Leadership

Governing Board

Walter Echo-Hawk

Walter Echo-Hawk

Board Chair; Author and Attorney
W. Richard West

W. Richard West

Vice-Chair; Past President and CEO, Autry National Center of the American West
Samonia Byford

Samonia Byford

Treasurer; Noksi Press
Shana Bushyhead Condill

Shana Bushyhead Condill

Board Member; Executive Director, Museum of the Cherokee People
Letitia Chambers

Letitia Chambers

Board Member; Past Chief Executive Officer, Heard Museum
Dr. Sven Haakanson, Jr.

Dr. Sven Haakanson, Jr.

Board Member; Curator of Native American Anthropology, Burke Museum; Professor, Anthropology, University of Washington
Dr. Valorie Johnson

Dr. Valorie Johnson

Board Member; Past Program Officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation
James Pepper Henry

James Pepper Henry

Board Member; Principal, Pepper & Associates

Advisory Council

  • Jeanne Brako, Curator/Conservator, Art Conservation Services
  • Ryan Flahive, Archivist and Museum Studies Faculty, Institute of American Indian Arts
  • John Haworth, Senior Executive Emeritus, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institute
  • Joe Horse Capture, Vice President of Native Collections, Autry Museum of the American West
  • Honor Keeler, International Repatriation, Atsilv Consulting
  • Walter Lamar, Chair, Archive of Recorded Native American History
  • Traci Morris, Director, American Indian Policy Institute, Arizona State University
  • Patsy Phillips, Past Director, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts
  • Jessie Ryker-Crawford, Director, MFACA Cultural Administration, Institute of American Indian Arts
  • Elayne Silversmith, Librarian, Vine Deloria, Jr. Library, Cultural Resources Center, National Museum of the American Indian

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