Native American Early Museum Career Fellowships

Description:

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Researching item provenience
• Identifying and documenting item construction methods and materials
• Written and photographic documentation
• Providing guidance, or obtaining guidance where applicable, on culturally appropriate descriptions of items, their materials, and their provenience
• Assisting with research into and responding to inquiries about the collections
• Collection management, housing, and storage
• Preventive conservation
• Testing of display case and item materials
• Exhibitions and loans
• Use of Collections Management database systems
• Participation in training workshops

Qualifications:

• Enrolled members or direct descendants of federally- and state-recognized Native American tribes and Alaska Native groups are strongly encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants should be recent graduates (Associates, BA/BSc, or MA/MSc) with lived Indigenous experience, demonstrable cultural competencies, an interest in a career in museums, and the ability to work with diverse Native American communities
• High frequency of strenuous activity lifting heavy items, moving carts, using box cutters, hot melt glue guns, and sewing machines to construct collections storage trays, etc. Ability to work alone or in a team situation required. Must be able to work with collections and records for long hours
• Successful candidates will have excellent verbal and written communication skills