CONTRIBUTORS

Maghan Baptiste, museum writer/editor, Mead Art Museum

Lisa Crossman, organizing curator, director of curatorial affairs, Mead Art Museum

Angela D’Souza, curriculum consultant

Heid E. Erdrich, guest curator

Olivia Feal, former manager of experiential learning and K-12 programs, Mead Art Museum

Carolyn Gennari, digital projects coordinator

Julia Handschuh, digital- accessibility consultant

Charlotte Murtishaw, manager of public engagement, Mead Art Museum

Emily Potter-Ndiaye, Dwight and Kirsten Poler and Andrew W. Mellon head of education and curator of academic programs, Mead Art Museum

Genevieve Simermeyer, curriculum developer

Kiara Vigil, Amherst College faculty partner and humanities advisor to the K-12 curriculum

Advisory Committee

Boundless was developed in dialogue with an advisory committee that included members from the Nipmuc, Wampanoag, Shinnecock, and Mohegan, as well as other communities, and with the support of staff from Mead Art Museum, Amherst College Archives & Special Collections, the Five Colleges, and Native students. Special thanks to our Advisory Committee members: Jaime Arsenault, Jacquelyn Cabarrubia ’25, Brandon Castle, Lisa Crossman, Amanda Herman, Mike Kelly, Ellie Kerns ’24, Courtney M. Leonard, Aaron Miller, Elizabeth James-Perry, Emily Potter-Ndiaye, Rachel Beth Sayet or Akitsut (Mohegan), Kimberly Toney, and Kiara Vigil. 

The exhibition was also supported by academic-year curatorial and research interns: Jacquelyn Cabarrubia ’25, Catherine Charnoky ’24, Cameron Findlay ’23 (Smith College), and Ziji Zhou ’25. The Mead summer 2023 curatorial and education interns Isabella Fuster-Crichfield ’26, Samuel Nkengla ’26, and Max Valdez ’24 also worked on materials for Boundless. 

Tábūtní, kutâputush, pidamaya, nt’oyaxsn, miigwech, thanks!

Audio Tour

Heid E. Erdrich (Ojibwe)
Rachel Beth Sayet (Ákitusut) (Mohegan)
Elizabeth James Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag)
Brent Michael Davids (Mohican/Munsee-Lenape)
Frank Buffalo Hyde (Onondaga/Niimiipuu [Nez Perce], Beaver Clan)

Further Research Student Contributors:

Adela Thompson Page (‘26)
Arlo Harrison (Smith College)
Charlotte Abrams (‘27)
Courtney Hall (‘27)
Ellie Stolzoff (‘27)
Francelia Walsh-Despeignes (‘24)
Jack Betts (‘23)
Jacquelyn Cabarrubia (‘25)
Mone Kawano (‘25)
Nora Lowe (‘26)
Yasemin Ӧzden (Language Assistant)

Some featured artists and authors in the Boundless Project

William Apess (Pequot/Mashpee Wampanoag) 
Justin Beatty (Ojibwe, Garden River First Nation)
Acee Blue Eagle (Creek)
Andrea Carlson (Anishinaabe, descendant of the Grand Portage Band)
Brent Michael Davids (Mohican/Munsee-Lenape)
Jeremy Dennis (Shinnecock)
Melissa Jane Fawcett (Mohegan)
Eric Gansworth (Onondaga) 
Sierra Henries (Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuc)
Sky Hopinka (Ho-Chunk)
Frank Buffalo Hyde (Onondaga)
Elizabeth James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag)
Jonathan James-Perry (Aquinnah Wampanoag)
E. Pauline Johnson (Mohawk) 
Courtney M. Leonard (Shinnecock)
Samson Occom (Mohegan)
Alexander Posey (Creek) 
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Salish-Kootenai/Metis)
Cara Romero (Chemehuevi)
Fritz Scholder (Luiseño)
Theresa Secord (Penobscot)
Mary Sully (Yankton Dakota)
Brittney Peauwe Wunnepog Walley (Nipmuc)
Marie Watt (Seneca)
Dyani White Hawk (Lakota) 
Zitkala-Ša (Dakota)