A talk by Dr. Craig Howe, the director of the Center for American Indian Research and Native Studies, will take place Wednesday, April 12 at 4:00 p.m. at the Springfield Art Museum.

Dr. Howe has conducted path-breaking theoretical work in many areas of Native Studies: tribal history, tribal sovereignty, and architecture and sacred space. Dr. Howe has been the director of the D’Arcy McNickle Center for American Indian History at the Newberry Library and the Deputy Assistant Director for Cultural Resources at the National Museum of the American Indian. He has also curated three innovative exhibits of Lakota art: Lakota Emergence, The Great Race, and Tapun Sa Win.

Dr. Howe will also be speaking on Tuesday, April 11 at 4:00 p.m. in Strong Hall, Room 0001 (in the basement). This talk will be called “Seven Things Everyone Should Know About American Indians Exhibits”.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact the Springfield Art Museum or Ralph Shain in the MSU Philosophy Department at rshain@missouristate.edu