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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Tag: Museum of Indian Arts & Culture
Youth Hoop Dance Championship Returns
THE RHYTHM OF HOOP dance fills Museum Hill August 1–2 during the 5th Annual Youth Hoop Dance Championship at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe. Hosted by the Lightning Boy Foundation…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Hang out with knights and dragons. Unlike Renaissance fairs that happen in the middle of nowhere, the Lincoln Forest Renaissance Faire steps back in time in the center of Ruidoso at Wingfield Park…
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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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The Face of Native Contemporary Art
TRISTON NOAH PAJARITO (Santo Domingo Pueblo) and Auri Poseyesva (Hopi) are among the 19 Native artists featured in Engaging the Future: The Goodman Fellowship Artists in the JoAnn and Bob Balzer…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Stop and smell the lavender. Lavender in the Village Festival takes over Hartnett Park in Los Ranchos de Albuquerque on Sunday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The biggest celebration of lavender in the…
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Why We Love NM: Here, Native People Tell Their Own Stories
N EW MEXICO’S INDIGENOUS-LED INSTITUTIONS, such as the Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, in Santa Fe, extend their expertise nationally, forging lasting partnerships with major museums from coast to…
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Five Things to Do This Weekend
1 Weave art and culture. On Saturday, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture lifts the curtain on its latest exhibit, Horizons: Weaving Between the Lines with Diné Textiles , which explores the Diné art…
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The Story Behind a Jemez Storyteller
This essay is one of 70 by mostly Pueblo people—artists, writers, historians, scientists, and political leaders—collected for "Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery," an exhibition that runs…
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A Badger Paw Claws Though Time
This essay is one of 70 by mostly Pueblo people—artists, writers, historians, scientists, and political leaders—collected for "Grounded in Clay: The Spirit of Pueblo Pottery," an exhibition that runs…
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