The National Museum of the American Indian’s museum training workshops provide instruction on museum functions and address the needs of Native museums and cultural centers. Past workshops have provided information on museum basics, collections, audience development, exhibitions, archives and research, fundraising, and language preservation. Various Native organizations have hosted workshops across the continent as well as at NMAI facilities in Suitland, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Past Museum Training Workshops

2007 August 21–24 2004 Apr. 21–23 Native Museum Practices Workshop Collections Management for New Museums (for CA/AZ/NV) Shawnee, OK Temecula, CA

2007 May 7–10 2004 Feb. 24–27 Native Museums Marketing Native Arts Audience Development for Tribal Museums Old Town, ME Sacaton, AZ

2007 April 9–12 2004 Jan. 12–16 Managing Small Archives Caring for Native Collections in Small Museums (for Alaska only) Window Rock, AZ Anchorage, AK

2006 May 8–12 2003 Sep. 9–12 Introduction to Collections Care Museum Basics for American Indian Museums Washington, DC Happy Camp, CA

2006 Feb. 21–24, Apr. 4–7, & Oct. 9–11 2002 Apr. 1–5 Traveling Exhibits Workshop for Native Museums Preservation and Collections Methods Washington, DC Lakeside, CA

2005 Aug. 30–Sep. 1 2000 Aug. 21–25 Native Museums and Language Preservation Exhibitions and Research: Story and Substance Mt. Pleasant, MI Washington, DC

2005 Jul. 19–22 1999 May 17–26 Museums and Native People (for SD/ND/NE) American Indian Museum Leadership Seminar Mission, SD Washington, DC

2005 Mar. 7–11 1998 Jun. 8–13 Introduction to Collections Care Introduction to Archival Research—Great Lakes Regional Workshop Suitland, MD Chicago, IL

2004 Dec. 7–9 1997 Jun. 2–7 Native Museums and Economic Development Introduction to Archival Research Pendleton, OR Washington, DC

Past Workshop Participants

Past Participants—U.S. Numbers by participants' names indicate dates of attended workshops; the letter "h" by a name indicates host and "f" indicates faculty.

