1. Queensland – Smithsonian Fellowship 2008 Supported by the Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation Virtual Museum Workshops Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Olivia Robinson Senior Research Officer Heritage Collections State Library of Queensland

2. Queensland-Smithsonian Fellowship March-September 2008 National Museum of the American Indian Museum on the National Mall, Washington DC, Cultural Resource Centre, Suitland, Maryland George Gustav Heye Centre, New York Over 800,000 collection items More than 2 million visitors

3. NMAI since 1999 Kick started as Four Directions Project collaboration Virtual Museum Workshops Mark Christal, Media Unit, NMAI Retrospective study St Labre Indian School Montana 8 15-17 year olds 2 teachers 1 cultural bearer Survey

4. Merit selection process Project-based applications 1-2 workshops per year Process Students, teachers, community members Collection , selection 3D photography, interactive imaging Research, Native/Indigenous Knowledge Writing and publishing Virtual exhibitions, website design Community , family, cultural connections

5. Impact Reconnections , some for first time Literacy , digital and written Cultural knowledge , Native/Indigenous and documentary Reclamation , of cultural property Identity , confidence, responsibility, teamwork Skills , photography, research, digital Communication , each other, family, community, tribe

6. When I saw the shells on the dress I chose to photograph, I remember my Grandma told me about where the shells came from – the books don’t go back that far – and the history of my people. I remembered the story my Grandma told me about how we came from the Hudson River where there were many shells... Student Participant, 17 years old. St Labre Indian School, 2008