Gordon Yellowman

Gordon Yellowman, Sr., is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. He has extensive knowledge of Cheyenne history, customs, traditions, and religious beliefs. In addition, he has 20+ years' experience working and administering federal and tribal programs. Yellowman has curated five exhibitions on various cultural and art topics of Cheyenne and Arapaho arts and traditional arts. He is co-author of numerous exhibition catalogs and scholarly texts, including the 2016 Donald Danforth Jr., Collection catalog at the St. Louis Art Museum in St. Louis, Missouri.

Some of his achievements as a leader, scholar, and artist include:

• Currently serves as the director of the Language and Culture Program, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.
• Previously served as assistant executive director of the Department of Education, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.
• 2015 - 2022 | Member, Native American Leadership Council, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
• 2016 | Essay Published for Plains Indian Art of the Early Reservation Era: The Donald Danforth Jr. Collection at the Saint Louis Art Museum.
• 2016 | "Honored One" Sovereignty Symposium, Sovereignty Inc.
• 2012 | "Honored One" Artist, Red Earth, Inc., Red Earth Arts Festival.
• 2012 | Co-Instructor with Dr. Jerry Bread entitled Tribal Government and Leadership Evolvement, Native American Indian Studies, University of Oklahoma.
• 2007 - 2015 | Adjunct Professor, faculty for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College, campus of Southwestern Oklahoma State University class titled Southern Plains Indian Art and Native Belief Systems.
• 2010 | Essay Published for Infinity of Nations, National Museum of American Indian, Smithsonian Institution.
• 1989 - 1991 | Oklahoma State University, discipline Architectural Technology, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City campus.
• 29 consecutive years of work for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal Government.
• 20 years of working with federal mandates, NAGPRA, NMAI, and NHPA.
• 2003 - 2011 | Former Chairman, Repatriation Review Committee, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.