Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Location: Zoom Virtual Lecture
Time: 7:00 pm (EDT)
Historic Annapolis, a Smithsonian Affiliate, is pleased to present a special presentation with Renée Gokey, the Student and Teacher Services coordinator at the National Museum of the American Indian.
Life Along the River: The Pamunkey Indian Tribe of Virginia is a digital storybook that explores the history and contemporary lives of the Pamunkey peoples. The content of the storybook is organized into four chapters. Each chapter explores a particular theme that is important to the Pamunkey Indian Tribe: place, community and culture, history, and the future. The presenter will facilitate learning and connect this audience to ideas of community, citizen science, cultural traditions and the rivers flowing into the Chesapeake Bay.
Registration required.
Cost: FREE
Can’t watch the lecture live? We invite you to register; all registrants will receive a link to the recording of the lecture to watch at their convenience. The lecture recording will be available for two weeks. Live closed captioning is available for all lectures.
This lecture will be offered virtually by Zoom. Upon registration, you will be sent the link for the video conference to join on the evening of the lecture. If you do not receive your confirmation email after you register, please check your Spam folder, or email Cara Garside at cara.garside@annapolis.org. To learn more about Zoom and to download the app to your computer, visit the Zoom website.
About Our Presenter: Renée Gokey is an enrolled citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and holds a bachelor’s degree in Cultural Anthropology and Native American Studies from the University of New Mexico and Master’s degree in Education from George Mason University. She began her career at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in 2000, where she stewards American Indian collections from the Western Hemisphere and has worked in the museum education field since 2004. She designs educational programs, virtual and onsite teacher training, and learning materials and K-12 curriculum for families, students and teachers through work on NMAI’s Native Knowledge 360° National Education Initiative. She is keenly interested in culturally responsive practices and advocating for tribal knowledge systems, language, and cultures.
Renée Gokey is the Student and Teacher Services coordinator at the National Museum of the American Indian. She is an enrolled member of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and is also Shawnee, Sac-n-Fox and Miami from her paternal Grandparents. She attended the University of New Mexico, where she received a degree in Anthropology and Native American Studies and also studied flamenco dance. She has been working with cultural and art museums for 14 years, beginning at the National Museum of the American Indian in 2000 as a fall intern. She has helped care for, house, and move American Indian collections from the Western Hemisphere for over 6 years and worked in the Museum Education field since 2004. She is keenly interested in early childhood education and literature, connecting tribal people with their cultural collections, and continuing to uncover ways to bridge Indigenous ways of teaching and learning (through art, culture and language) with Western forms. She enjoys spending time with her family, gardening, hiking outdoors, and dancing!
Historic Annapolis, a Smithsonian Affiliate, is pleased to present this program in association with the Smithsonian Institution. 
The information contained in the HA Virtual Lecture series represents the historical research, views and opinions of the lecture presenter and may not represent the views or opinions of Historic Annapolis, Inc.