Posted on Jan 20, 2022
Cynthia Chavez Lamar becomes the first Native woman to lead a Smithsonian museum
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Native Americans are finally being recognized for their skills and education. Hopefully, many more leaders will follow in their footsteps.
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..."She'll be the third director of the National Museum of the American Indian. Kevin Gover, a citizen of the Pawnee Tribe, served as director from 2007 to 2021, and W. Richard West Jr., who is Southern Cheyenne, became the museum's founding director in 1990.
Chavez Lamar interned for the museum in 1994, worked there as a curator in the early 2000s and then returned for her most recent stint in 2014.
The curator, author and scholar also previously served as director of the Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe and the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque.
In her new role, Chavez Lamar will oversee three facilities: the National Museum of the American Indian, the George Gustav Heye Center in Lower Manhattan and the Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Md."
..."She'll be the third director of the National Museum of the American Indian. Kevin Gover, a citizen of the Pawnee Tribe, served as director from 2007 to 2021, and W. Richard West Jr., who is Southern Cheyenne, became the museum's founding director in 1990.
Chavez Lamar interned for the museum in 1994, worked there as a curator in the early 2000s and then returned for her most recent stint in 2014.
The curator, author and scholar also previously served as director of the Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe and the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque.
In her new role, Chavez Lamar will oversee three facilities: the National Museum of the American Indian, the George Gustav Heye Center in Lower Manhattan and the Cultural Resources Center in Suitland, Md."
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