Dr. Eric Kaldahl, President, CEO, & Chief Curator of the Amerind Foundation
Monday, July 18, 2022,
2:30-3:30 pm,
ASA Koffler Great Room
The Amerind Museum is just an hour southeast of Tucson, an easy drive and a fascinating place to spend time in a cool place on a hot summer day. It’s a beautiful museum, art gallery, and research center dedicated to southwestern archaeology, Native cultures, and Western art. Located in Dragoon, Arizona, the museum is housed in the former historic home of the founder of the Amerind Foundation, William Shirley Fulton, and is surrounded by the spectacular boulders of Texas Canyon.
Eric Kaldahl, its President and CEO, will discuss the mission and development of the Amerind Foundation. Established in 1937, it has explored the ancient and historic cultures of the American Southwest for over 80 years. Dr. Kaldahl will explain its contribution to understanding the history of Native American people in Arizona, New Mexico, and Chihuahua. Photos from the Amerind Museum collection will illustrate his talk.
Dr. Eric J. Kaldahl is a Registered Professional Archaeologist who has participated in archaeological projects in east-central and southern Arizona, Nebraska, Missouri, and Illinois. He has worked for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center of Tucson and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Anthropology & Geography. He worked for the Tohono O’odham Nation government as a curator for the tribe’s first Cultural Center & Museum, which opened in 2007. He became Amerind’s Chief Curator in October 2007 and was named President and CEO of the Amerind Foundation in 2020.
Compiled by Rosemary Brown, Academy Village Volunteer