Nancy C. Maryboy

Nancy C. Maryboy is the President and Founder of the Indigenous Education Institute whose mission is preserving, protecting, and applying indigenous knowledge. She is also President of Wohali Productions, Inc., consulting in areas of indigenous science, indigenous astronomy, Native American education, curriculum development, film making and strategic planning. She is currently working to develop native astronomy educational materials with the World Hope Foundation and the Sun/Earth Connection of NASA.

She is adjunct professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Northern Arizona University, where she is developing an Internet based course of Native American Astronomy. She was a faculty member and administrator at Dine College, the Navajo Tribal College, for 13 years. She has a Ph.D. from the California Institute for Integral Studies. She is Cherokee/Navajo comes from a family of traditional and medical healers.