About Lahoma...
Lahoma has spent her life helping others. From her time as a teacher at Monument Valley High School to her tenure as a Social Worker, Rehabilitation Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor, and Psychologist, she has fought for the underdog. She is an advocate for tribal members, elders, youth and adults with developmental disabilities.
Leadership Experience: High School Teacher Middle School Teacher University Professor Social Worker/Advocate for Age, Blind, Disabled, Single Mothers, MMIW JOM Parent Committee Officer, Dewar and Union Public Schools Founder/President OAMRC Past Secretary of OFIW Bacone College Board of Trustees Oklahoma Psychological Association Board Member American Psychological Association (APA) Committee on Rural Health Behavioral Health Director PL 93-638 Tribal Health Center Behavioral Health Director Clinton IHS Center MCN Scholarship Foundation Selection Committee Chair Some of Lahoma's Awards: Oklahoma Committee on Indian Education Elder of the Year Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women (OFIW) Humanitarian of the Year Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women (OFIW) Service Award National Association of Multi-Cultural Rehabilitation Counselors (NAMRC) Outstanding President Bacone College Distinguished Alum Northeastern State University (NSU) Distinguished Alum NSU Native American Student Association (NASA) Distinguished Alum MCN Woman Leader of the Year |
Dr. Lahoma Schultz is an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and is also a descendant of the Seminole tribe. She is the daughter of George Dutch Hicks and Molly Jones Hicks.
She is a Licensed Psychologist and licensed Professional Counselor (LPC). Additionally, she is licensed to provide supervision to LPC candidates. She is also a nationally Certified Rehabilitation Counselor. Lahoma is a member of the Oklahoma Psychological Association Board of Directors, 2021-2023. She also serves on the American Psychological Association's Committee on Rural Health, 2021-2023. Lahoma received her Associate's Degree from Bacone College, her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees from Northeastern State University, and her Doctorate Degree from Oklahoma State University. She is a past director of the Oklahoma Area Indian Health Service Clinton Service Unit Behavioral Health Department. In that capacity she served as administrator, supervisor, consultant, and clinician. During her tenure, she brought national recognition to the newly developed Integrated Behavioral Health program. The program received the Indian Health Services' National Director's Award in 2017, and was showcased in the American Psychological Association's (APA) professional magazine, Monitor on Psychology, in February 2018. In August 2018, Lahoma Schultz was presented with the American Psychological Association Excellence in Rural Psychology Award at the APA National Convention in San Francisco, CA. The award was presented in recognition of her accomplishments in practice, scholarship, service, and lasting contributions to rural and underrepresented populations. Lahoma has expertise in developing programs that benefit the mental health of Native Americans, veterans, rural and underserved populations. She has served as a consultant on the Veteran's Health Administration National VA-IHS MOU Work Group-8, whose mission was to develop a Native American Veteran's Cultural Awareness quick book. She served on the Board of Trustees member at Bacone College (the oldest college in the State of Oklahoma) from 2014-2021. She helped the drive to turn Bacone into a tribal college. Lahoma understands the importance of education. She has served as committee chair for the Scholarship Selection Committee of Muscogee (Creek) Nation's Scholarship Foundation since 2014. She established the "George and Mollie (Jones) Hicks Scholarship" through the MCN Scholarship Foundation. She also established an Endowed Scholarship for Native Students at Northeastern State University. Beginning in January 2015 and culminating in June 2015, she facilitated a successful collaborative consultation project between the Ponca Tribe, Chilocco Indian School Alumni Association, National VA Cultural Awareness Work Group, Indian Health Service (IHS), and Elaine Childers in documenting the story of Ernest Childers, Muscogee (Creek) Nation warrior and World War II Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Lahoma is the past director of the White Eagle Behavioral Health department (2009-2015). She has been employed as a psychologist with the Veterans Affairs Medical Hospital in Muskogee, OK (2007-2009). She taught undergraduate and graduate courses in the education department at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, AR. Prior to teaching at SAU, Dr. Schultz spent 20 years with the state of Oklahoma, including nine years as a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor, and eleven years as a Social Worker. Among the many honors and recognitions she has received are: Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women's (OFIW) Georgeann Robinson Humanitarian of the Year Award, OFIW's Mary Townsend Crow Service Award, Bacone College's Outstanding Alumni Award, Northeastern State University's 100th Anniversary Centurion, NSU's American Indian Alumni Association's Alum of the Year, AARP's 2009 Outstanding American Indian Elder, and NSU Distinguished Alumna Award, Mary A. Switzer Scholar Award, Oklahoma Council for Indian Education Elder of the Year, 2022. EDUCATION Ph. D. in Counseling Psychology (APA accredited) Oklahoma State University Stillwater, Oklahoma Master of Science/Counseling Psychology Northeastern State University Tahlequah, Oklahoma Secondary Teaching Certification Northeastern State University Tahlequah, Oklahoma Bachelor of Science - Secretarial Science Northeastern State University Tahlequah, Oklahoma Associate's Degree Bacone College Muskogee, Oklahoma |