Wednesday, November 5, 2014 New Legal Front: The Hopi Tribe’s Effort to Halt the Sale of Sacred Objects in France, a presentation by Leigh J. Kuwanwisiwma, director, Hopi Cultural Preservation Office. 6:00 p.m., Free, Chavez 111 Mr. Kuwanwisiwma’s presentation will outline two art auctions in Paris in 2013, and enumerate the obstacles the Hopi Tribe faced when trying to stop the sale of sacred objects at those auctions. The speaker will also discuss collections of Hopi artifacts in private holdings and in museums worldwide, many of which include sacred items. This presentation is co-authored by Stewart Koyiyumptewa, archivist and ethnohistorian, Hopi Cultural Preservation Office. A reception at Arizona State Museum will follow the lecture. This is a presentation of the Arnold and Doris Roland Distinguished Speaker Series, a program of the Arizona State Museum, made possible by the generosity of Arnold and Doris Roland. Reception underwritten in part by Eldon and Jean Smith and the University of Arizona Department of American Indian Studies. Arizona State Museum is located on the University of Arizona campus, just inside the Main Gate at Park Ave and University Blvd. 1013 E. University Blvd. statemuseum.arizona.edu
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