Trudie Lamb-Richmond

A member of the Schaghticoke Tribal Nation, Ms. Richmond has been involved in Native American educational and political issues for more than four decades. Currently, she is the Director of Public Programs for the Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation. She was the assistant director for Public Programs for the Institute for American Indian Studies in Washington, Conn. from 1993 to 1996 and its Director of Education from 1988 to 1993. She co-founded in 1974 and served as Assistant Director of the American Indians for Development (A.I.D.) in Meriden, Conn. until 1986. Among her duties there was a statewide census of Native people in Connecticut and arranging a conference for Native youth in southern New England that was cosponsored by Yale University. In 1987 Connecticut Governor William O'Neill appointed her to a task force on Native American issues. She was a member of the Connecticut Indian Affairs Council (C.I.A.C.) from 1974 to 1985.

Biography

A graduate of Long Island University with a master’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Connecticut and a master’s in Education from the Bank Street College of Education, Ms. Richmond has written, edited and served as a consultant for numerous publications and educational projects and exhibits, including Perspectives: Authentic Voices of Native Americans (Curriculum Associates, Inc. 1996) and The Spirit of the Drum (Cobblestone Publishers for the American Museum of Natural History, 1986). An accomplished lecturer and Storyteller, she has made presentations all across the Northeast to school and community groups and performed recently at the Mohegan Wigwam Festival. She serves on the Native American Heritage Committee as a legislative appointee.

See also

* Schaghticoke Tribal Nation
* Truman Bradley
* Kent, Connecticut

External links

* [http://schaghticoke.com/ Schaghticoke Tribal Nation]
* [http://www.birdstone.org/ Institute for American Indian Studies]
* [http://www.pequotmuseum.org/ Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center]
* [http://www.ct.gov/dep/ Ct. Dept. of Environmental Protection - Ct. Indian Affairs Council]

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