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For the Love of Turquoise with Carrie Cannon

October 13, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am

FREE

Turquoise has a long standing tradition amongst Native cultures of the Southwest, holding special significance and profound meanings to specific individual tribes. Even before the more contemporary tradition of combining silver with turquoise, cultures throughout the southwest used turquoise in necklaces, earrings, mosaics, fetishes, medicine pouches, and made bracelets of basketry stems lacquered with piñon resin and inlaid turquoise. Found on six continents across the world, turquoise forms in arid regions through the process of water seeping through rock and interacting with copper, aluminum, and iron deposits. In the southwest, used decoratively for millennia, this iconic art form has a compelling story all its own. This talk explores a long tradition of distinctive cultural styles, history, and transition of this wondrous stone.

This program is cohosted by Friends of the Florence Community Library. This is an in-person program.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Carrie Cannon is a member of the Kiowa tribe of Oklahoma and is also of Oglala Lakota descent. She has a B.S. in Wildlife Biology, and an M.S. in Resource Management. She began working for the Hualapai Tribe of Peach Springs, Arizona in 2005 where she began the creation of an intergenerational ethnobotany program for the Hualapai community. She is currently employed as an Ethnobotanist for the Hualapai Department of Cultural Resources. She administers a number of projects promoting the intergenerational teaching of Hualapai ethnobotanical knowledge working towards preservation and revitalization to ensure tribal ethnobotanical knowledge persists as a living practice and tradition.

Details

Date:
October 13, 2023
Time:
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Cost:
FREE
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Organizer

Friends of the Florence Community Library
Phone
520-868-8311
Email
emilyjeanwebster@icloud.com
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Venue

Viney Jones Library and Community Center
778 N Main Street
Florence, AZ 85132 United States
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Phone
520-868-8311

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