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This year ’s Montezuma Lecture will honor Susan Shown Harjo. Harjo is the founding president of The Morning Star Institute and policy advocate who has dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of Native Peoples. She has worked tirelessly for the enactment of key federal laws to protect tribal sovereignty, cultures, languages, religious freedom, sacred places, and burial grounds. She has worked on tribal identity issues and exercises personal control and tribal sovereignty over tribal imagery. The “Woody” Woodrow Crumbo Award will be presented to Rhonda Holy Bear (Cheyenne River Lakota). Rhonda is known for her unique and highly detailed dolls and beadwork. Her work embodies traditional Lakota worldview, and simultaneously expands the art of doll making for future generations. The Elizabeth Seabury Mitchell Award will be presented to Fr. Peter Powell, director of the St. Augustine’s Center for the American Indian, for his 55 years of service to Chicago’s American Indian Community and national scholarship. The Lecture will be held at the Mitchell Museum’s 3009 Central Building at 6:30 pm with a reception to follow at 3009 Central St, Evanston.