Native American Student Association

Haku Li'ya! (Hello, everyone!) We are the Native American Student Association (NASA) at Lane Community College. We aim to provide a community for Indigenous students and contribute to our community.

NASA is open to any interested LCC student. We meet regularly and organize exciting community events like traditional Salmon Bakes and a yearly Pow Wow. 

We meet in the Multicultural Center (MCC), Building 1, Room 206. Our fall meeting schedule will be coming soon! For more information, please email cohenrencountrea@lanecc.edu. 

See other upcoming NASA & multicultural events on our Events Calendar.

Rebecca “Agléška” Cohen‑Rencountre (she/they)

cohenrencountrea@lanecc.edu

Rebecca “Agléška” Cohen‑Rencountre (she/they) is a proud LCC alum and enrolled citizen of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. She has been part of the Native community in Eugene, Oregon since 1998, and brings a deep commitment to cultural stewardship, education, and student advocacy.

Raised in Rapid City, South Dakota, Agléška comes from a large, close-knit family within the Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires). She is a Two Spirit Lakota and Jewish parent, a second-year Dakota language learner, and a Ph.D. candidate in American Studies at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. 

At Lane, Agléška facilitates Longhouse programming rooted in Indigenous protocol and values, and builds relationships that help connect students to culture, support systems, and one another. She believes that higher education must serve as a place of restoration and relevance for Indigenous students—and that cultural safety is key to academic success.