PR: Randy'L Teton Joins ANA Internship Program to Work with Museum
ANA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 04, 2001
CONTACT: Samantha Bobbitt
RANDY'L TETON JOINS ANA INTERNSHIP PROGRAM TO
WORK WITH MUSEUM
Randy'L He-dow Teton, the model for the Sacagawea
golden dollar, will intern this summer at the American Numismatic
Association (ANA) Money Museum.
"We are very pleased to offer Ms. Teton this internship,"
says Museum Curator Robert W. Hoge. "We hope to provide her
with the experience and opportunities she is seeking."
The 24-year-old Teton is a recent graduate of the University
of New Mexico in Albuquerque with a bachelor of fine arts degree
in art history and a minor in Native American studies. A member
of the Shoshone-Bannock/Cree Tribe and of the Cree Nation, she
grew up on Fort Hall Reservation in southeastern Idaho. Teton
earned an associate of fine arts degree in museum studies from the
Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, after
graduating high school.
Teton has said, "We need to have more Native Americans
working in the museum field. There is a great deal of Native
American art in museums, but very few Native American
professionals who can adequately represent the significance of the
art within the cultural context."
Following her internship with the ANA, Teton plans to
pursue a master's degree in order to specialize in the culture and
art of Native Americans from the Great Basin (Idaho, Nevada, Utah
and parts of Wyoming). "I want to be in a position to help educate
the next generation in Native American art," she says.
As the model for the Sacagawea golden dollar, Teton
already is well known to coin collectors. Santa Fe Artist Glenna
Goodacre, who created the design in 1998 for the new $1 coin,
noted that Teton shared facial characteristics of a Shoshone woman
and served as an excellent model.
"I can't believe I'm on a coin," Teton has said. "It is a real
honor for me and my family."
During her internship, Teton will stay at Colorado College,
adjacent to ANA headquarters, and attend the ANA Summer
Seminar in July and the ANA World's Fair of Money in Atlanta in
August.
For more information about the ANA Internship Program,
contact the American Numismatic Association Education
Department, 818 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO
80903-3279; telephone 719/632-2646; fax 719/634-4085; E-mail
ana...@money.org; or visit the ANA web site at www.money.org.