Marshall McKay Seminar for Empowering Native Knowledge: W. Richard West Jr.

Start

November 13

End

November 14

Cost

Free, RSVP required

Council District

City Council District 4

Event Series Dates

November 13 – 14

Event Schedule

November 2026

  • Saturday 14th 12:00 PM

This seminar looks at the life and work of W. Richard West Jr. (Southern Cheyenne), founding director of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian and Autry president and CEO emeritus. West recently transferred his archives to the Autry, and local, regional, national, and international experts examine what those records reveal. The discussion considers how his career as a lawyer and museum director reshaped Indian Country and museums in the United States and abroad.

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