Creating a Collections Model Based on Indigenous Needs

  • Saturday, September 28, 2024
  • 10:45 am - 12:00 pm
  • Ventana

Presenter(s): 

Franak Hilloowala, Museum Collections Manager, Huhugam Ki: Museum, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
Gary Owens, Director/Manager, Huhugam Ki: Museum, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community

Track: 

  • Collections, Indigenous, Other

Learning Format: Passive Learning

In 2021, the Cultural Resources Department at Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community completed construction of a new stand-alone 24,500 square foot cultural repository to house and care for tribal collections under the direction of the Huhugam Ki: Museum. In transferring the collections from existing storage areas, the staff addressed the need to build a better collections foundation to meet the tribal priorities and objectives for a cultural repository designed by tribal members.