About Us
The Indigenous Faculty and Staff Alliance (IFSA) is K-State's affinity group for Native American, First Nations and Indigenous peoples. Founded in 2015, the organization was created to address the need for support, growth, and greater visibility of Indigenous people, nations and perspectives on-campus, throughout Kansas and beyond.
We work to incorporate Indigenous knowledges and methodologies into teaching, research and campus life, and to ensure Indigenous voices are represented at all levels of the university.
The Manhattan campus of Kansas State University is on the ancestral lands of the Kansa (Kaw people) and Kansas is the home of four tribal nations: the Iowa, Kickapoo, Prairie Band Pottawatomie, and Sac and Fox. We recognize that America’s history begins and continues through Indigenous contexts.
Mission Statement
Our mission is to create decolonized spaces at the university and increase the presence, promotion and support of Indigenous faculty, staff and students at K-State.
Executive Board
Co-Chair:
William "Toby" Holmes
wtholmes@k-state.edu
Co-Chair:
LaVerne Bitsie-Baldwin
lbaldwin@k-state.edu
Treasurer:
Lisa Tatonetti
tatonett@k-state.edu
KSU Indigenous Alliance E-Mail List
KSU_IA@LISTSERV.KSU.EDU