Alabama California Indiana Anita Glass 05/06 Arlene Apalatea-Boner 04/04 Brenda Hartleroad 06/98 Nina Gail Thrower 05/06 Dean Ryan Ayer 02/04 Richard Bugbee 04/02 Kansas Alaska Leo Carpenter, Jr. 09/03 Delores Nioce-Abrams 08/07 Ada Ahgook 01/04 Dene J. Fink 03/05 Mary Frances Babic 05/07 Elaine Fink 04/02 Louisiana LaRue Barnes 01/04 Cuauhtemoc Gonzalez 04/04 William Day 06/97 Sharla Blanche 01/04 Alexandra Harris 03/05 April Laktonen Counceller 08/05f Holly Hensher 08/00 Maine Angela Demma 01/04 Patricia Henry 04/04 James Francis 12/04 Jeanette Dellinger 05/07 Silis-chi-tawn Stanley Jackson 03/05 Maria Girouard 05/07h Jack Fagerstrom 01/04 Duane King 09/03f James Neptune 05/07h Clare Fulp 10/06; 05/07 Marvin L. Marine 09/03 Jennifer Neptune 05/07f Andrea Kavlaq Gregg 02/04 Cara McDonald 05/07 Bonnie Newsom 12/04 Eleanor L. Hadden 03/05 Fred Nahwooksy 09/03f/h Adrienne Redhair 05/07f Jennifer Harrison 04/02 Robert Pennell 06/97 Theresa Secord 05/07f Michael Huhndorf 06/97 Mara Peters 04/04 Rose Johnson 09/03 Jose Ignacio Rivera 08/00 Massachusetts Alexandra M. Lindgren 12/04 Richard Allen Rodriguez, Jr. 02/04 Dawn Spears 05/07f Robin Lovelace-Smith 01/04 Dolores Rossback 04/04 LaToya Renee Lukin 02/04 Raymond Rubio 05/99 Michigan Denise Michels 01/04 Charlene Ryan 04/04 Melissa Alberts 08/05 Elmenda "Manda" Miller 01/04 Mariellen Sam 09/03 Laurie Anderson 06/98 Brandon Moonin 01/04 Dale Ann Sherman 09/03f; 04/04f Bonnie L. Ekdahl 05/99; 08/05h; 05/07f Mary Beth Moss 01/04; 03/05 Diane Tells His Name 04/04 Anita Jo Heard 04/07 Mary Jane Nielsen 01/04 Craig L. Torres 06/97 Rosalie Maloney 06/98 David J. Ramos, Sr. 05/99 Dawn Wellman 04/04 giiwegiizhigookway Martin 08/05 Joyce Roberts 04/07 Judy Pamp 08/05 Anne Rowland 08/00 Colorado Patrick D. Wilson 08/00 Irene Shields 08/00 Jerrid Miller 04/07 Kathleen Skonberg 02/06; 04/06 Timothy Ryder 04/07 Minnesota John Smelcer 01/04 Elayne Silversmith 04/07 Brenda Boyd 06/98 Tricia Squartsoff 02/06–10/06 Barbara Fabre 09/03 Gabriel E. Takak, Sr. 08/05 Connecticut Jodell Marie Meyer 02/04; 05/07 Dana Verrengia 01/04 Faith Damon Davison 05/99 Gina M. Papasodora 03/05 Candyce King 05/07 Kenneth G. Weyaus, Sr. 04/02 Arizona Gerald "Shane" Anton 04/04 Delaware Montana Wendy S. Aviles 08/00 Jean A. Norwood 12/04 Erin Gilham 04/07 Clarenda Begay 08/00 DeWanda Little Coyote 04/02 Orlando Bowman 04/07 Florida Magdalene Moccasin 06/97 Cati Carmen 08/00 Robin Kilgo 04/07 Dalon Weaselhead 04/07 Nicole Cosen 04/07 Jorge L. Salt 08/05 Jennifer Juan 02/06–10/06 Nevada Eunice Kahn 04/07h Hawaii Benjamin G. Aleck 02/06–10/06 Eric Kaldahl 12/04; 02/06–10/06 Lani Ma'a Lapilio 05/99 Herman C. Atkins 09/03 Mathew Lewis 05/06 Donna Lynne Cossette 02/06–10/06 Beverly Malone 04/02 Idaho Joyce Melendez 04/07 Caroline Montana-Antone 06/97 Quannah Matheson 03/05 Marlin Thompson 04/04 E. George Ray 03/05 Ann McCormack 12/04 Alyce Sadongei 8/07f New Mexico Shirley Santos-Molina 08/05 Illinois Jennifer Byers 03/05 Maxine K. Seletstewa 06/97 Ansel Deon 02/04 Antonio R. Chavarria 05/99 Chad Smith 04/04 Jessica Pamonicutt 05/07 Tony Eriacho, Jr. 05/07 Leona Smith 04/04 Wendy S. Fontenell 06/97 Monique R. Fragua 03/05 Glenda Galvan 08/07 South Dakota Ernest Gallegos III 05/06 Barbara Asbill Grant 08/07 Marcella Cash 05/99; 