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Native American Heritage Month Speaker Series, "Cultural Perspective of Casa Grande Ruins"
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Program Description:
Leland will be sharing the cultural perspective of the Casa Grande Ruins.
Speaker Bio:
Leland Thomas, Tohono O’odham/Akimel O’odham, is member of the Tohono O’odham Nation. He is an Assistant Curator/Exhibits Project Manager at the Huhugam Heritage Center on the Gila River Indian Community. Leland has worked in collections management, cultural education, exhibition design and development, and museum interpreter. For many years he has been continuously working in the field of cultural preservation within museum programs. His previous experience includes working at the Casa Grande Museum as a Cultural Exhibit Consultant, Amerind Foundation as a Collections Management Assistant, G.R.I.C. Cultural Resources Management Program as Laboratory Aide and the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument as an Interpretive Ranger.