Susana Grajales Geliga, Ph.D.
- Charles W. and Mary C. Martin Professor of Western American History
- Assistant Professor
- Native American History, Great Plains Tribes
Additional Information
Education
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (History)
M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (History)
B.S., Oglala Lakota College (Education)
B.S., Oglala Lakota College (Native American Studies)
Background
Dr. Susana Geliga is an enrolled member of the Sicangu Lakota and is of Borinken Taino descent. She is a Professor of the Department of History and Native American Studies at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and is a co-director of the Genoa Indian School Digital Reconciliation Project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She received her M.A. and PhD in History from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, her BS degrees in Education, and Native American Studies from the Oglala Lakota College in Rapid City, South Dakota. Before graduate school, she taught Lakota language in the Rapid City public school system for eight years, and Lakota language at the Oglala Lakota College in Rapid City, South Dakota for two years. She also created the Little White Buffalo Project, a Lakota language and cultural preservation non-profit youth program that she operated for 10 years in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Frequently Taught Courses
- Introduction to Native American Studies
- Native American Women
- Native American Identities
Additional Information
Education
Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (History)
M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln (History)
B.S., Oglala Lakota College (Education)
B.S., Oglala Lakota College (Native American Studies)
Background
Dr. Susana Geliga is an enrolled member of the Sicangu Lakota and is of Borinken Taino descent. She is a Professor of the Department of History and Native American Studies at the University of Nebraska-Omaha and is a co-director of the Genoa Indian School Digital Reconciliation Project at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She received her M.A. and PhD in History from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, her BS degrees in Education, and Native American Studies from the Oglala Lakota College in Rapid City, South Dakota. Before graduate school, she taught Lakota language in the Rapid City public school system for eight years, and Lakota language at the Oglala Lakota College in Rapid City, South Dakota for two years. She also created the Little White Buffalo Project, a Lakota language and cultural preservation non-profit youth program that she operated for 10 years in Rapid City, South Dakota.
Frequently Taught Courses
- Introduction to Native American Studies
- Native American Women
- Native American Identities