W. Richard West Jr.
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Walter Richard "Rick" West Jr. is a museum director, with a focus on Native American Museums. Until 2000, he was the president and CEO of the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles. He was t
W Richard West Jr
The National Museum of the American Indian is a museum in the United States devoted to the culture of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. It is part of the Smithsonian Institution group of museums
W. Richard West Jr.
…Until 2000, he was the president and CEO of the Autry Museum of the American West in Los Angeles. He was the founding director of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, retiring from the position in 2007. He is also a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Oklahoma and a Peace Chief of the Southern Cheyenne…
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Interior of the museum, 2015.
Waterfall outside the Museum representing Tiber Creek
Basket woven by Miwok-Mono Paiute artist Lucy Telles