Presenter(s)
Dr. Alexandra Greenwald, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Ethnography, Natural History Museum of Utah
Lisa Thompson, Exhibit Developer, Natural History Museum of Utah
Richard Greymountain, San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe
Gwen Cantsee, Vice Chair, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (White Mesa Ute)
Elvira Murphy, Confederated Tribes of the Goshute Reservation
Emeline Natchees Root, Ute Tribe Languages & Traditions Coordinator, Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation
Lisa Bullcreek, Skull Valley Band of Goshute
Moderator
Casey Mink, Exhibit Developer, Natural History Museum of Utah
NHMU's team shares their collaborative approach to creating an exhibit on Indigenous basketry. This process, guided by co-curators nominated by their tribes, has strengthened NHMU's decolonization efforts and created a model for exhibit development, building on NHMU's history of relationship-building with Indigenous communities. We have witnessed strengthened relationships within and between co-curators, NHMU, and tribes. The group has a shared resolve to preserve and communicate Indigenous knowledge and share this model with the museum community.