Stories of the River, Stories of the People:
Memory on the Klamath River Basin
About the Curator:
Brittani Orona is an enrolled member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and completed her Master of Arts in Public History at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) in Fall 2014. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from Humboldt State University in 2010. She has worked at the California State Indian Museum, the California State Office of Historic Preservation, National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC, California State Archives, and the Maidu Museum and Historic Site.
She was an Executive Fellow '14-'15 through the Capital Fellows Program, at the California Government Operations Agency. Brittani currently works for the State of California as an Environmental Justice & Tribal Affairs Analyst. Brittani is interested in repatriation, federal Indian law, cultural resources management, environmental justice, and environmental history as they relate to California Indian tribes.
Brittani Orona is an enrolled member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe and completed her Master of Arts in Public History at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) in Fall 2014. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from Humboldt State University in 2010. She has worked at the California State Indian Museum, the California State Office of Historic Preservation, National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC, California State Archives, and the Maidu Museum and Historic Site.
She was an Executive Fellow '14-'15 through the Capital Fellows Program, at the California Government Operations Agency. Brittani currently works for the State of California as an Environmental Justice & Tribal Affairs Analyst. Brittani is interested in repatriation, federal Indian law, cultural resources management, environmental justice, and environmental history as they relate to California Indian tribes.