Born and raised in Metlakatla, Alaska / Annette Islands Indian Reserve, Sm Łoodm ‘Nüüsm — Dr. Mique’l Dangeli — is of the Ts’msyen Nation. She is a dancer, choreographer, Sm’algya̱x language learner/teacher, curator and is now an assistant professor of Indigenous Arts with our Department of Art History & Visual Studies.
Her work in Indigenous visual and performing arts focuses on protocol, sovereignty, resurgence, decolonization, Indigenous research methodologies, critical curatorial studies, repatriation, and language revitalization. She has previously taught at the
When not teaching, Mique’l leads the Git Hayetsk Dancers, an internationally renowned Northwest Coast First Nations dance group specializing in ancient and newly created songs and mask dances.
