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Marianne Schuit, Project Director
Laura Epstein, Content Developer
Madeline Chinnici, Content Developer
Helios Tavio, Content Coordinator
Lily Remmert, Content Coordinator
Maggie Tomaszewski, Content Coordinator
Jessica Cooper, Graphic Designer
Robert Homack, Graphic Designer
Josh Whitehead, Graphic Designer
Cassidy Lavine, Graphic Designer
Michell Cardona, 3D Designer
Ni-Tsia Cheong, 3D Designer
Josh Dudley, 3D Designer
Molly McBride, Media

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Hornbeek Blatt Architects, Technical Artistry, BBI Engineering, Inc., FireThief Productions, Batwin & Robin, Unified Fields, Harriett Speer Studio, Kubik Maltbie, Click Netherfield, Veneklasen Associates

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The First Americans Museum is a living institution that acts as a home for First Americans, and welcomes non-Natives as guests. It offers a variety of unique spaces and state-of-the-art resources, including permanent and changing exhibits, theaters, classrooms, and a community resource center. 

In developing the interpretive program for the Museum, the Museum staff and us held extensive meetings with representatives from 39 tribal nations based in Oklahoma. We were asked to create an experience that privileges the multiplicity of First American voices. These convey an ancient—yet very contemporary—story, with the purpose of generating awareness, sharing knowledge, sustaining traditions, honoring ancestors and celebrating these diverse and thriving cultures. 

In the South Wing of the complex, a blend of interactive media, text, graphics and film provides for visitors an encounter with the history of Oklahoma tribal communities through tribal and personal stories. Also within the South Wing, “WINIKO; Life of an Object” is a 10-year exhibition developed in conjunction with the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). Through this exhibition, visitors view objects from the NMAI collection that were created and/or owned by members of the Oklahoma tribal communities. 

The Museum is recognized as a culturally groundbreaking institution. Many of the objects on display are returning to Oklahoma for the first time since their collection in the early 20th century. As part of the exhibit’s development process, reunions between objects and descendants of the creators and/or owners were facilitated by the First Americans Museum.

Gold Winner in Integrated Graphic Design for Graphic Design

First Americans Museum

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Indigo Design Award Winners