About the Speaker
Joseph Aguilar is from San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico, and is a Senior Archaeologist with Bering Straits Native Corporation. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Pennsylvania. His general research interests include Indigenous Archaeology, museology, landscape archaeology, and tribal historic preservation. He is interested in exploring the links between tribal communities, anthropology and museums and as a result has worked as an advisor to several museums, including the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, the de Young Museum of Art in San Francisco, The MARKK Museum in Hamburg Germany, and for the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe, NM.