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More than Pocahontas and Squaws: Indigenous Women Coming into Visibility

East Flagstaff Community Library 3000 N 4th St #5, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

This visual presentation shows how Indigenous American women have contributed service to Arizona and the US, yet remain invisible in the media and stereotyped in early films. Nevertheless, they have been honored in all areas of public service—law, medicine, literature, military, education, and activism with awards such as, the Presidential Freedom, the McArthur (genius award), […]

Water in Arizona: Sustainability, Supply and Demand

Joyner-Green Valley Library 601 N. La Canada Drive, Green Valley, AZ, United States

Water is necessary for life, but as supply shrinks, choices must be made about who is given access to water and who isn’t. Communities across Arizona are going dry. This means that some residents may have no choice except to move. How do we decide who gets access to water, and who does not? Should […]

CANCELED – Coded Messages and Songs of the Underground Railroad

Christ Lutheran School 3901 E Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Communication and secrecy were key to the successful operation of the Underground Railroad. Safety was more important than quickness. Both fugitive slaves and members of the Underground Railroad learned to code and decode hidden messages, and to disguise signs to avoid capture. There were code names for routes and code numbers for towns. A quilt […]

CANCELED – Mescal Agave Use in Arizona: Food, Fiber and Vessel

Pueblo Grande Museum 4619 East Washington St., Phoenix, AZ, United States

The agave plant was used by Native peoples for numerous utilitarian items. Mescal served as a valuable food source still being harvested and prepared to this day by many Indigenous groups. For millennia people have pit roasted the heart of the plant yielding a nutritious food staple rich in calcium and zinc. This talk includes […]

CANCELED – The Gila: River of History

Yuma County Library - Main Library 2951 S. 21st Dr., Yuma, AZ, United States

Six hundred miles long from its source in the mountains of southwestern New Mexico to its confluence with the Colorado River above Yuma, the Gila has been an important avenue for the movement of birds, animals, plants, and peoples across the desert for millennia. Many cultures have sprung up on its banks, and millions of […]

CANCELED – Energy Resources in Arizona: A State of Energy Transition

White Tank Library 20304 W. White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell, AZ, United States

Arizonans are living in a period of energy transition. Cleaner, renewable energy sources are becoming cheaper than traditional fossil fuel energy sources. Although this transition may be better for the environment, its effects on the economies of some Arizona communities can be devastating. The rapid shift from fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural […]

CANCELED – Arizona’s Great Escape

Sun Lakes Methodist Church 9248 East Riggs Road, Sun Lakes, AZ, United States

During the night of Christmas Eve in 1944, twenty-five Nazi German prisoners of war escaped from Papago Park POW camp on the outskirts of Phoenix and headed towards Mexico. These men were hardcore Nazis, ex U-boat commanders, and submariners, who had successfully dug a nearly 200-foot underground tunnel that took four months to complete. Many […]

Pershing’s Chinese: Asylum Seekers amid Chinese Exclusion

Arivaca Old School House 17080 W. 4th St, Arivaca, AZ, United States

In 1917, Gen. John J. Pershing brought 527 Chinese refugees from Mexico. These men had attached themselves to the punitive expedition conducted by Gen. Pershing in pursuit of the Mexican revolutionary leader Francisco “Pancho” Villa from 1916 to 1917. When Pershing withdrew, aware that the lives of the Chinese who had served his troops were […]

CANCELED – Keeping Heritage Real

Burton Barr Central Library 1221 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

One may hear varying points of view when it comes to heritage – timeless creation or historical storytelling, all are imperative. Keeping heritage ‘real’ is important as it ensures the posterity for Native Americans. The vivid landscape, the many footprints, timeless settings, high and low points, conflict and adversity – all are real. In this […]

CANCELED – Keeping Heritage Real in Arizona

Burton Barr Central Library 1221 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ, United States

One may hear varying points of view when it comes to heritage – timeless creation or historical storytelling, all are imperative. Keeping heritage ‘real’ is important as it ensures the posterity for Native Americans. The vivid landscape, the many footprints, timeless settings, high and low points, conflict and adversity – all are real. In this […]

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