Southern Arizona

On April 5, 2016, Maren Hopkins (Anthropological Research LLC) will present “Collaborative Research with Native Communities.” From Maren: My work as an ethnographer and archaeologist focuses on the relationship between Native American traditional cultural beliefs and practices and places on the landscape. This work is accomplished through community based participatory research with tribal members, wherein […]

This program is made possible in part by a grant from Arizona Humanities.

This program is made possible in part by a grant from Arizona Humanities.

This program is made possible in part by a grant from Arizona Humanities.

Join the Amerind Museum for the opening of the their newest exhibit Fleet of Foot: Indigenous Running and Games from Ancient Times to Today. Amy Juan (Tohono O'odham) will demonstrate how to make the "field hockey" sticks used by O'odham women in the traditional game of toka, 11:00am-1:00pm. Amerind Chief Curator Eric Kaldahl will talk about […]

On May 3, 2016, Lewis Borck (University of Arizona, Archaeology Southwest), will present “Consent and Dissent in Deep Time.” From Lewis: I will examine a complex period of the human experience about 100 years before either Niza or Coronado set foot in the U.S. Southwest. Specifically, I will be discussing the spread of material culture […]