Friday, November 13: Seminar Day 1
Location: Autry Museum of the American West Theater
4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027
1:30 p.m. Doors Open
2:00 p.m. Welcome
Joe Horse Capture (Aaniiih), VP Native Collections & Engagement,
Chief Curator, Ahmanson Curator of Native American History and Culture,
Autry Museum of the American West
2:15 p.m. Indian Country
Library Presentation
Lynn Valbuena, Chairwoman, Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation
Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne and Mvskokvlke), President, The Morning
Star Institute; Founding Trustee, National Museum of the American Indian;
Former Executive Director, National Congress of American Indians
(Live via Zoom)
Patsy Phillips (Cherokee), Director Emerita,
IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
3:20 p.m. International View
Library Presentation
Amareswar Galla, Executive Director,
International Institute for the Inclusive Museum
Q & A
4:30 p.m. Museum Tour
6:00 p.m. Refreshments and hearty hors d'oeuvres
7:00 p.m. Leadership Remarks
Film Screening and Q &A with Film Director Ben West
Saturday, November 14: Seminar Day 2
Location: Chrystina and James R. Parks Research Center
210 South Victory Blvd, Burbank, CA 91502
8:30 a.m. Doors open
9:00 a.m. Breakfast
10:00 a.m. Welcome
Stephen Aron, Calvin and Marilyn Gross Director and President and CEO,
Autry Museum of the American West
10:15 a.m. Academic View
Library Presentation
Janet Berlo, Professor Emerita,
Visual and Cultural Studies at the Department of Art and Art History,
University of Rochester, New York
Q & A
11:00 a.m. Break
11:10 a.m. Law
Library Presentation
Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee), Native American Rights Fund,
Former President of the Pawnee Nation Business Council
(Pre-recorded video)
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Washington, D.C.
Library Presentation
Lonnie Bunch, Secretary of the Smithsonian,
Founding Director of National Museum of African American History and
Culture
(Pre-recorded video)
Kevin Gover (Pawnee), Undersecretary for Museums and Culture at
Smithsonian Institution
(Live via Zoom)
2:00 p.m. Long View
Nancy Mithlo (Fort Sill Chiricahua Apache), Professor of Gender Studies and
American Indian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, and
Sasha Sherman
Gerald McMaster (Plains Cree), Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Visual
Culture and Curatorial Practice, OCAD University
3:00 p.m. Autry Museum of the American West
Stephen Aron, Calvin and Marilyn Gross Director and
President and CEO, Autry Museum of the American West
4:00 p.m. Seminar concludes