Director of Thriving, Native American Thriving Initiatives (NATI)
Phenocia Bauerle (she/they) is the Director of Native American Student Development (NASD) and the Native Community Center (NCC). A member of the Apsáalooke (Crow) tribe, she is a sixth generation descendant of Sits in the Middle of the Land, and a fifth generation descendant of Mountain Chief (Piegan). She had the privilege of working with her grandfather on editing a collection of Crow stories, The Way of the Warrior: Stories of the Crow People (2002). She has had the good fortune of being part of a rich cultural heritage and strong family grounded in the belief systems and worldview of...
In early 2021, at the urging of the Native American Advisory Committee (NAAC), Chancellor Christ accepted the recommendation to create a Steering Committee for development of a Native American Initiative.
This recommendation grew from an ongoing discussion as to the best way to advance the goals of NAAC and UC Berkeley and also to ensure that any initiative would be aligned with and directly informed by the goals of Tribal Nations and Native peoples. In a memo outlying Chancellor Christ’s strategic plan to support and implement a Native American...