A Conversation on Karl Bodmer: North American Portraits

Various contributors

June 16, 2021

1 hour 8 min. watch

Join experts for a conversation about Karl Bodmer’s exceptionally detailed portraits of Omaha, Mandan, Hidatsa, Blackfoot, and other Plains nations peoples and the impact of the portraits on their communities. Please note: This program is prerecorded.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Karl Bodmer: North American Portraits.

Captioning is made possible by the Ruth Lapham Lloyd Trust.

Contributors

Gerard Baker
(Mandan/Hidatsa), Assistant Director, American Indian Relations, National Park Service (Retired)

Annika Johnson
Associate Curator of Native American Art, Joslyn Art Museum

Patricia Marroquin Norby
Associate Curator of Native American Art, the American Wing

Scott Manning Stevens
(Akwesasne Mohawk Nation), Associate Professor of Native American and Indigenous Studies, Associate Professor of English, and Director, Native American and Indigenous Studies Program, Syracuse University

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