Tribal Museums & Cultural Centers

The National Association of Tribal Historic Preservation Officers (NATHPO) is accepting applications from directors of tribal museums and cultural centers for their participation in a “Tribal Museum Leadership Institute” to be held the week of March 24, 2008.  The mission of the Institute is to strengthen and support a network of committed and informed directors of tribal museums and cultural centers whose mission is to record, perpetuate and promote the arts, culture, history and heritage of American Indian tribes.

Tribal Museum Leadership Institute Brochure 2

Tribal Museum Leadership Institute Application 1

NATHPO Announces IMLS grant 2

NATHPO Announces NEA grant 1

2006 National Meeting of Tribal Museums and Cultural Centers Meeting Packet

2006 National Meeting of Tribal Museums and Cultural Centers Meeting Agenda

Tribal Museum News Archives

 

Links

Institue of Museum and Library Sciences

The Smithsonian Institution

  • The National Anthropological Archives collects and preserves historical and contemporary anthropological materials that document the world's cultures and the history of the discipline. Its collections represent the four fields of anthropology – ethnology, linguistics, archaeology, and physical anthropology – and include manuscripts, fieldnotes, correspondence, photographs, maps, sound recordings, film and video created by Smithsonian anthropologists and other preeminent scholars.
  • National Museum of the American Indian
    The National Museum of the American Indian, established by Congress in 1989, is dedicated to the preservation, exhibition and study of the life and culture of Native Americans. It is one of the museums of the Smithsonian Institution, an independent trust of the United States. The website offers information about exhibits, events, educational programs, repatriation and has extensive links to other resources related to Native Americans.
  • National Museum of the Natural History
    Information on repatriation at this museum.

Resources

2007 Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums Conference

2004-2005 IMLS Five State American Indian Tribal Libraries, Archives and Museums Project

"Tribal Museums in America" (2003)


 

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