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Class of 1964

Mildred Pete
(Brown)   

What are you doing these days?
Chairwomen of the Board of Directors of the Aqua Caliente Cultural Museum.  I started the museum in downtown Palm Springs 15 years ago.  I am now in the process of a capital campaign & building a 92-thousand sq. foot new museum before the Palm Springs Indian Canyons.  We are planning on opening at the end of 2005.

Tell us about your children.  
Three of my children have homes and live in Palm Springs.  One has a home in Bozeman, MT & lives there.  The last one has a home in Incline Village, NV in Lake Tahoe & lives there.

Highlights of the past 40 years.
Raising 5 children, having them leave home & support themselves, now having great relationships with them.  Working with & serving as Vice Chairman for the Agua Caliente Tribal Council.  Starting & establishing the Agua Caliente Tribal Museum in downtown Palm Springs.  Working the past 17 years on this project & now building a new museum building just under 100,000 sq. foot, opening December 2005.

Words of Wisdom to Impart?
Never give up.

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