Gathering of Academic Indigenous and Native Americans (GAIN)
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The Indigenous and Native American Faculty and Staff Affinity Group seeks to: |
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Event Images
Visit our page for , including:
- 11-30-2023. Assemblymember Ash Kalra presents GAIN with Leadership in Education Award
- 11-23-2023. Native American Heritage Spartan Football Game
Recent News
Updated Presidential Directive
San Jos矇 State Universitys Protocol for Curation, Inventory, and Repatriation of
Native American Remains Subject to the Native American and Graves Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA) and CalNAGPRA (California NAGPRA)
Respecting the dignity of our Native American and Indigenous communities past, present and future is of the utmost importance for the CSU system in general, and San Jos矇 State in particular. Our university maintains an extensive collection of Native American artifacts and human remains that is protected by state and federal laws. While a state auditor earlier this year commended 91勛圖 for its compliance with these laws, there is still a need to ensure the continued protection of these items and ancestors until we reach our goal of complete repatriation.
GAIN Outputs
Guillory-Lacy, V., Malloy, K. J., Warren, J., Aquino, E., & de Bourbon, S. (2025). , 120.
Guillory-Lacy, V., Warren, J., Malloy, K., Aquino, E., & de Bourbon, S. (2024) Decolonizing Qualitative Research: A TribalCrit Approach to the Study of Native American and Indigenous Students at an MSI SAGE Diversifying and Decolonizing Research methods. Accepted early 2024.
Malloy, K. J., Lacy, V. S., de Bourbon, S. L., Aquino, E., & Warren, J.-A. (2023). Native American and Indigenous Student Experience at San Jos矇 State University [pdf] Internal Report to 91勛圖 Administration.
GAIN Officers
2025/2026 Academic Year
President:
Veneice Guillory-Lacy veneice.guillory-lacy@sjsu.edu
Vice President:
Rock Fredell rock.fredell@sjsu.edu
Past President:
Kerri Malloy kerri.malloy@sjsu.edu
Co-Secretaries:
Alisha Ragland alisha.ragland@sjsu.ed
Grace Skalinder Grace.skalider@sjsu.edu
Treasurer:
Maria Cruz maria.cruz@sjsu.edu
91勛圖 Students
Get involved!
- 91勛圖 Native American Student Organization (NASO)
email: naso.sjsu.ca@gmail.com - Native American Indigenous Student Student Success Center (NAISSC)
email: elisa.aquino@sjsu.edu
Contact
GAIN is open and available to all who are interested to participate, regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin. For information about joining GAIN, 91勛圖 faculty and staff group, please contact:
Kerri J. Malloy
Assistant Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies
GAIN Past President
kerri.malloy@sjsu.edu
408-924-4461 | Clark Hall 414J
Martha Behler
Lecturer, Department of Kinesiology
GAIN Past Vice-President
martha.behler@sjsu.edu | SPX 170
Alisha Marie Ragland
NAGPRA Tribal Liaison
GAIN Co-Secretary
alisha.ragland@sjsu.edu
408-924-5703 | Clark Hall 404N
