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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Tag: Pueblo History
Written on the Landscape
IN ENCOUNTERING ROCK ART, the initial impact is the image itself. How do we understand the meaning behind the diverse life forms and abstract designs painted and carved throughout the arid landscapes…
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Dig Into Ancestral Chocolate at Chaco Canyon
More than 100 rare black-and-white cylindrical vases were found in Room 28 of Pueblo Bonito. Photograph courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History Library, ptc-3521. ENTOMBED IN AN EARTHEN…
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They're Coming Back
Above: The Poeh Cultural Center was founded in 1988 by Pojoaque Pueblo. Right: A Tewa Pot. Photograph Courtesy of Poeh Cultural Center. While museums are usually built to preserve objects in…
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If These Walls Could Talk
Above: A young visitor catches a view of Los Luceros' historic hacienda. Photographs by Inga Hendrickson. IT'S A CLOUDLESS SKY, a swath of uninterrupted blue that contrasts with the umber…
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