Steven Karr, Southwest Museum of the American Indian
Description:
This study group/seminar provides an arena for the broad discussion of topics related to Native American history and culture in the New World. Our participants come from representative disciplines within the humanities, social sciences, law, and environmental studies. Quarterly meetings will vary in topic, ranging from pre-contact to the present, as well as in format, to include guest speakers, discussion of papers, journal articles and books, and symposia, in addition to presentations on the rich availability of research resources from throughout southern California.
Group members:
Paul Apodoca, Chapman University Gorden Bakken, Cal State Fullerton Lowell Bean, Palm Springs Peter Blodgett, Huntington Library Richard Carrico, Mooney Jones & Stokes Cultural Resources Ross Frank, UCSD Michael Hammond, Agua Caliente Cultural Museum John Johnson, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Chester King, Los Angeles Maria Lepowsky, University of Wisconsin Melissa Meyer, UCLA George H. Phillips, La Jolla Bryn Potter, Southwest Museum Scott Van Keuren, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Kim Walters, Southwest Museum Jon Weibel-Orlando, USC Bill Wood, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Paul Wormser, National Archives-Laguna Niguel
January 27, 2007 Ned Blackhawk, University of Wisconsin/Madison
July 1, 2006 Where the Lightning Strikes: The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places Peter Nabokov, UCLA
September 17, 2005 The Research Library and American Indian Communities: Envisioning and Nurturing Productive Relationships in the 21st Century Brian Hosmer, Director of D'Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History, Newberry Library
