HMA LECTURE | Walking Between Two Worlds: Meaningful Consultation with Deanna Byrd

Join the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology as we welcome Deanna Byrd (Mississippi Choctaw), NAGPRA Associate Director at the Harvard Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology as she discusses her career and work as an Indigenous professional engaged in repatriation work. Her presentation will cover a broad comprehensive approach with consultation considerations from a unique NAGPRA practitioner perspective.Deanna Byrd is Mississippi Choctaw, and an enrolled citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. Deanna worked for her Tribe as the NAGPRA coordinator for nearly a decade and remains on contract for NAGPRA training and other special projects. Deanna started in her new role as the Associate NAGPRA Director at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in February this year. Since starting, Deanna has overhauled the entire NAGPRA process at PMAE, encompassing all programs on campus and fostering interdepartmental collaboration. Deanna enjoys spending time with her family and various traditional creative pursuits including weaving and beading.This program is part of the Haffenreffer Museums 2024-2025 Programming Initiative to highlight Indigenous professionals working in the fields of tribal historic preservation and repatriation work, to discuss the intersection and overlap of these professions and how museums such as the HMA can best work to support them.6:00pm | Reception6:15pm | Lecture beginsSupported by generous donors to Friends of the Haffenreffer Museum.