The Importance of Indigenous Curators | American Indian Studies

Submitted by Kai Wise on April 2, 2025 - 9:04 am

Headshots of Dakota Hoska, a curator at the Denver Art Museum; Sven Haakanson Jr., a curator at the Burke Museum and chair of the Anthropology Department at the University of Washington and Tahnee Ahtone, a curator at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

Dakota Hoska, a curator at the Denver Art Museum; Sven Haakanson Jr., a curator at the Burke Museum and chair of the Anthropology Department at the University of Washington; Tahnee Ahtone, a curator at the Nelson-Atkins Museum.

These caretakers can help ensure museum collections are handled, and expanded, appropriately. AIS Adjunct Professor Sven Haakanson speaks about his experience as a curator at the Burke Museum and his hopes for more Indigenous curators. You can read the full article in the Arts and Culture section at High Country News.

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