March 8, 2019

Cultural freedom fighter: Museum of Indian Arts & Culture director Della Warrior

Author: Michael Abatemarco

The button on the PIN pad was stuck, preventing the elevator from reaching the second floor of the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, where its director, Della Warrior, has an office. Warrior conscripted one of the museum’s security guards to fix it, a temporary solution until it gets stuck again. “It would cost around $5,000 to replace it,” she said, more amused than annoyed. When you work for the state-run museums in Santa Fe, you learn to live with the glitches until you can acquire the funds n