Nomination of Kenneth Blankenship To Be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

The President today announced his intention to nominate Kenneth Blankenship to be a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaskan Native Culture and Arts Development for a term of years prescribed by Public Law 99-498 of October 17, 1986. This is a new position.

Since 1986 Mr. Blankenship has been director of the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in Cherokee, NC. Prior to this he was head of construction and facilities for the Cherokee Boys Club, 1975-1986. Throughout his lifetime, Mr. Blankenship has actively worked with Indian culture and art.

Mr. Blankenship attended the College of Southwest North Carolina. He was born June 18, 1942, in Swain County, Cherokee, NC. He served in the U.S. Army, 1964-1967. He is married, has two children, and resides in Cherokee.