Events Search and Views Navigation
10:30 am
From “Chief” to Code Talker: Four Profiles of the Navajo Code Talkers with Dr. Laura Tohe
During WWII a group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines without knowing that they would be called on to develop a secret code against the Japanese military. This select group of Code Talkers devised a Navajo language code that was accurate, quick, never broken, and saved many American lives. This talk profiles four... Read More
Find out more »1:00 pm
Along the California Trail with Jay Cravath
An ancient set of Indigenous paths and the natural flow of the Gila River created a major artery for travel through pioneer Arizona. The Gila provided a ready route for the earliest traders, including Toltecs of Mexico, who traded with the Mogollon, Anasazi and Hohokam. The intrepid Padre Francisco Garces, performed missionary work during six... Read More
Find out more »5:30 pm
The Underground and Overground Railroad with Tamika Sanders
Using storytelling, historical artifacts and songs, this presentation will depict the ingenuity and resiliency used by those involved in the Underground Railroad to help over 100,000 enslaved people escape to freedom between 1810 and 1850. We’ll then fast forward to the Jim Crow era and explore the Overground Railroad created by the Green Book which... Read More
Find out more »