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Indigenous Collections: Care, Research & Representation by Lorén Spears
Monday, 20 April 1-2pm

Lorén Spears, Executive Director of the Tomaquag Museum will present on how to best utilize your current collections of Indigenous books and archival materials in educating the public, guiding researchers, and exploring the representation of the Native community within libraries. She will also share strategies for evaluating books for accuracy, authenticity and Indigenous perspectives.

Attendance will be limited to 100, please register at: https://forms.gle/YaS8JbnXzX5NkciQ6.
Access details will be sent the week before.


Lorén M. Spears, Narragansett, Executive Director of Tomaquag Museum, holds a Master’s in Education and received a Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, from the University of Rhode Island. She is an author, artist and shares her cultural knowledge with the public through museum programs. She has written curriculum, poetry, and narratives published in a variety of publications such as Dawnland Voices, An Anthology of Indigenous Writing of New England; Through Our Eyes: An Indigenous View of Mashapaug Pond; The Pursuit of Happiness: An Indigenous View and From Slaves to Soldiers: The 1st Rhode Island Regiment in the American Revolution. Recently, she co-edited a new edition of  A Key into the Language of America by Roger Williams.