25 Jul 2017

Folklore and oral history in tribal communities

From Nine To Noon, 11:20 am on 25 July 2017

Holly Cusack-McVeigh has spent years working as a research consultant for Native tribal communities in USA and Canada. She has served as a liaison between museums and native groups under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatration Act (NAGPRA), and works as a research consultant on community-based collaborative projects. Dr Cusack-McVeigh is a cultural anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Museum Studies at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, and she's also doing some work with Te Pa.