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I am involved in a variety of project both on the Creighton Campus as well as around the country. Please take a look below for a listing of my most recent activities.

Icons:
I have kept a website of icons for Rev. William McNichols called St. Andrei Rublev Icon Studio. I am currently working with another iconographer, Ina Hecker, on her web page: Ikonokids.

Internet:
I am involved in a vairety of Internet projects. Along with Martin Brokenleg of Augustana College I maintain a Lakota and Dakota Resource Page. As part of service to the Native and Scholarly community I also maintain a Bibliography of Lakota and Dakota Sources . I also maintain the web presence for the AIDS and Anthropology Research Group and the Jesuits in Interreligious Dialogue group. I am also the electronic editor for the Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents, a complete digital version of the English text of 71 original volumes edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites.

Discussion List Management:
I moderate and maintain a variety of lists using Creighton's Mailman Software I use Mailman for all of my classes each semester. In addition I run lists for the following groups and organizations: Society of Jesus (the Virtual Rec Room and the Jesuit Community List), the Jesuits at Creighton University, Jesuits In Native Ministry, The Northeast Anthropological Association, the Central States Anthropological Association, the Aids and Anthropology Research Group, the Tekakwitha Conference, and Jesuit Ministries in Interreligious Dialogue.

Photography:
I am an avid photographer and digital photography has allowed me to "bring along" lots of family and friends on my travels as well as through my daily life. I keep some of my better photographs on the web. There image are free for use and in the public domain so if you see any you particularly like you are welcome to save them to your own computer. I normally send these images as "virtual postcards" to various people. I am in the process of rearranging the images but feel free to view my photo gallery.

Boards of Directors:
As of the Fall of 2003 I have been appointed to the Board of Directors at Red Cloud Indian School in Pine Ridge, SD. I taught World History at Red Cloud from 1978 until 1980 and am honored to be asked to serve the school in this way. Creighton also has a good record of Red Cloud students attending and graduating Creighton. I was also elected to the board of directors of the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in 2004. Finally I am serving on the Board of Directors for St. Francis Mission.

Creighton University Committee Membership:
I am currently serving on the Faculty Senate as chair of my department. I am also on the executive committee. I serve as the program director for the Native American Studies department and I am on the advisory board for the Center for the Study of Religion and Society. I also served on the Ad Hoc Committee for Native American Retreats. I am coordinating the College of Arts and Sciences application for Phi Beta Kappa status. Dr. Wunsch is the able head of this initiative. I have written work flow charts sorted by writing tasks and by primary authors.

Outside Committee Membership:
I continue to serve as consultant to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Native American Ministry. I am an observing member of the Lakota Inculturation Task Force and part of the faculty for the summer program, "Basic Directions in Native American Ministry". I was recently (2003) elected to the Executive Board of the Central States Anthropological Association. I am also on the board of the Aids and Anthropology Research Group. I am also the liason between Maquette University's Special Collections and University Archives and Holy Rosary Mission on the Pine Ridge Reservation, Saint Francis Mission on the Rosebud Reservation, St. Stephens on the Wind River reservation in Wyoming, St. Issac Jogues parish (for urban Natives in Rapid City, South Dakota) and the National Tekakwitha Conference in Great Falls, Montana.