Diana Steinhauer
Dr. Diana Steinhauer, Cree, from Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Treaty No. 6 Territory, is an educator with 30 years of experience in teaching, curriculum development, and administration in K-12 schools and post-secondary institutions. Most importantly, she is a mother and first teacher of her two children, Alexis and Ty. She currently splits her time into two roles; as kā-nīkānapistahk, at Treaty Governance at Onion Lake Cree Nation and as the Treaty, Language, and Culture Coordinator at Tribal Chiefs Education Foundation. Recognizing the value and work of iyiniw pimātisiwin (Cree life) Diana’s work as a change agent in language, education, and research is grounded upon her late father’s adage, pimātisîtotetân kimiyikowisiwininaw, ‘Let us live life the way our Creator intended us to live’.