NAISA is governed by a constitution and by-laws. The first election of association officers took place in the spring of 2009. Current officers are listed below. Biographies of all council members are available by clicking on their names, and email links are also listed so members can be in touch with officers. The Council meets twice a year face-to-face and electronically and on a monthly basis in between.

Kathryn Shanley (Assiniboine)
University of Montana
President
email Kathryn Shanley

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

K. Tsianina Lomawaima (Creek)
University of Arizona
President-Elect
email Tsianina Lomawaima

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 2013
Vicente Diaz (Pohnpeian and Filipino)
University of Michigan
email Vicente Diaz

Kimberly TallBear (Dakota)
University of California, Berkeley
email Kimberly TallBear

Terms expire 2011
Daniel Heath Justice (Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma)
University of Toronto
email Daniel Justice

Jose Antonio Lucero (Tony) (Chicano)
University of Washington
email Tony Lucero