Over the course of the semester, the seminar had examined a significant range of works-from the Mississippian cultures exemplified by the nearby sites of Cahokia and Sugar Loaf Mound, to the collection of historic materials at the Kemper Art Museum, to the modern and postmodern works on view locally by artists as Fritz Scholder, Edgar Heap of Birds, Juane Quick-to-See Smith, Faye HeavyShield, Wendy Red Star, Rose B. Simpson, and others. Funded by the Mark S. Weil and Joan M. Hall Endowment for Art History & Archaeology, the seminar was engaged with a wider community on field trips to Cahokia, to the CounterPublic Triennial in St. Louis, and to Washington D.C. to visit the National Musuem of the American Indian over the course of the semester.
Guest Speakers
- Dr. John Kelly, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington in St. Louis
- Dr. Elizabeth T. Horton, Public Archaeologist (PhD, Washington University in St. Louis, 2010)
- Dr. Angela Miller, Professor of Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in St. Louis
- Dr. Andrea Hunter, Director, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Osage Nation
- Faye HeavyShield, Kainai (Blood tribe), Blackfoot Confederacy
- Dr. Alex Marr, Assistant Curator of Native American Art, Saint Louis Art Museum
- Dr. Meredith Malone, Curator, Kemper Art Museum
- James McAnally, Founder and Artistic Director of CounterPublic Triennial
