UNM professor awarded grant for Navajo Nation Museum Exhibition Project
March 10, 2024
UNM American Studies Professor and Chair Jennifer Denetdale (Diné) in partnership with the Navajo Nation Museum, has been awarded a $95,000 grant through the Henry Luce Foundation’s Indigenous Knowledge Initiative, sponsored by the First Nations Development Institute, to support an upcoming exhibition at the Navajo Nation Museum. 
The exhibition will explore U.S. Indian Commissioner John Collier’s livestock reduction programs that radically transformed Diné life, as expressed through the photography of Milton Snow. Exploring themes of community and kinship, nation and democracy, gender and patriarchy, and refusal and resistance, this exhibition will feature over 60 photographs alongside interpretative text supported by the Diné community.
With the goal of providing a physical space for the Navajo Nation’s leaders and citizens to reflect upon a critical era in history, this project allows for greater accessibility and community input in museum spaces.
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