BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
      NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN

     The Smithsonian's board of regents appointed the initial
board of trustees for the new National Museum of the American
Indian in June 1990.  The 25 board members include
Smithsonian Secretary I. Michael Heyman and Assistant
Secretary for the Arts and Humanities Tom L. Freudenheim.

      Additional board members are: 

Keith Basso, Albuquerque, N.M.
Ernest L. Boyer, Princeton, N.J. 
Barber B. Conable Jr., Washington, D.C. 
Vine Deloria Jr. (Standing Rock Sioux), Boulder, Colo. 
Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne/Creek), Washington, D.C.
Norbert S. Hill Jr. (Oneida), Boulder, Colo.
   (chairman of the board of trustees) 
Frederick E. Hoxie, Chicago, Ill. 
Sen. Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii 
Jennie Joe (Navajo), Tucson, Ariz. 
Alvin Josephy Jr., Greenwich, Conn. 
Clara Sue Kidwell (Chippewa/Choctaw),
   Berkeley, Calif. 
N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa), Tucson, Ariz.
Waldemar A. Nielsen, New York, N.Y.
Janine Pease-Windy Boy (Crow), Crow Agency, Montana
Allen V. Pinkham (Nez Perce), Lapwai, Idaho 
Ann Rockefeller Roberts, New York, N.Y.
David Rockefeller, New York, N.Y.
Harold Dean Salway (Oglala Sioux),
   Pine Ridge Reservation,S.D.
Helen M. Scheirbeck (Lumbee), Pembroke, N.C.
David Hurst Thomas, New York, N.Y.
Arturo Warman, Mexico City, Mexico
Thomas R. White (Pima/Maricopa), Sacaton, Ariz.
Rosita Worl (Tlingit), Juneau, Alaska 

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