Serving the mission
He received his PhD from the University of Kentucky and taught in the Anthropology Departments at the University of Hawai`i at Hilo and Ithaca College, where he was co-founder of Native American Studies.
He has conducted archaeological research in Peru, Chile, and Argentina, as wells as collaborative archaeology and community projects with the Cayuga and Onondaga Nations in central New York and Native Hawaiians and at-risk youth on Hawai`i Island.