W. Richard West Jr.

Title

W. Richard West Jr.

Description

Richard West was the founding Director of the National Museum of the American Indian, serving from the museum's opening in 2004 until 2007. West is a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and a Peace Chief of the Southern Cheyenne. He has devoted much of his professional and personal life to American Indian cultural, educational, legal, and governmental issues. West supported a broad scope for the museum, representing the wide cultural and ethnic diversities of Native Americans, both through historical collections and exhibits and through living history presentations.

Creator

W. Richard West Jr.

Source

Wikimedia Commons. View original photograph.

Coverage

2000-present

birthday

01/06/1943

Theme

design & monuments

museums