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Wesley Chenault, who received his Ph.D. in American Studies from The University of New Mexico in 2008, has been appointed associate director for Strategic Initiatives and Programs of the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. In this inaugural role,...

The Journal of Anthropological Research, which is housed at The University of New Mexico, is hosting lectures in October. Torben Rick, curator of North American Archaeology at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institute, will...

Cynthia Chavez Lamar, University of New Mexico alumna and director of the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), will be the guest speaker at the inaugural Alfonso Ortiz Lecture on Thursday and Friday, April 28 and 29. An enrolled member of...

University of New Mexico alumna Cynthia Chavez Lamar has been named director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, effective Feb. 14. She is the third director of the National Museum of the American Indian and the first Native...