Hayes Native American Studies Center

Contact: Jill Frye
East Central University
Public Information & University Relations
(580) 559-5650
Or Dr. Thomas Cowger, Director, Native Studies Program
(580) 559-5419

Hayes Native American Studies Center Information

Standing beside the Chickasaw Warrior sculpture in the new Native American Studies Center at East Central University are Dr. Judy Parker (from left), Former ECU President Bill Cole, Kennedy Brown and Dr. Tom Cowger, all speakers at the dedication of the center. Parker, an ECU professor of nursing, is a member of the Chickasaw Tribal Legislature. She and Brown, special assistant to Chickasaw Gov. Bill Anoatubby, are members of the Chickasaw Foundation Board of Trustees. Cowger is an ECU professor of history who holds the Chickasaw Nation Endowed Chair and is the director of the Native Studies Program. The Kelly Haney sculpture is on loan from the ECU Linscheid Library collection which was funded by Hallie Brown Ford’s gift to furnish the new library.