Nebraska Indian
Community College

Lorene Thomas

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Lorene Thomas

Extension Coordinator

Workforce Development

Phone
402-241-5938
Email
LThomas@thenicc.edu
Office Hours
By Appointment
Office
Dakota Studies Room
Campus Location
Santee Campus
Degree Major Emphasis Institution Year
B.A. Sociology minor in Native Studies University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2006
A.S. Sciences Nebraska Indian Community College 1992

 

Ihun Mitakuyapi. 

Cante waste nape ciyuzapi.  Tatanka Was'te Win de miye.  Wasicu ia Lorene Thomas emakiyapi.  Isanti hematanhan.  Damakota/Tlingit/Ponca. 

Hello relatives, I shake your hand with a good heart.  I am Good Buffalo Woman my English name is Lorene Thomas I am from Santee, and I am Dakota, Alaskan Tlingit and Ponca. 

I have six children: three biological, was guardian over two and I adopted my youngest with eight grandchildren and one on the way.  I also have two dogs, Marmaduke and Willow; and a cat named Jazzy.  

I am the new Santee Extension Coordinator.  I love working with my relatives and enjoy our traditions and culture.  My goal is bringing Dakota culture, language, and traditions so our relatives could rise and to keep our traditions alive so they could pass them down, to possibility to be able to sustain life with bits of our history.   I have worked in many positions with many certificates such as 911 dispatcher to the Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault programs.  

Education/certifications: I earned my Associate of Science through NICC and my bachelor’s at University of Nebraska- Lincoln.  I am very happy to be here at Nebraska Indian Community College- Santee Campus