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November Luncheon

Friday, November 4, 2022
First Americans Museum | 659 First Americans Blvd | Oklahoma City, OK  73129
Luncheon Registration 11:15 a.m. & Luncheon 11:45 a.m.
Cost - First Time Guest: Free
OSAE Members: Luncheons are a member benefit, but we still require preregistration for planning purposes;
Please register by Wednesday, November 2, 2022
Nonmember Rate: $20   
Speaker: Leon Natker, Director Institutional Advancement - First Americans Museum
Topic:  Decolonizing the Museum
Tours of the event space will be available immediately following the luncheon.
 

Leon Natker (Director for Institutional Advancement) is an artist, archaeologist/anthropologist and historian. Leon had a long career in the performing arts prior to entering the museum field in 2011. He holds degrees in Museum Studies from the University of New Mexico and archaeology from Eastern New Mexico University. He has participated in archaeological digs in central China, Chaco Canyon, and Gila Cliffs. Leon has worked on historic preservation projects at Montezuma Castle, Bandelier National Monument, the Kuau Pueblo in New Mexico and as Executive Director of the Mesa Historic Museum. Other Museum positions have included collections management and co-curation of exhibits at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, Blackwater Draw, and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe. He is a published author and lecturer in archaeology of the southwest. Most recently Leon was Executive Director for the New Mexico Holocaust Museum.

 

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