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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

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