A Promise Kept: 10 – Tina Kuckkahn-Miller, Esq.

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A Promise Kept: 10 – Tina Kuckkahn-Miller, Esq.

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Influential policy advocate, writer, curator, and 2014 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee) is recognized for a lifetime of achievement in this symposium, “A Promise Kept: The Inspiring Life and Works of Suzan Shown Harjo.” A founding trustee of the National Museum of the American Indian, Harjo’s legacy of activism and artistic accomplishment continues to inspire Native Nations and people and influence U.S. policies about Native sovereignty and cultures. In this segment, Tina Kuckkahn-Miller, Esq., Vice President of Indigenous Arts and Education, The Evergreen State College, speaks on "Game Changers and Rule Makers: Harjo’s Impact on Policy Development." Tina Kuckkahn-Miller became the first Vice President of Indigenous Arts and Education at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, in 2018. She served as the founding director of the college’s “House of Welcome” Longhouse Education and Cultural Center from 1996–2019. As vice president she continues to oversee the mission of the Longhouse to promote Native arts and cultures, in addition to providing support for undergraduate and graduate Native programs. With degrees in education and law from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Kuckkahn-Miller teaches in the Master of Public Administration Program. Affiliated with both the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (enrolled) and the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribes, she works with tribal peoples and artists from throughout the Pacific Rim in her roles at Evergreen. The symposium was webcast and recorded in the National Museum of the American Indian Rasmuson Theater on September 20, 2019.

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2019-09-25T19:57:42.000Z

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National Museum of the American Indian

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