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Native America Calling: A conversation with Cynthia Chavez Lamar

Thursday, February 24, 2022

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A conversation with Cynthia Chavez Lamar

When Cynthia Chavez Lamar (San Felipe Pueblo) took the helm of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., she became the first Native woman to serve as a Smithsonian museum director.

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It’s the first day on the job for Cynthia Chavez Lamar, the new director of the National Museum of the American Indian! Read the @SmithsonianNMAI welcome message from Chavez Lamar, a citizen of the Pueblo of San Felipe. https://t.co/XUqC0ztfmp https://t.co/hU9Ix5GIwy

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Chavez Lamar has a long history of museum administration, which includes directing the Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe and the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque.