COMMUNITY FORUM
List of Participants
This conference featured speakers who represented multiple perspectives involved in the process of transforming museum practices toward Indigenous methodologies and approaches, including artists, emerging museum professionals, and Indigenous curators and museum directors.
the Participants
Holly Spencer, American Indian Center, Community Member
Dave Spencer, American Indian Center, Dir. of Arts and Culture
Lois Biggs, Art Institute of Chicago, Fellow Curator
Sarah Guernsey, Art Institute of Chicago, Deputy Director & Senior Vice President for Curatorial Affairs
Andrew Hamilton, Art Institute of Chicago, Associate Curator, Arts of the Americas
Sarah Oehler, Art Institute of Chicago, Field-McCormick Chair and Curator, Arts of the Americas, and Vice President of Curatorial Strategy
Frank Buffalo-Hyde, Artist, Artist
Courtney Leonard, Artist, Artist/Educator
Shannon Fie, Beloit College, Professor of Anthropology
Nicolette Meister, Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Director and Repatriation Coordinator
Dan Silverstein, Block Museum, Associate Director of Collections and Exhibitions
Kathleen Berzock, Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs
Janet Dees, Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Erin Northington, Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Associate Director, Campus and Community Education and Engagement
Sven Haakanson, Burke Museum, Professor/Curator
Leeann Ream, Center for Collections Care, Beloit College, Postgraduate Fellow
Alexandra Pafilis, Chicago Children's Museum, Director of Early Childhood and Strategy Lead of DEAI Initiatives
Charles Bethea, Chicago History Museum, Dir. Curatorial Affairs
Rebekah Coffman, Chicago History Museum, Curator of Religion and Community History
Allison Pohl, Chicago History Museum, Senior Collection Manager
Jason Wesaw, Condition Studio, Artist, Educator, Owner
Jordan Poorman-Cocker, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Curator of Indigenous Art
Dakota Hoska, Denver Art Museum, Associate Curator of Native Arts
Mavis Neconish, Elder, Elder
Lauren Brown, Field Museum, Manager of Field Trip Learning Experiences
Sam Frank, Field Museum, Collections Assistant
J. Kae, Good Bear, Field Museum, Conservation Cultural Liaison
Samantha Houck, Field Museum, Facilitator
Jamie Kelly, Field Museum, Collections Manager
Mario Longoni, Field Museum, Lead Environmental Social Scientist
Madeleine Tudor, Field Museum, Sr. Environmental Social Scientist
Alaka Wali, Field Museum, Curator Emerita of North American Anthropology
heather ahtone, First Americans Museum, Director, Curatorial Affairs
Donald Keeble, Forest County Potawatomi, Assistant Division Administrator of Cultural Preservation /NAGPRA
Jami Powell, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth, Associate Director for Curatorial Affairs & Curator of Indigenous Art
Brooke Morgan, Illinois State Museum, Curator of Anthropology
Logan Pappenfort, Illinois State Museum – Dickson Mounds, Curator of Anthropology
Heather Miller, Illinois State Museum and DNR, Director, Tribal Relations and Historic Preservation
Ange June J. Kae Good Bear, Artist, Elder, Knowledge Keeper
James Flores, Milwaukee Public Museum, Tribal Liaison
Dawn Scher Thomae, Milwaukee Public Museum, Curator of Anthropology Collections
Jill Ahlberg Yohe, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Associate Curator of Native American Art
Robert Cozzolino, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Patrick and Aimee Butler Curator of Paintings
Valeria Piccoli, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Chair of the Arts of the Americas and Curator of Latin American Art
Casey Riley, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Chair of Global Contemporary Art and Curator of Photography
Nicole Soukup, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art/Minnesota Artist Exhibition Program Coordinator
Justice Jensvold, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, SMSC Native Fellow
Amber Annis, Minnesota Historical Society, Director, Native American Initiatives Department Minnesota Historical Society
Cecily Marcus, Minnesota Historical Society, Director, Collections
Rita Walaszek Arndt, Minnesota Historical Society, Outreach and Program Manager, Native American Initiatives
Travis Zimmerman, Minnesota Historical Society, Site Manager, Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post
David Briese, Minnesota Historical Society/Jeffers Petroglyphs Sacred & Historical Site, Site Manager
Katherine Beane, Minnesota Museum of American Art, Executive Director
Kim Vigue, Mitchell Museum of the American Indian, Executive Director
Teresa Mitchell, MuseumDirector
Angela Two Stars, NACDI, All My Relations Arts Director
Cynthia Chavez Lamar, National Museum of the American Indian, Director
Caitlin Mahony, National Museum of the American Indian, Conservator
Juleana Enright, Native American Community Development Institute/All My Relations ArtsGallery and Programs Coordinator
Haku Blaisdell, Newberry Library, McNickle Center Associate Director for Outreach and Strategy
Megan Bang, Northwestern University, CNAIR Director/Professor
Katherine Castillo, Northwestern University, Research Administrator
Doug Kiel, Northwestern University, Associate Professor
Michaela Marchi, Northwestern University, Program Assistant
Pamala Silas, Northwestern University, Associate Director
Eli Suzukovich III, Northwestern University, Associate Professor of Instruction
Ryan Rice, Onsite Gallery, Executive Director / Curator, Indigenous Art
Kelly Church, Self employed, Artist/Activist
Emily England, Skokie Park District, Skokie Heritage Museum Manager
Carrie Haslett, Terra Foundation, Senior Program Director, Exhibition Grants and Initiatives
JPBrown, The Field Museum, Regenstein Senior Conservator
Suellen Burns, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Senior Program Director
Urooj Shakeel, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Arts Program Officer
Gina Roxas, Trickster Cultural Center, Executive Director
Melissa Aguilar, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe, Chicago Satellite Office, Community Outreach Assistant
Kelly Fayard, University of Denver, Assistant Professor of Anthropology; Curator of Ethnology (DU Museum of
Anthropology)
Sunshine Thomas-Bear, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, THPO/NAGPRA Rep/CP Dir./ADC Museum Director
Rachel Byington, Wisconsin Historical Society, Tribal Liaison
Jacqueline Reisner, Wisconsin Historical Society, Curator of American Indian Collections and NAGPRA Coordinator