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reputation for sensitivity to the concerns of native communities will help the Board as it works to define more clearly the research and educational programs of the museum.

Douglas M. George, a member of the Mohawk Nation, is an award-winning journalist. He serves as Chairman of Round Dance Productions, Inc., a non-profit cultural foundation formed for the preservation and development of indigenous North American language, history, music and art. As the Mohawk Nation delegate to the Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on Burial Rules and Regulations, George is involved in coordinating the return of Iroquois sacred objects from museums throughout the United States. George is widely recognized as a primary source of information on Iroquoian politics and culture. His expertise in this area has been called upon by historians, film producers and directors. In 1994, George was given the "Wassaja Award" for writing excellence by the Native American History Association. His articles have been published in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post. For six years, George served as editor of Akwesasne Notes, a bimonthly international journal about indigenous people. George brings the Baord someone with roots in the traditional communities of Iroquois and ties to Native American journalists across the United States. His journalistic skill and his cultural sensitivity will serve the Board well as it wrestles with policy questions and develops a long-range plan of exhibitions and outreach programs.

Jorge Flores Ochoa, is a professor of anthropology at the National University of San Antonio Abad, Cuzco, Peru. Flores specializes in the study of Andean pastoralists, Andean ethnohistory and cultural ecology. He has taught as a visiting professor of anthropology throughout the world, including UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, and the National Institute of Anthropology and History, Mexico City. He has served as a consultant for UNESCO and the Ford Foundation on issues of cultural patrimony and for the Houston Museum of Fine Arts exhibition, "Los Incas en la Colonia." Flores is the author of numerous articles and books and has produced video segments on Andean culture, along with an audio cassette featuring Andean ethnic music. Flores will be the first South American to serve on the NMAI Board. He brings not only his broad experiences in Peru and the Andean highlands, but his ability to communicate both his scholarship and his cultural concerns to colleagues and the general public. The familiarity with American institutions he developed while a visiting professor and researcher in the United States will also serve the Board well.

Luci Tapahonso, a member of the Navajo tribe, is a professor of English at the University of Kansas, Lawrence. A renowned poet and author, Tapahonso spent summer 1995 as Poet-in-Residence at the Frost Place of the Robert Frost Foundation. She has been a professor of English since 1985 and has also lectured in the departments of Native American Studies and Women's Studies at the University of New Mexico. Tapahonso has served as Commissioner of the Kansas Arts Commission since 1992 and is active on the Telluride Institute Writers Forum Advisory Board. She has been the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the 1994 Influential Professor Award, and Community Enhancement and Cultural Exchange Award, Lawrence Arts Commission. She has also received widespread recognition and acclaim for her publications, including an honorable mention for Seasonal Woman, from the American Book Awards in 1983