Staff
+ Cindy Gregg - Executive Director
Our Executive Director, Cindy Gregg, came from Florida, where she was the Director of Operations and Marketing for Everglades Day Safari. Cindy does the marketing, grant writing, fundraising and site management. In other words, she wears many hats at the Village. Cindy is also a certified Boy Scout Merit Badge Counselor in archaeology and birdwatching!
Title:
Executive Director
Work Phone:
605-996-5473
+ Danica Miller - Assistant to Director
Danica is Hunkpati Dakota from Crow Creek and is returning to the Village this summer as the Assistant to Cindy. Danica is a mother to three rambunctious boys. Her passion outside of work is modeling for Native American designers!
Title:
Assistant to the Director
+ Dennis Scott - Guide
Dennis is our longest serving guide and is positiviely great with children. He is our lead school tour guide and keeps the kids absolutely enthralled during his tour. He's even been known to be so interesting that teenagers stop texting and listen to him! Imagine! Dennis has great knowledge of our site and its one-time inhabitants.
Title:
Guide
+ Thomas Punt - Guide
Thomas Punt is a graduate of Dakota State University with a degree in biology. He has been with the Village since 2016 and works as a guide and helps out in the gift shop and office.
Title:
Guide
+ Dr. Adrien Hannus - Archaeologist
Dr. Adrien Hannus is the director of the Archaeology Department at Augustana College, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Adrien has been the Village's archaeologist since 1983. His research interests, in addition to the Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village, are the Paleo-Indian period in North America and Clovis culture.
Title:
Archaeologist
+ Dr. Alan Outram - Archaeologist
Dr. Alan Outram is a professor of Archaeology at the University of Exeter in Exeter, England. He is a large mammal zooarchaeologist; his expertise in identifying bones is astounding. Dr. Outram is also one of the world's leading experts in the history of the domestication of the horse.
Title:
Archaeologist