Lomayumtewa C. Ishii

Lomayumtewa Curtis "Loma" Ishii is a Hopi associate professor and researcher, working in the Applied Indigenous Studies department at Northern Arizona University. While at college, Ishii pledged Phi Alpha Theta in 1994.

Career During his PhD studies, Ishii was awarded the Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship. After obtaining his PhD from Northern Arizona University in 2001, he earned tenure there in 2010. However, he is still a popular speaker and researcher with a variety of institutions. In 2017 he was the keynote speaker at the 39th American Indian Workshop held in Ghent, in Belgium,

Native issues in modern society One element of Ishii's research is study of the continuing social effects of colonization and modernization of Native Americans, He also spoke to the Albuquerque Journal about polemic elections in the Hopi tribe, explaining that they need leaders who can handle maintaining their tribal identity as well as easing the people into modernization.