Meranda’s homeland.
Felicia’s homeland.
About the Podcast
Hosted by Felicia Garcia (Chumash) and Meranda Roberts (Northern Paiute), Exhibiting Kinship is a podcast dedicated to discussing the many ways Indigenous people are working to radically change the museum world. Through this podcast, we look forward to connecting with some of the amazing individuals who inspire us, including Indigenous artists, curators, leaders, museum professionals, activists, scholars, lawyers, and more. We hope this podcast can serve as a platform where Indigenous peoples can come together to tell our own stories on our own terms.
About Us
Felicia Garcia
Felicia Garcia, a member of the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians (Samala Chumash), earned her BA in Psychology at Willamette University and her MA in Museum Studies at New York University. Her master’s thesis focused on the need for Indigenous land acknowledgements in United States museums and led to the development of a guide to land acknowledgements for cultural institutions (http://landacknowledgements.org/).
Felicia is the Curator of Education at the School for Advanced Research’s Indian Arts Research Center (IARC). She oversees the education department at the IARC including the Anne Ray internship program, Native American artist fellowship program, and community outreach efforts. Felicia strives to use her position as a museum professional to carve out space for Indigenous people to tell their own stories so that our communities both see themselves in these spaces and feel seen.
Meranda Roberts
Meranda is Northern Paiute and Mexican-American. She earned her PhD at the University of California, Riverside in Native American Studies. Her doctoral work focused on how several Native women basket weavers have used basketry to express their sovereignty.
Meranda is at the Field Museum as Post Doctoral Fellow for the Native American Hall renovation. She is working on curating stories that could be told in the new hall, as well as provide feedback on how the museum can work more seamlessly with Indigenous people. Meranda is dedicated to having Native people tell their own stories to fix the inaccurate portrayals that people have about our communities.