CONWAY,
Ark. (January 31, 2019) – Visiting Mellon Scholar Mr. Bernard G. Siquieros of
the Tohono O’odham Nation
Cultural Center and Museum on Wednesday, February 13 will present “T-Hai’cu
A:ga (Our Story).” The talk begins at 7 p.m. in Lecture Hall B of the Mills
Center for Social Sciences on the Hendrix College campus. The event is free and
open to the public, and a reception will follow in Mills Library.
The presentation
will provide introductory information on the history, culture, and ancestral lands
of the Tohono O’odham (People of the Desert) of southern Arizona and northern
Mexico.
Siquieros
is an enrolled member of the Tohono O’odham Nation currently employed as the education
curator at Himdag Ki: Hekĭhu, Hemu, Im B I-Ha’ap, the Tohono O’odham Nation
Cultural Center and Museum. In his previous role of project administrator, he
coordinated all phases leading to the completion of the Tohono O’odham Nation’s
Cultural Center and Museum Project. Siquieros has served as counselor,
researcher, program coordinator, and education administrator in education
entities on and off the Tohono O’odham Nation. An avid photographer, he has
contributed immensely to the Cultural Center and Museum’s photo documentation
efforts.
“When
Hendrix students traveled with me to Arizona from 2016 through 2018, Bernard
was our guide and teacher, and enriched the experience by serving as our host,
as well,” said Dr. Brett Hill, chair of the Sociology/Anthropology Department
at Hendrix, who nominated Siquieros for the Visiting Mellon Scholar honor. “We
stayed at the Tohono O’odham Cultural Center and Museum, where Bernard is
education curator. He spent weeks introducing us to the people and culture of
the Sonoran Desert.”
Siquieros’s
visit to campus is made possible through a
grant from the Andrew
W. Mellon Foundation supporting diversity and inclusion initiatives
at Hendrix.
About Hendrix College
A private
liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas, Hendrix College consistently earns
recognition as one of the country’s leading liberal arts institutions, and is
featured in Colleges That Change Lives:
40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About Colleges. Its academic
quality and rigor, innovation, and value have established Hendrix as a fixture
in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings. Founded in 1876, Hendrix has
been affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884. To learn more,
visit www.hendrix.edu.