Southern Arizona

Part of the Fleet of Foot Exhibition Project O’odham Traditional Game Demonstration of the women’s game toka and men’s game of kickball. Games will be followed by a discussion between players and the general public moderated by Humanities Scholar Angelina Saraficio. For questions, contact (520) 383-0201 This program is funded in part by a grant […]

On March 1, 2016, Christopher Roos (Southern Methodist University) will present “Fire, Climate, and Society—Past, Present, and Future.” From Chris: In the Southwest U.S., a century of fire suppression has turned old growth forests into tinderboxes that burn in increasingly destructive ways as the climate warms. But do all fire-climate-society relationships conform to this story? […]

Part of the Fleet of Foot: Indigenous Running and Games Project & Exhibition Public talk and reception by Humanities Scholar Will Russell. For questions, please contact (520) 383-0201. This program is made possible in part by a grant from Arizona Humanities.

Part of the Fleet of Foot: Indigenous Running and Games Project & Exhibition Ancient Race Tracks of Arizona public talk and reception by Humanities Scholar Will Russell. For questions, please contact (520) 586-3666. This program is made possible in part by a grant from Arizona Humanities.

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 […]