Our May speaker is Garry Cantley whose topic will be Archaeological Resource Crime.
Garry has over forty years’ experience in archeology throughout many parts of North America. He received his undergraduate degree from the Universidad de las Americas in Cholula, Puebla, Mexico and a graduate degree from Arizona State University. He has been with the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in Phoenix, Arizona since 1992 and has received numerous awards for superior performance as Regional Archeologist for the Western Region. He was the 2013 recipient of the Arizona Governor’s Archaeology Advisory Commission’s Award in Public Archaeology (Professional Archeologist). During his tenure he has represented the BIA in numerous interagency organizations on both national and regional scales. His primary interest during his federal career has been archeological resource crime and prevention, particularly application of the Archeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA). He was co-leader of BIA’s National ARPA Training Team that held classes for over 1,900 students with representatives from 119 Tribes and numerous other governmental agencies throughout the nation.
