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HYBRID - Caring for Navajo Culture: In Museums and Beyond

November 15, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST

Geological Lecture Hall
24 Oxford Street,
Cambridge, MA


T1237; 30-9-10/98459; 60742496

Stephanie Mach (Diné), Curator of North American Collections, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University

Cynthia Wilson (Diné), Native and Indigenous Rights Fellow, Religion and Public Life Program, Harvard Divinity School

Wade Campbell (Diné), Assistant Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology, Boston University

Join Stephanie Mach (Diné), Peabody Museum Curator of North American Collections and Diné (Navajo) guests for a panel conversation about the ways they each care for Navajo cultural heritage within their various areas of work and interest. This event provides an opportunity to hear from Navajo scholars who will share their experiences protecting and stewarding cultural heritage in museums and in community.

Following the panel conversation, attendees are encouraged to visit the Hall of the North American Indian at the Peabody Museum—from 7:15­ to 8:00 pm—where Harvard students will be available to share information about key cultural items on display.
Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage.

Presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture in collaboration with the Center for the Study of World Religions and the Religion and Public Life Program, Harvard Divinity School; the Harvard University Native American Program; and The Constellation Project of the Planetary Health Alliance.

Image: Wedding basket. Gift of Mrs. William Whitman, 1930. Courtesy of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Harvard University, 30-9-10/98459

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Date:
November 15, 2023
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6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
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https://hmsc.harvard.edu/calendar_event/caring-for-navajo-culture-in-museums-and-beyond/

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Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
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617-959-3481
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Geological Lecture Hall
24 Oxford Street,
Cambridge, MA
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(617) 496-1027
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