lection of anatomical models. Research the history of breast 

 prosthetics. Get a greater understanding of how a museum 

 operates. January zi, 1997 through April 4, 1997. 



Tara Y. White, Master's Candidate, State University College 

 at Oneonta. Curatorial. General research for book on 

 African American History and Museums. June 2, 1997 

 through August 8, 1997. 



Tamara M. Wilds, Master's Degree, University of Maryland at 

 College Park. Program in African American culture. The 

 program in African American culture is planning to launch 

 a national conference series to mark the reform of the cen- 

 tury and the millennium. This national series will guaran- 

 tee that African American history and culture is audible 

 and visible in American academic and popular arenas. 

 June 2, 1997 through August 22, 1997. 



Erik D. Wilier, Bachelor's Candidate, University of Michigan. 

 Archives Center. Work on Korda collection of sports 

 memorabilia. June 4, 1997 through August 31, 1997. 



Psyche A. Williams, Master's/Doctoral Candidate, University 

 of Maryland at College Park. Cultural History. "Food 

 Gender and Consumption in African American Culture, 

 1850-1950" research for Ph.D. dissertation. June 2, 1997 

 through August 8, 1997. 



Emily Wilson, Graduate, Boston University. Lemelson Cen- 

 ter. Innovative Lives project. Solar car contest (Lemelson 

 Center For Invention and Innovation). September 3, 1997 

 through November 8, 1997. 



Anna Wirz, University of Basel. Archives Center. Processing 

 film, video, and audio collections. Examine, repair, and 

 prepare archival film, video, and audio materials for preser- 

 vation, duplication, and long-term archival storage. July II, 

 1997 through August 27, 1997. 



Joanna Yount, Master's Candidate, Appalachian State Univer- 

 sity. Internships and Fellowships. Organizing the orienta- 

 tion of new interns. Giving "Real Stuff' tours. Answering 

 questions from interns. Assist with early-summer 1997 

 Brown Bag Lunch series. May 12, 1997 through July 3, 1997. 



John G. Zagas, Bachelor's Candidate, Trinity College, 

 Dublin. Internship and Fellowship Office. Help with 

 orienting new people to the Museum, represent the inter- 

 nship program in person and over the phone, assist with 

 the placement process, support applicants through the 

 process, and assist with the photography project that visually 

 documents the program. February 3, 1997 through May 31, 

 1997- 



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Melina E. Aguilar, Bachelor's Candidate, Rutgers, the State 

 Univetsity of New Jersey Research Branch/Inc. Project. 

 Worked on continuation of documenting archaeological 

 portion of Inka material. Learned "Embark" system used to 

 catalog objects. June 9, 1997 through August 15, 1997. 



Alfreda G. Beartrack, Bachelor's Candidate, University of 

 New Mexico. Film/Media. Responsible for implementation 



and analysis of an information survey that will be used to 

 determine the status of media among tribes. I will also 

 conduct a research project on Native American animators. 

 January 13, 1997 through March 7, 1997. 



Kenneth M. Dawes, Research Branch. Do research on the 

 Seminol Indians and the Crow material at the Research 

 branch. Will identify Crow material in preparation for visit 

 by Crow delegation. Searched objects and helped inventory 

 collection. June 9, 1997 through August 15, 1997. 



Charmaine R. Jackson, Bachelor's Candidate, University of 

 New Mexico. Film and Video (New York). Working on the 

 1997 Native American film and video festival. June 4, 1997 

 through August 14, 1997. 



Fred Jean, Bachelor's Candidate, State University at Old 

 Westbury. Development. Assisting in developing a cam- 

 paign to attract funding to the American Indian Museum. 

 February II, 1997 through March 20, 1997. 



Kathryn Kirk, Bachelor's Candidate, Fordham University. 

 Repatriation. Researching the collector history of 700+ 

 human remains that were given by the MAI to NYU Den- 

 tistry School. The research will be given to NYU to assist 

 them in their efforts to repatriate the remains. June 2, 1997 

 through August 15, 1997. 



Ian Wilson Record, Bachelor's Degree, James Madison Univer- 

 sity. Public Affairs. Working in public affairs department 

 at the National Museum of the American Indian. Intern 

 duties include media and community relations, publica- 

 tions, and article writing. November 6, 1996 through 

 February 6, 1997. 



Kristi Schultz, Bachelor's Degree. Film/Education. Develop- 

 ing a high school component of the NMAI Film Festival. 

 June 15, 1997 through Octobet 15, 1997. 



Molly Senior, Bemidji State University. Publications. Assist 

 in the development of a poetry book featuring photographs 

 from the NMAI collection, and writings by the Wordcraft 

 Circle of Native writers and storytellers. Work on the 

 Fiddle Book and CD notes. June 2, 1997 through 

 August 8, 1997. 



Paul Shell, Bachelor's Candidate, The University of Okla- 

 homa. Facilities Planning/Architectural Liaison. Working 

 with project liaison to ensure the NMAI is respective of the 

 Smithsonian's program. Primarily, reviews of design work 

 by the core design team. June 2, 1997 through August 8, 

 1997. 



Malia G. Simonds, Public Affairs. Assisted in all special 

 events and media-related projects occurring at the George 

 Gustave Heye Center. Drafted press releases and worked 

 with local businesses to collaborate on marketing material 

 for lower Manhattan. June 9, 1997 through August 15, 1997. 



Sara Lynn Summers, Bachelor's Candidate, University of Wis- 

 consin at Milwaukee. Research Branch. Assisted Collec- 

 tions Management staff in securing and housing objects of 

 collections. Focused on cedar mats of the Northwest Coast; 

 creating mounts and securing objects in museum. June 9, 

 1997 through August 15, 1997. 



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