NAGPRA Reshapes New Mexico Museums
AMENDED IN 2024 BY THEN Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (Laguna), the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) mandates a 2029 deadline for museums and federal…
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Category: August
From Earth to Acoma’s Sky City
MARIA “LILLY” SALVADOR would know the red cheeks of her late mother’s face pots anywhere. She recognized Frances Torivio’s figurative pieces at the Museum of International Folk Art as soon as she saw…
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Tia Sophia’s Lands in Roswell
A TRAIL OF LITTLE GREEN men leads us to Tia Sophia’s Roswell. The Santa Fe restaurant’s satellite location, which opened in April, already seems right at home in the UFO Capital of the World’s…
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Walking with Willa Cather
THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS SEEMED to dare her to write about them. The literary allure was in their potent name, meaning “the Blood of Christ.” It evoked the saturated hue that flushed over them…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Have a wild weekend. Step into a village frozen in time for Old Lincoln Days and The Last Escape of Billy the Kid pageant. The village of Lincoln is the state’s most visited historic site, and for a…
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Roswell Museum’s Long Road Back
WHEN A FLASH FLOOD tore through downtown Roswell in October 2024, water surged into the Roswell Museum with terrifying speed. Muddy currents rose to nearly six feet, rushing down the hallways of a…
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The Art of Aging Gracefully
AT THE MUSEUM OF New Mexico system’s Conservation Lab, on Santa Fe’s Museum Hill, the old canvases kept coming. Over the decades, the Paul Burlin paintings had been cut and resized, yellowed by bright…
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In the Round with Josiah Enriquez
O VER THE LOUDSPEAKER, you hear the announcer introduce the next performer seconds before the first drumbeat resonates across the dance circle and into the crowd, which is gathered to watch three-time…
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Stay and Play at Eagle Nest
ALISHA OWENS OVERSEES the counter at Eagle Nest Cabins & Marina as a crowd gathers around the fishing poles, lures, and camping and boating supplies. A mix of family, friends, and employees chats and…
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Lincoln Keeps the Old West Alive
FLAMES WHIP ACROSS the northeast corner of Alexander McSween’s adobe home as smoke turns the yard hazy, engulfing Sheriff George Peppin’s posse, who set the blaze. Inside, the lawyer McSween shelters…
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