Production advisors

John Gram

John R. Gram, PhD -- History Faculty, Missouri State University.  Author of "Education at the Edge of Empire: Negotiating Pueblo Identity in New Mexico's Indian Boarding Schools," which explores the Pueblos' relationship with several boarding schools, including the Albuquerque Indian School at the heart of the Los Cautivos story.  His ongoing research interests focus on Native American responses to settler colonialism in the American West and Southwest.

Theodore Jojola, Ph.D.

Professor of Planning for the Masters Program in Community & regional Planning University of New Mexico 1996 – present.  Past Director of Native American Studies UNM 1980-1996.  Dr. Jojola is a member of the Pueblo of Isleta and as such is in a unique position to comment on Lummis and his relations with the Pueblo. Dr. Jojola is engaged in ongoing research for a number of Federal and State projects pertaining to  the needs of Native Americans.

K. Tsianina Lomawaima Ph.D. 

Professor of Justice and Social Inquiry, Distinguished Scholar in Indigenous Education in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University, 2014-present.  Faculty of American Indian Studies University of Arizona 1994-2014, 2005-2009 Head of the Department.  Her interests include the history of American Indian education.  Her books have garnered national recognition, including: To Remain an Indian (Outstanding book award, American Educational Research Assoc.); and They Called It Prairie Light (North American Indian Prose Award, American Educational Assoc.  Critic’s Choice Award).  Dr. Lomawaima helped found and is past president of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Assoc/NAISA.

Mark Thompson 

Author of American Character: The Curious Life of Charles Fletcher Lummis and the Rediscovery of the Southwest. This was Mark’s first book and it won the 2002 Spur Award from the Western Writers of America. In addition, Mark has written for the Atlantic Monthly, Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times.  Presently, Mr. Thompson is the associate editor of “Current History,” a journal of contemporary world affairs.

Henry Walt Ph. D. (Liaison with Isleta Pueblo) 

Is an author of 3 books on the region and acting advisor to the Cultural Affairs Council of Iselta.  Mr. Walt was the project director for the traveling museum exhibit entitled Isletan Images: a photographic history of the Pueblo in the 19th Century.  As project director he oversaw an NEH grant in the excess of $300,000.

Kim Walters   

Kim Walters has worked in cultural heritage institutions for more than 27 years, as director of the Braun Research Library and Archives, and Ahmanson Curator of Native American History and Culture at  – Southwest Museum of the American Indian/Autry Museum of the American West. As director Walters worked closely with the Elders from Isleta Pueblo on their exhibition: “Time Exposures: Picturing a History of Isleta Pueblo in the 19th Century.” Ms. Walters has a number of publications to her credit including the finding aids to the Charles F. Lummis Manuscript Collection: Journal Series and Charles F. Lummis Manuscript Collection: Correspondence Series Volumes I-III.  She has intimate knowledge of the over 4,000 photographs that Lummis made as well as the 500 plus wax cylinder recordings he captured of Native and Mexican folksongs. She is currently working at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County as an Exhibit Research ad Content Specialist for native content on the revision of the Becoming Los Angeles exhibition.