Cynthia Chavez Lamar becomes the first Native woman to lead a Smithsonian museum; NPR, January 20, 2022

Joe Hernandez, NPR; Cynthia Chavez Lamar becomes the first Native woman to lead a Smithsonian museum

"The Smithsonian Institution has tapped Cynthia Chavez Lamar to become the director of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., which has one of the largest collections of Native and Indigenous items in the world.

She will be the first Native woman to serve as a Smithsonian museum director, the institution announced Wednesday."