Lewis St. Cyr
Program Director

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  • Hometown: Winnebago, NE
  • Clan: Bear
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 13 years
  • Goals for company: Provide language resources to Tribal membership and all Hōcąk people.

Lana Greengass-Stabler                        Deputy Director

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  • Hometown: Black River Falls, WI
  • Clan: Bear
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 1 month
  • Goals for company: Encourage the speaking of the Our Hōcąk language throughout the Winnebago community and work on partnerships to implement the language in other departments and facilities.

Elaine Rice-Decorah
Curriculum Coordinator

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  • Hometown: Sioux City, IA
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 21 years
  • Goals for company: More immersion opportunities for the staff.

Maria Scott
Administrative Assistant

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  • Hometown: Winnebago, NE and Eufaula, OK
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 21 years
  • Goals for company: Be better organized.

Caprice Snow
Instruction Coordinator

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  • Hometown: Winnebago, NE
  • Clan: Buffalo
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 1 year
  • Goals for company: More opportunities for community members to learn Hōcąk.

Kathy LaRose
Language Instructor

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  • Hometown: Winnebago, NE
  • Clan: Bear
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 7 years
  • Goals for company: Become more fluent in Hōcąk.

Mary Merrick
Language Instructor

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  • Hometown: Winnebago, NE
  • Clan: Thunder
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 23 years
  • Goals for company: To help all the students that I teach learn as much as possible with the short time I have with them.

Corrine Gilpin
Language Instructor

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  • Hometown: Winnebago, NE
  • Clan: Eagle
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 9 years
  • Goals for company: Having more fluent speakers and teachers.

Craig “Tunny” Cleveland Jr.
Language Instructor

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  • Hometown: Winnebago, NE
  • Clan: Buffalo
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 3 year
  • Goals for company: To become fluent and teach others to become fluent.

Darian Rave
Language Instructor

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  • Hometown: Winnebago, NE
  • Clan: Bear
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 2 Years
  • Goals for company: My goal is to be fluent and a teacher/instructor of the Hōcąk language.

Cela Payer
Language Apprentice Program Manager

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  • Hometown: Winnebago, NE
  • Clan: Bear Clan
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 1 year
  • Goals for company: Revitalize the language and see more fluent speakers within the community.

Martha Warner        Language Apprentice

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  • Hometown: Winnebago, NE
  • Clan: Eagle
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 1 month
  • Goals for company: I would like to become a fluent speaker.  I want to assist in restoring the language.

John Rave
Language Apprentice

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  • Hometown: Winnebago, NE
  • Clan: Bear
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 3 year
  • Goals for company: Revitalize the language (fluency) to go further than the Winnebago boundaries. Instill Hōcąk woska ra (The Hōcąk ways).

Jordana Payer        Language Apprentice

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  • Hometown: Winnebago, NE
  • Clan: Buffalo
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 1 Month
  • Goals for company: My goals within the language program are to refine my Hōcąk vocabulary and fluency along with learning the teachings about the Hōcąk language.

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Language Apprentice

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My Soul Earth Kearnes    Community Outreach Coordinator

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  • Hometown: Omaha, NE & Denver,CO
  • Clan: Thunder
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 11 months
  • Goals for company: To bring awareness to the community on the language.

Emily Smith                    Media & Design Specialist

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  • Hometown: Winnebago, NE
  • Clan: Thunder
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 8 Months
  • Goals for company: To keep learning and help the program become strong within the community. I also enjoy to have fun at work and build as a team.

Gabriel Aldrich
Media Production Manager

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  • Hometown: Walthill, NE & Winnebago, NE
  • Clan: Deer
  • How long with HoChunk Renaissance: 11 months
  • Goals for company: To improve engagement and awareness of our language and culture within our community.