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Angela Steiner Neller <[log in to unmask]>
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Try the "Pueblo Indian Cultural Center" in Albequerque, New Mexico.

>[log in to unmask] wrote:
>>
>> Can anyone tell me about visitor studies/evaluations done at Native American
>> Museums and Cultural Centers or conducted primarily with Native Americans?
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Larisa Somsel
>
>
>Here in Montana, we have seven Indian Reservations.  Some have great
>museums, others don't.  I would recommend contacting the tribal
>council.  Call them.
>
>You didn't say whether you are interested in a specific region of the US
>or not.  The highest profile cultural centers/museums in Montana are
>located on the Flathead Indian Reservation - one tribal
>(Salish-Kootenai), and one privately owned (Doug Allard) - and the
>Blackfeet Reservation.  [There is another good one, but I can't remember
>where it is at the moment.]
>
>Give *plenty* of time to get a response.  Don't forget to ask them about
>their pow wows.
>
>State tourism bureaus also may have some good leads for you.  Montana
>publishes a small brochure that promotes the reservations, their
>museums, reenactments ("Custer's Last Stand"), etc.
>
>Washington state has places worth contacting too.
>
>I can find lots of local info for you if I knew more specifics about
>your search.
>
>~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~
>
>Ginny Cass
>President, Board of Directors
>Northern Rockies Heritage Center
>P. O. Box 1884
>Missoula, MT  59806-1884
>phone 406-728-3662 (message)
>fax 406-728-5963
>email [log in to unmask]
>http://www.nrhc.org


Angela Steiner Neller, Curator
Ill. Trans. Arch. Research Program
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
103 Hort Field Lab, 1707 S. Orchard St.
Urbana, IL  61801
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Ph: 217-244-6706
Fax: 217-244-7458

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