Cynthia Lindquist
American academic administrator
Cynthia A. Lindquist Mala (Dakota: Ta'Sunka Wicahpi Win), also known as Star Horse Woman, is an American educator and academic administrator specializing in Indigenous health and higher education. She is a member of the Spirit Lake Tribe. Lindquist served as the president of Cankdeska Cikana Community College (CCCC) from 2003 to 2024, where she expanded the campus and stabilized its accreditation. In January 2025, she was appointed as the director of Tribal Initiatives & Collaboration for the University of North Dakota (UND).
Early life and education
Lindquist was born in Devils Lake, North Dakota, and is an enrolled member of the Spirit Lake Tribe. She is the oldest of 13 children and was raised on the Spirit Lake Reservation, partially by her grandparents, from whom she learned traditional ways. Her mother is Gloria Janet Jetty, who is Dakota, and her father was a Scandinavian police officer. Following her parents' divorce, Lindquist lived off the reservation with her father.
Lindquist earned a B.A. in Indian Studies and English from the University of North Dakota (UND) in 1981. She subsequently earned a Master of Public Administration (MPA) with an emphasis on Indian health systems from the University of South Dakota in 1988.
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