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Indigenous Faculty and Staff Officers

  1. Headshot of Tara Kenjockety. A woman with long, dark brown hair smiles against a white background. She wears a black cardigan over a royal blue top and a turquoise pendant necklace.

    Tara Kenjockety

    Chair

    Tara Kenjockety is part Seneca Nation and an enrolled member of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin of which she is Bear Clan. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology in 2002 and her Master of Science in Library and Information Science in 2008 from Indiana University. She is a founding member of the employee resource group on campus for Indigenous People. Tara also works with the Native American Initiatives (NAI) at the University of Notre Dame and the Native American Students and their allies group.

  2. Headshot of Hali Murphy. A woman with long brown hair, wearing a black blazer over a gray top, smiles at the camera in front of a background of greenery and a stone building. She wears a Notre Dame lapel pin and turquoise earrings.

    Hali Murphy

    Co-Chair

    Hali Murphy is Ojibwe and an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Wolf Clan. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Religion and International Affairs in 2013 from Florida State University and her Master of Theological Studies from the University of Notre Dame in 2015. She also received an Associate of Arts in Native American Studies from Bay Mills Community College in 2023. In her role as Senior Assistant Director in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions she works to empower Indigenous students to seek higher education.