This conversation aims to create space for open dialogue about the intersection of American art and Native expertise and presence. Taking Dr. Tatiana McInnis’s summation that “Justice is the conversation” as a starting point, the program honors the Massachusett, Wampanoag, and Nipmuc Peoples by gathering diverse minds to discuss actions the discipline of art history and the Harvard Art Museums can take to amplify Native voices historically displaced and dismissed from the discourse of art and design in the Americas. Timestamps: + 00:05 Land Acknowledgement with curator Dr. Horace Ballard. + 02:29 Digital Collection: Native American Experience in the Collections (link below) + 03:24 National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women + 04:12 Introduction to conversation with curator Dr. Horace D. Ballard + 05:43 Webinar Logistics + 06:48 Introduction To Speakers Dr. Jami Powell & Dr. Ximena Gómez + 10:32 Thoughts on Land Acknowledgement at Dartmouth College with Dr. Jami Powell + 15:39 Thoughts on Land Acknowledgement at UMass with Dr. Ximena Gómez + 22:14 Discussion on decolinization, intersectionality and shared confluences of histories + 32:35 Discussion on equity and representation in collections and teaching + 52:55 Q&A on shift in Native American art collections and exhibition practices in institutions + 57:55 Thankyous SPEAKERS: + Horace D. Ballard, Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Associate Curator of American Art, Harvard Art Museums; + Jami Powell, Curator of Indigenous Art, Hood Museum, Dartmouth College; +. Ximena Gómez, Assistant Professor of American Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; TAKE A CLOSER LOOK: + Native American Experience in the Harvard Art Museums' Collections: https://harvardartmuseums.org/profile/DAPPTours/mycollections/5972/native-american-experience-final/public + Harvard University in Focus—Native American Heritage Month: https://www.harvard.edu/in-focus/native-american-heritage-month/ Support for the lecture is provided by the Ellen Wayles Randolph Coolidge Fund for American Art. --- Video Thumbnail: Images provide by speakers. Dr. Jami Powell (left) and Dr. Ximena Gómez (right). Video: Recording May 5, 2022. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. For questions related to permission for commercial use of this video, please contact the Department of Digital Imaging and Visual Resources at am_divr@harvard.edu. #IndigenousHeritage #indigenousculture #harvardartmuseums