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In 2019, the Field Museum in Chicago invited Indigenous scholar and museum curator Nina Sanders to curate an exhibition titled "Apsáalooke Women and Warriors," the largest exhibition of historic and contemporary items in the Crow tribe’s history and the first major exhibit curated by a Native American scholar in the museum’s 126-year history. Sanders discusses her work collaborating with more than twenty Indigenous scholars to honor the cultural legacy of the Apsáalooke people and reimagine the work—and future—of cultural institutions with a colonial heritage.
Nina Sanders (Apsáalooke) is a curator, writer, and cultural consultant. She has worked for such institutions as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, the School for Advanced Research, and the Field Museum, where she curated the groundbreaking exhibition "Apsáalooke Women and Warriors." Her writing can be found in Smithsonian and Native American Art Magazine, among other publications. In 2020 she edited "Apsáalooke Women and Warriors," a book published on the occasion of the exhibition that explores the past, present, and future of Apsáalooke culture. Sanders currently resides on the Crow Reservation, on the banks of the Little Bighorn River at Medicine Tail Coulee.
In 2019, the Field Museum in Chicago invited Indigenous scholar and museum curator Nina Sanders to curate an exhibition titled "Apsáalooke Women and Warriors," the largest exhibition of historic and contemporary items in the Crow tribe’s history and the first major exhibit curated by a Native American scholar in the museum’s 126-year history. Sanders discusses her work collaborating with more than twenty Indigenous scholars to honor the cultural legacy of the Apsáalooke people and reimagine the work—and future—of cultural institutions with a colonial heritage.
Nina Sanders (Apsáalooke) is a curator, writer, and cultural consultant. She has worked for such institutions as the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, the School for Advanced Research, and the Field Museum, where she curated the groundbreaking exhibition "Apsáalooke Women and Warriors." Her writing can be found in Smithsonian and Native American Art Magazine, among other publications. In 2020 she edited "Apsáalooke Women and Warriors," a book published on the occasion of the exhibition that explores the past, present, and future of Apsáalooke culture. Sanders currently resides on the Crow Reservation, on the banks of the Little Bighorn River at Medicine Tail Coulee.
