.S. Census Bureau’s Tribal Leadership Conference in
delegate to the Cherokee Nation
Constitution Convention (the first such convention since 1839), Tahlequah,
member of the
advisory board member of the “
presenter for faculty cultural awareness in-services, Region VI Education Service Center 1993-1995; Fort Bend I.S.D., 1998
facilitator for American Indian ceremonies in
county and private jails,
judge for the American Indian Science and Engineering Society national essay contest, 1998
founding board member of "Project
powwow committee chair and university liaison, American Indian Science and Engineering Society
National Conference,
cultural display consultant: Stephen F. Austin State University, 1997
HIV/AIDS Prevention Instructor (Red Cross) at Alabama-Coushatta United National Indian Tribal Youth Conference, 1995
organizer and advisor for Native American Student Council, 1994, and Student Activities Coordinator, 1993-1994, Central College
interviewer and planning committee for
disabled American Indians in the
board member of the Intertribal Council of Houston and coordinator of the Karankawa Burial Site Protest Project, 1992
lecturer about Apartheid and South Africa (subsequent to meeting with African National Congress members and Bishop Desmond Tutu’s family in Soweto, South Africa, and personal investigative tour) at various churches, schools and meetings, 1985-1990
journalist’s assistant and interpreter (German) for underground interview of former Soviet
prisoner in
“Ethnic
Resurgence in American Indian Communities,” at the
“Developing
a Coalition of Indigenous Serving Universities,” at five Russian universities, July 2009
“American
Indian Stereotypes in Art and Mass Media,” with UNT President Gretchen Bataille at the Chief Executives Roundtable
retreat,
“Climate
Change and Indian Country,” Panel
Co-moderator at the Oklahoma Supreme Court Sovereignty Symposium that included
the Oklahoma, Attorney general, former BIA director, Native American Rights
Fund speaker, and others, Oklahoma City, June 2008
“Ga-Du-Gi: Working as Community,” commencement address to Ph.D. graduates,
“Urban
Indians and the Environment,” at
the
“Are
Justice and Equality Necessary Preconditions for Reconciliation?” at the
“Working
Effectively in Native Communities,”
at the
“EPA
and the Transportation Bill Rider affecting Oklahoma Tribes,” at the Western States Water Council,
“Potential
Environmental Projects,” discussions
with Russians, Bashkiris, Tatars and Chechens
about potential environmental programs,
“Environmental
Justice and Hurricane Response,” Urban
Planning class, UT Arlington, November 2005, and LSU Law School, March 2006
“Nurturing Tribal Partnerships:
The Intersection of History, Culture, and the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency’s Indian Program,” plenary
speaker at the International Conference on the Indigenous, “Eurocentric
and Indigenous Cultural Paradigms: Protecting the Sacred in Academic Contexts,”
University of Malaya, “Issues in the Contemporary American Indian
Community,” Islamic Arts Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; additional presentations
and community visits in Melaka and Kuching (Borneo),
July 2005
“Critical
Links: EPA Employees and the Communities they Represent,” training for the
EPA Human Resources Council,
“Building
a Foundation:
at the inaugural LDEQ-Tribes meeting ,
“The need for Cross-Cultural Competency,” presentation at New Mexico Environmental Department senior staff Environmental Justice
training,
“Tribes:
Our Valued Partners,” presentation at EPA 2004 National Grants Management
Training Conference,
November 2004
“Bridging
the Cultural Gap,” training for EPA national Tribal Science Council
members,
“Cross Cultural Communications for Indian Special Emphasis Program Managers,” training at annual EPA American Indian SEPM
conference,
“Native
Elders as Environmental Resources,” Aging Americans Conference, EPA ORD,
“Tribes and the Federal Government: Toward Effective Consultation,” panel chair and presenter, Oklahoma Supreme Court’s
“Sovereignty
Symposium,”
“Collaboration
and Proposed Projects,” overview for Tar Creek area Intertribal Council,
“Working In Indian Country,” presentation to Harvard University School of Public Health faculty and graduate students,
“The
Problem with Indian Mascots,”
“Proposed
Native American Liaison Legislation: Health and Education Issues,” testimony before the Texas House Committee on
Border Affairs hearing,
“Contemporary
“Kickapoos: Democracy in South Texas,” Keynote Speaker,
Native American Observance,
“The Impact of Indian Identity Issues,” State Bar of Texas annual meeting, American Indian Law Section session, Dallas, June 2002
at
the
Structure,
“Determining Our Own Identity,” Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers Core Gathering, “Celebrating Our Peacekeepers”
conference
organizer, moderator, and panel chair, St. Mary’s University,
“Contemporary
Issues and the
“Addressing the Past: American Indian Perspectives on Reparations,” President’s Council on Peace, St. Mary’s University, San
“Contemporary Muscogee Creek Culture and Gynecologic Medical Malpractice: The Linda Harjo Case,” panel organizer and
chair,
National Association of Native American
Studies national convention,
witness, legal deposition for cultural
component of Harjo medical malpractice case,
“Intolerance
and Race-related Crimes Against American Indians in
Attorney
General Bill Lann Lee, at meeting convened by
Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee,
“Racism and
the Dynamic Nature of American Indian Identity,” Hosaga
Seminar on Racism,
“The Missionary as Culture Broker:
Presbyterians and the Alabama-Coushatta Indians of
Association
Conference,
American Indian Youth Issues
Resource Panelist, Houston Regional Conference on the Minority Male
Initiative, convened by
Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, October 1992
"Inter-Organizational Conflict in Cultural Texts: The South African Native Representative Council Boycott Controversy as recorded in Inkululeko and Guardian," Panel Organizer and Chair, Southwest Historical Association, Ft. Worth, Texas, 1990
"South
African Schools of Communication: Site of Cultural Struggle," Union
for Democratic Communications,
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Computer Hardware and Software Consultant, Football
Coach
(Junior High School:
Professional: San Antonio and Austin, Texas; and Cologne, Germany, Professional Football Player (San Antonio Charros, Austin Texans, and Cologne, Germany Crocodiles), Frelance Photographer, Choral Instructor/singer, member of the Cherokee Cultural Society of Houston 1993-2000, member of the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers 1998-2003, and member of the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Texas 1993-2000
Invited Guest of the NASA Education Symposium honoring shuttle mission STS 113 and John Herrington, 1st American Indian Tribal member astronaut and co-founder of the American Indian Resource Center, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, November 2002, and launch of
space shuttle mission STS 93, Eileen
Collins, Commander,
Guest Speaker and Honoree for the
City of
Newberry Library Fellowships (NEH
Grant), “Maps” (August 1992) and "Leadership and Identity" (January
1994), D'Arcy
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
West Point Glee Club, San Antonio Symphony Mastersingers,
Houston Symphony Chorus, West Point Football, Wheaton Football, travel (