Voices of Chaco: Cheyenne Antonio
C HEYENNE ANTONIO works as an energy organizer for nonprofit Diné C.A.R.E. (Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment). Her family is from Pueblo Pintado, about a dozen miles east of Chaco. Her job…
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Category: Native American Culture
Ancient Roads of Chaco Canyon
ROADS SPIDERWEB ACROSS the landscape surrounding Chaco Culture National Historical Park, often constructed in remarkably straight lines that are maintained over cliffs and canyon rims. Unlike “roads”…
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Reclaiming the Survival Field Guide
MAYBE YOU’VE SEEN classic army field manuals at military surplus stores or kept one close while you served. Or perhaps you dusted one off while browsing through a veteran relative’s things, intrigued…
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Explore the Reach of Chaco Culture
FOR ANCESTRAL PUEBLOAN PEOPLE, Chaco Canyon may have been a central place, but the culture spread across the present-day boundaries of four states. Hundreds of additional communities share Chaco’s…
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Voices of Chaco: Craig Quanchello
C HACO CANYON is part of a story that remains alive today, according to Craig Quanchello, governor of Picuris Pueblo. The community has long affirmed its ties to those ancestral people but recently…
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A Chaco Canyon Reading List
WHEN EDUCATOR Jon Ghahate (Laguna/Zuni) guides tours through Chaco Culture National Historical Park, he likes to have references on hand, but he also hopes people will explore opportunities to deepen…
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Beyond the Walls at Chaco Canyon
THE SUN IS JUST STARTING to bake through crisp morning air as Jon Ghahate strides to the overlook to Fajada Butte, the pillar of rock near Chaco Culture National Historical Park’s entrance. Light…
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Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Turns 50
WHEN THE DANCES BEGIN, the thump of the drums is like a heartbeat. Colorful beadwork flashes against black fabric and white moccasins as Acoma Pueblo’s Sky City Buffalo Ram Dancers toe the dirt in…
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Indigenous Visions of the Cosmos
IN DINÉ ARTIST MELISSA BENALY’S pictorial weaving, two figures in white space suits plant an unwavering red, white, and blue flag onto the vast lunar surface while Earth floats like a misty blue orb…
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Hard Truths in Quilts
SUSAN HUDSON, AN ARTIST AND lifelong quilter, wants you to know she is an activist. Quilting and fighting for social justice might not seem to readily go together, but in Quilted Survivance, a current…
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