Lomayumtewa Curtis "Loma" Ishii is a Hopi associate professor and researcher, working in the Applied Indigenous Studies department at Northern Arizona University.
[3] He is from a small Hopi settlement in the mesas of Northern Arizona, in Navajo County, called Sichomovi.
[6] After obtaining his PhD from Northern Arizona University in 2001,[1] Ishii began working and researching at several institutions, including the Smithsonian, before returning to his alma mater.
[9] One element of Ishii's research is study of the continuing social effects of colonization and modernization of Native Americans,[1] something he also speaks about on public platforms.
[10] He also spoke to the Albuquerque Journal about polemic elections in the Hopi tribe, explaining that they need leaders who can handle maintaining their tribal identity as well as easing the people into modernization.