07/05h; 2/06–10/06 Debra L. Herrera 06/98 Regina L. Green 09/03; 02/04; 03/05 Carl Dupree 04/07 Amy G. Johnson 03/05; 04/07 Tashina Hamilton 08/07 Jennifer Galindo 07/05 Beverly Lovett 04/07 Deana K. Heard 09/03 Terry Gray 07/05 Joshua Madalen 08/00 Pam Horn 08/07 Keli Herman 07/05; 02/06–10/06 Reuben Martinez 04/02 Ted Isham 04/02; 02/06–10/06 Craig Howe 06/98f; 07/05f Ulysses Reid 08/05 Lewis Johnson 04/02; 02/06–10/06; 08/07 Mike Marshall 08/00 Gary S. Roybal 05/99 Karen Kaniatobe 08/07 Donald Moccasin 07/05 Jessie Ryker-Crawford 05/99 Sue Linder-Linsley 08/05 Peter Strong 07/05; 05/06 Barbara Lucero Sand 01/04f Sandra Kaye Massey 08/07 Anthony V. Wounded Head, Sr. 07/05 Inee Yang Slaughter 08/05f Jay Mule 08/07 Virgil Smith 04/07 Geneva Navarro 12/04 Texas Ron Solimon 12/04f Blake Norton 08/07f Karen L. Pavelka 8/07f Lena Tsethlikia 02/04 Stacy S. Pero 08/07f Yolanda Poncho 08/00 Peggy Powell 06/97 New York Brandee Smith 8/07f Washington Sheree Bonaparte 04/07f Emma L. Smith 08/05 Rosalynn Bland 04/07 Gail Bruce 07/05 Karen Smith 08/07 Angela M. Buck 04/02; 08/05 Jeanette Miller & Peter Jemison 02/04f Verna Smith 08/07 Arlene Buck 05/99 Josephine A. Smith 02/04 Cindy Stewart 8/07h Leilani Chubby 02/04; 05/07 John Timothy 05/99 Karen Condon 09/03 North Carolina Delaynna Trim 08/07 Eliza Jolene Davis 08/05 Ken Blankenship 12/04f Patricia Trolinger 06/97 Pamela Fabela 12/04 Betty Depree 05/07f Shannon Kai Turley 08/07 Justin Finkbonner 12/04 Marie Junaluska 06/97 Connie Hart Yellowman 08/07 Cheryl Grunlose 8/00; 12/04 James "Bo" Taylor 08/05f Gordon L. Yellowman, Sr. 06/97; 05/99 Juanita I. Jefferson 08/00 Dennis W. Zotigh 04/02 Cynthia A. Joseph 04/02 North Dakota Mandy McCullough 05/06 Frances Allard Abbott 05/06 Oregon Rebekah Monette 03/05 Marilyn Hudson 07/05f Roberta "Bobbie" Conner 12/04f/h Maria Pascua 08/05 Cassi Rensch 04/07 Marlene Lavadour 05/07 Randall J. Melton 04/02; 05/06f Wisconsin Oklahoma Malissa A. Minthorn 08/00 Christina A. Breault 04/02; 02/04; 04/07 Donna Beaver 08/07 Jess Nowland 09/03 David Grignon 05/07 Elizabeth Beck 05/07 June Olson 06/97 Marcus Guthrie 06/98 Regina Berna 08/00 Evaline Patt 04/07 Nina Isham 09/03 Jon E. Boursaw 08/07h Susan Sheoships 02/04 Nathalee A. Kristiansen 03/05; 08/05 Grant Brittan 08/07f Debra Stacona 05/07 Rita Lara 09/03 Leslie Deer 12/04 Valerie Switzler 08/05 Jayci Malone 09/03 Ava Doty 12/04 Lindy Trolan 09/03; 05/06 Loretta V. Metoxen 06/98 Robin Dushane 08/07 Marjorie J. Williams-Waheneka 05/99 Teresa Mitchell 05/07 Richard Ellwanger 08/07 Sylvia M. Cloud Parisien 06/98 Richard Fields 12/04 South Carolina Jacki Rand 06/98f Flora Fink 08/07 Claudia Y. Heinemann-Priest 06/97 Vernadine Smith-Longtail 08/05 Tamara M. Francis 03/05; 08/07

Past Participants—Canada Numbers by participant's names indicate dates of attended workshops; the letter "h" by a name indicates host and "f" indicates faculty.

Alberta Northwest Territories Quebec Michelle Crow Chief 02/04 Mary Jane Johnson 01/04 Sylvia Morin 05/06 Linda Sioui 05/06 Myrna Pokiak 02/04 British Columbia Ivy Charleson 08/05f Ontario Verna Francis 02/04 Alan Corbiere 02/06–10/06 Michael Cywink 02/06–10/06 Manitoba Sarah Konwahahawi Herne 08/05; 04/07 Jacinte (Jay) Lambert 09/03 Lisa Amy Martin 05/06 Paula Whitlow 04/02