International Conference of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and ...

Welcome to the
International Conference
of Indigenous Archives, Libraries, and Museums
June 10-13, 2013
Table of Contents
Welcome from LaDonna Harris,
Honorary Chair, Page 3
About ATALM, Page 4
About the Program Artwork…
When Steven Yazzie (Navajo/Laguna Pueblo) was asked to
provide artwork for this year’s program, he gave us access to his
entire portfolio. “You choose,” he generously said. It was a
difficult decision, as all of his work is intriguing and deeply
meaningful. The decision to use the Small Bird Series was
largely based on Steven’s comments that the bird’s role is, “that
of the mediator between heaven and earth – between the spiritual
and the material worlds. They are able to span the convergence of
two worlds whatever the case may be – local and global,
“progress” and tradition, urban and rural, nature and
development, identity from within and without.” This quote
resonated with us, as we feel indigenous cultural institutions
serve a similar purpose.
Born in 1970, Steven J. Yazzie is a highly-respected artist who has
been creating and exhibiting work since the mid -1990s. He lives
and works in Phoenix, Arizona where he is completing a
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Intermedia at Arizona State University.
He studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in
Maine. He has also served honorably with the United States
Marine Corps 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Corps
Division (Task Force Grizzly). Yazzie has been a part of numerous
regional, national, and international exhibitions. Most notably he
has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY;
National Museum of the American Indian, New York, NY; Art
Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada; and the Museum of
Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe, NM. Throughout Arizona,
Yazzie has exhibited at the Heard Museum, Phoenix Art Museum,
Arizona State University Art Museum, Scottsdale Museum of
Contemporary Art, Tucson Museum of Contemporary Art,
Tucson Museum of Art, and the Museum of Northern Arizona.
Yazzie’s work can be found in a number of public and private
collections throughout the country. Yazzie has also received a
number of regional and national grants; Mid Atlantic Arts
Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, The National
Museum of the American Indian, the Arizona Commission on the
Arts, and most recently the 2010 Joan Mitchell Award along with
the arts collective, Postcommodity.
Welcome from Letitia Chambers,
Conference Chair, Page 5
National and Local Planning Council ,
Page 6
Special Thanks, Page 7
Helpful Information, Page 8
Schedule at a Glance, Page 9
June 10 Pre-conferences, Page 12
June 11 Programs, Page 18
Guardians of Culture and Lifeways, Page 27
June 12 Programs, Page 36
June 13 Programs, Page 50
Exhibitors and Preferred Vendors, Page 62
Presenter Biographies, Page 65
Attendee Roster, Page 83
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