similar to a Native American totem, others say these famous Oaxacan wood carvings are little more than decorative Mexican ...

Mexico. A year after her appointment, the New York Times described her as “the museum’s first Native American curator and its first curator of Native American art” in a glowing profile.

Museum Director Patsy Phillips and Chief Curator Manuela Well-Off-Man discuss contemporary Native art and what goes into putting the museum's exhibits together.