Cobell: Gover's hiring an affront to Native people
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
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"The appointment of Kevin Gover, a former Interior Department official with no museum experience, to head the National Museum of the American Indian is an affront to Native Americans.
This is the latest in a long pattern of insider deals by Smithsonian Institution administrators that has brought this wonderful organization into disrepute.
As a member of the museum's board of trustees, I was shocked. When search committee members asked if the new director's name should be brought before the full board, they were told, "No, this is a confidential matter." The board was never consulted.
This is about the role of trustees. We are not an exhibit, just for show. And we are not wooden Indians."
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Elouise Cobell: The Smithsonian's Troubling Pattern
(The Washington Post 9/18)
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