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JoAllyn Archambault
Cultural anthropologist
JoAllyn Archambault (born 1942) is a cultural anthropologist with an expertise in Native American people.
Joallyn archambault biography of michael
She is the director of the Smithsonian Institution's American Indian Program.[1][2] Born to a Sioux father and Creek mother, Archambault was raised in Sioux traditions and is a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South Dakota.[1][3] Archambault has made a great contribution to anthropology by providing an insider's perspective to her research on Native American people.
Education and teaching
She attended the University of California, Berkeley for her entire education, earning her Bachelor of Arts in 1970, her Master of Arts in 1974, and her anthropology Ph.D. in 1984.[4] The research for her doctorate focused on the Gallup ceremonial, an annual tourist event held in Gallup, New Mexico to display the Native American arts of that region.[1]