Robert Vetter MA

Robert Vetter, M.A. is an anthropologist and educational consultant, with Native American Studies as his area of specialization.  He began his ethnographic fieldwork among Native Americans in 1980 while a graduate student at the University of Oklahoma.  In addition to his work with children, Robert has also taught courses and workshops for teachers through SCOPE and Teacher Centers throughout Long Island.  He has served as an instructor for courses taught at SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY Farmingdale, Southampton College, and the University of Oklahoma.

His adult and children's travel programs have taken participants for cultural immersion experiences in Native cultures throughout Indian Country, including New York (Iroquois/Haudenosaunee), Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota and Wisconsin.  These programs have been featured in: the New York Times, Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, Newsday, Child Magazine, McCall's, NBC's Today Show, and the Travel Channel's Lonely Planet series.  Along with his adopted Kiowa uncle Richard Tartsah Sr., he is author of the book Big Bow: The Spiritual Life and Teachings of a Kiowa Family. He has studied the traditional Mesoamerican healing system called Curanderismo with teachers both in the United States and in Mexico. He hosts the podcast, "Healing and Spirituality in World Cultures."

Robert Vetter, MA has no actual or potential conflict of interest, financial relationship/arrangement or affiliation with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.