Saving the Great American West: The Story of George Bird Grinnell

Page Community Center 699 S. Navajo Drive, Page, AZ, United States

The great West that George Bird Grinnell first encountered in 1870 as a 21-year-old man was shortly to disappear before his eyes. Nobody was quicker to sense the desecration or was more eloquent in crusading against the poachers, the hide-hunters, and the disengaged U.S. Congress than George Bird Grinnell, the “Father of American Conservation.” Grinnell […]

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Two Six Shooters Beat Four Aces: The Lives of Men on the Arizona Frontier

Phippen Museum 4701 U.S. HWY 89N, Prescott, AZ, United States

A saga of incredible action with gun battles, deadly weather, outlaws, and evasive fortunes, this lively presentation shares the stories of the pioneer men who first rode into the Arizona Territory when the law of the land was a gun. Some found success, some found poverty, and some found an early death. Hear the true-life […]

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Desert Trader: Goldie Tracy Richmond, Trader, Trapper, and Quiltmaker

Sedona Winds Retirement Center 405 Jacks Canyon Rd., Sedona, AZ, United States

Goldie Tracy Richmond came to southwestern Arizona in 1927 where she lived in a canvas lean-to. To survive, Goldie mined, ran traplines, and operated Tracy’s Trading Post, living among the Tohono O’odham people for four decades. She was a large woman, and the stories told by the O’odham people of Goldie’s life are legendary. Goldie […]

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All Hat and No Cattle: The Language of the American West

Phippen Museum 4701 U.S. HWY 89N, Prescott, AZ, United States

Every day we use words and phrases whose roots lie in the American West. Words like “brand,” “maverick,” and “railroaded,” along with phrases like “climb down off your high horse” and “passing the buck” all grew out of the culture and experiences of those who resided west of the Mississippi. These creative words and phrases […]

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82nd Hopi Festival of Arts and Culture

Museum of Northern Arizona 3101 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Through Heritage Insights Programming, the Museum of Northern Arizona will integrate humanities content into its 82nd Hopi Festivals of Art and Culture. Within the festival, specific programs led by tribal educators and elders will educate visitors on the language and history of the Hopi people. This year, the public will explore Hopi food traditions. More information […]

Hopi Summer

Sharlot Hall Museum 415 W. Gurley Street, Prescott

During a 1927 road trip to the Hopi Indian Reservation in northern Arizona, Maud and Carey Melville of Worcester, Massachusetts, befriended Ethel and Wilfred Muchvo at First Mesa. This presentation portrays the lives of the Hopi people during the 1920s and 1930s, prior to the tremendous cultural changes that occurred before World War II. Daily […]

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Armed with Our Language, We Went to War:  The Navajo Code Talkers

La Posada Hotel 303 E. Second St., Winslow, AZ, United States

During WWII a select group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines with a unique weapon.  Using the Navajo language, they devised a secret code that the enemy never deciphered.  For over 40 years a cloak of secrecy hung over the Code Talker’s service until the code was declassified and they were finally honored […]

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The Eagle and the Archaeologists: The Lindberghs’ 1929 Southwest Aerial Survey

Church of the Holy Nativity 1414 Easy Street, Payson, AZ, United States

Charles Lindbergh is best known for his famous 1927 flight across the Atlantic Ocean. But few realize that Lindbergh and his wife, Anne, played a brief but important role in archaeology. In 1929 they teamed up with noted archaeologist Alfred Kidder to conduct an unprecedented aerial photographic survey of Southwest prehistoric sites and geologic features […]

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Celebraciones de la Gente Festival

Museum of Northern Arizona 3101 North Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

The Museum of Northern Arizona will integrate humanities content into the 12th annual Celebraciónes de la Gente Festival through lectures, discussions and presentations. The goal is to illuminate, explore and share humanities-based topics important to the Latino community in order to engage audiences and heighten appreciation for their history, philosophies, and life ways. Please check […]

Latino Americans: 500 Years of History (Flagstaff)

The Murdoch Center 203 E Brannen Ave, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

FLAGSTAFF, AZ - Wednesday, March 9th FREE film screening followed by bilingual Q&A with Dr. Michelle Téllez and Dr. Alan Gómez 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. The Murdoch Center - 203 E Brannen Ave, Flagstaff, AZ 86001 (928) 226-7566 Voter Registration w/Southside Community Association Enjoy lights snacks Click here for a flyer PBS Film: Prejudice and Pride (1965-1980) In the 1960s […]

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