Candace S. Greene is a museum anthropologist on the staff of the Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.

Candace S. Greene
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBrown University
University of Oklahoma
Scientific career
FieldsAnthropology
InstitutionsNational Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution

Life

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She graduated with an M.A.in anthropology (1976) from Brown University, and a Ph.D. (1985) from the University of Oklahoma.[1] She is the author of numerous studies focusing on the material culture and visual culture of indigenous tribal societies of the Great Plains region.[2][3][4]

She was recognized with the Distinguished Service/Lifetime Achievement Award by the Council for Museum Anthropology in 2018,[5] the Council for Museum Anthropology’s Michael M. Ames Prize for Innovative Museum Anthropology in 2012[5] and a Webby Award in 2005.[5] This award was in recognition of her contribution to the field of museum anthropology through her founding and leading of Summer Institute in Museum Anthropology (2009–present), a National Science Foundation-funded training program that prepares graduate students for research work using museum collections as a key data source.[6]

Works

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  • Silver Horn: Master Illustrator of the Kiowas University of Oklahoma Press 2002. ISBN 978-0806133072
  • One Hundred Summers: A Kiowa Calendar Record (University of Nebraska Press, 2009)
  • {ed} The Year the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts at the Smithsonian (University of Nebraska Press, 2007)

References

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  1. ^ "Candace Greene | Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History". naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. ^ Greene, Candace S. (2001). Silver Horn: Master Illustrator of the Kiowa. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806133072.
  3. ^ Greene, Candace S.; Thornton, Russell (2007). The Year the Stars Fell: Lakota Winter Counts at the Smithsonian. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
  4. ^ Greene, Candace S. (2009). One Hundred Summers: A Kiowa Calendar Record. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.
  5. ^ a b c "Greene, Candace". profiles.si.edu. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  6. ^ Nicks, Trudy (21 December 2012). "Michael M. Ames Prize for Innovative Museum Anthropology to Dr. Candace Greene". Museum Anthropology. Council for Museum Anthropology. Retrieved 8 November 2015.