The Ancient Hohokam Ballgame of Arizona – Phoenix

Saguaro Library 2808 N. 46th Street, Phoenix, AZ, United States

The ancient Hohokam culture of Arizona constructed at least 200 ball courts more than 800 years ago. These oval depressions were likely used to play a ball game that originated […]

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Öngtupqa Hopi flute performance – Flagstaff

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

2018 Native American Heritage Month - Supported by an Arizona Humanities Grant November 2, 6pm: Lecture on Yavapai-Apache forced march Jane Russell-Winiecki presents the history of the forced removal in […]

Arizona Kicks on Route 66 – Sun City

Oakmont Recreation Center 10725 W Oakmont Dr, Sun City, AZ, United States

U.S. Route 66, known as the “Mother Road,” was built in 1926. It ran from Chicago to L. A. During the depression of the 1930s, it became the major path […]

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Specters of the Past: Arizona’s Ghost Towns – Lake Havasu

ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City, ASU Gym 100 University Way, Lake Havasu Ctiy, AZ, United States

The promise of unimagined riches is what brought many of the earliest colonizers to the Arizona Territory. Following the trail to the discovery of the mother lode, they built, then […]

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Hopi Quilting Traditions – Phoenix

South Mountain Community Library 7050 S 24th St, Phoenix, AZ, United States

For centuries, Hopi men grew cotton and wove the fibers into blankets and clothing. In the 1880s, with the arrival of Anglo missionaries and government officials, quilting was introduced to […]

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“Protecting a Way of Life” Kinship Responsibilities – Sedona

Church of the Nazarene 55 Rojo Dr, Sedona

Royce Manuel (Akimel O’odham) best describes his work through the “Tools of Yesterday” using plant fiber, primitive bows & arrows, knapping stone, and making agave plant cordage. As a tribal […]

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Landscapes of Migration in the Arizona-Sonora Borderland – Tucson

Oro Valley Public Library 1305 W. Naranja Drive, Oro Valley, AZ, United States

The dividing line of the U.S.-Mexico border may be the most significant feature of the Arizona-Sonora borderland today, but the region is also at the center of major north-south corridors […]

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The Earliest Apache in Arizona: Evidence and Arguments – Cave Creek

Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church 6502 E. Cave Creek Rd., Cave Creek, AZ, United States

How did the Apache impact late prehistoric peoples? Research provides evidence of ancestral Apaches in the southern Southwest as early as A.D. 1300. Evidence comes from chronometric dates obtained from […]

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Hi Jolly and Mystery of the US Army Camel Corps – Casa Grande

Dorothy Powell Senior Adult Center 405 E. 6th St., Casa Grande, AZ, United States

This presentation will explore the US Army’s experiment with using camel from the Middle East to make it more mobile in the newly acquired Southwest.  In order to teach the […]

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