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SUMMARY:CANCELED - Mescal Agave Use in Arizona: Food\, Fiber and Vessel
DESCRIPTION: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 the life history of mescal\, and the multitude of Tribal uses of this intriguing plant and their long relationship with this plant from centuries ago to the modern era. \nCarrie Cannon is a member of the Kiowa tribe of Oklahoma and is also of Oglala Lakota descent. She has a B.S. in Wildlife Biology\, and an M.S. in Resource Management. She began working for the Hualapai Tribe of Peach Springs\, Arizona in 2005 where she began the creation of an intergenerational ethnobotany program for the Hualapai community. She is currently employed as an Ethnobotanist for the Hualapai Department of Cultural Resources. She administers a number of projects promoting the intergenerational teaching of Hualapai ethnobotanical knowledge working towards preservation and revitalization to ensure tribal ethnobotanical knowledge persists as a living practice and tradition.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/mescal-agave-use-in-arizona-food-fiber-and-vessel-5/
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200401T094500
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200401T104500
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SUMMARY:CANCELED - Coded Messages and Songs of the Underground Railroad
DESCRIPTION: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 hanging on a clothesline with a house and a smoking chimney among its designs indicated a safe house. The song\, “Follow the Drinking Gourd” served as directions to Canada. Using storytelling\, activities and songs\, this presentation will depict the ingenuity and resiliency used by those involved in the Underground Railroad to help over 100\,000 slaves escape to freedom between 1810 and 1850. \nDr. Tamika Sanders is an entrepreneur who decided to become an educator to help address the lack of minority faculty in higher education\, and serve as a role model for minority students who rarely see people of color in academia. Through her company Savvy Pen\, Dr. Sanders prides herself on working with schools to build inclusive classrooms\, conducting multicultural training for educators\, and creating interactive programs that incorporate arts learning to bridge cultural and socioeconomic divides. She hopes to continue using the arts to break barriers\, unite people\, and create social change.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/coded-messages-and-songs-of-the-underground-railroad-5/
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200324T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200324T190000
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SUMMARY:More than Pocahontas and Squaws: Indigenous Women Coming into Visibility
DESCRIPTION: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)\, among others. Among some traditional tribal cultures\, women’s lives are modeled after female heroes and sacred women who exemplify and express courage and kinship values. Rites of passage celebrate female creativity and the transformative nature of women\, hence there was not a need for the concept of feminism. This talk presents cultural aspects of Indigenous culture and how women have contributed in significant ways\, not only to their tribal nations\, but to contemporary American life. \nLaura Tohe is Diné. She is Sleepy Rock clan born for the Bitter Water clan. She holds a Ph.D. in Indigenous American Literature. A librettist and an award-winning poet\, her books include No Parole Today\, Meeting the Spirit of Water\, Sister Nations\, Tséyi\, Deep in the Rock\, and Code Talker Stories. Her commissioned libretto\, Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio\, was performed by the Phoenix Symphony. Her new work\, Nahasdzaan in the Glittering World\, makes its world premiere in France 2019. She is Professor Emerita with Distinction at Arizona State University and is the Navajo Nation Poet Laureate for 2015-2019.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/more-than-pocahontas-and-squaws-indigenous-women-coming-into-visibility-3/
LOCATION:april-12th-writing-prompt
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200324T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200324T113000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
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SUMMARY:Curry and Kreplach: A Look at 12 Unique Jewish Communities Around the World
DESCRIPTION:Take a virtual journey across some of the most interesting and off-the-beaten path Jewish communities on four different continents: from India’s historic Bene Israel community\, to Alaska’s tight-knit “Frozen Chosen\,” to Ecuador’s opulent JCC located just miles from the center of the world\, to Myanmar’s miraculous Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue in Yangon. This talk will explore the survival and resilience of Jewish life in places you might least expect to find it. \nDan Fellner is a seven-time Fulbright fellow with over 35 years of experience in corporate public relations\, television news\, travel writing and university teaching in the United States\, Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. Fellner began his career as a television news and sports reporter at stations in four different American cities. He later spent 10 years in corporate public relations. In 1998\, Fellner joined Arizona State University as a faculty associate and has taught courses in print and broadcast journalism\, public relations\, international mass media\, intercultural communications and travel writing. Fellner is a faculty affiliate with ASU’s Melikian Center for Russian\, Eurasian and East European Studies\, and currently teaches courses in travel writing\, Eastern Europe\, Asia\, and other foreign destinations for ASU’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Fellner is a three-time Fulbright Scholar (Latvia\, Moldova and Bulgaria) and four-time Fulbright Senior Specialist (North Macedonia\, Lithuania\, Latvia and Indonesia). He also works as a travel writer and has published more than 85 travel articles in publications around the world.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/curry-and-kreplach-a-look-at-12-unique-jewish-communities-around-the-world/
LOCATION:East Valley Jewish Community Center\, 908 N. Alma School Rd.\, Chandler\, AZ\, 85224\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200323T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200323T181500
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SUMMARY:Hyenas in Petticoats: How Women Struggled Against Every Trick in the Books to Win the Vote!
DESCRIPTION:As we celebrate the 100th birthday of the 19th Amendment in 2020\, it’s time to look back at the enormous effort it took for women to be granted full citizenship and the vote. History has downplayed suffrage\, as if it were just a footnote in American history\, when in fact\, it was the nation’s largest civil rights movement. Western women got the vote long before their Eastern sisters\, but don’t dare tell an Arizona suffragette that she had it easy. Arizona had its own dirty tricks. Jana exposes it all—the heroines\, the heroes and the haters. \nJana Bommersbach is one of Arizona’s most honored and respected journalists. She has won accolades in every facet of her career— investigative reporter\, magazine columnist\, television commentator and author of nationally acclaimed books. She currently writes for True West magazine\, digging up the true stories behind the popular myths\, with an emphasis on Arizona’s real history and women of the Old West. Her insight\, knowledge and wit produce exuberant\, riveting speeches that always garner rave reviews.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/hyenas-in-petticoats-how-women-struggled-against-every-trick-in-the-books-to-win-the-vote-3/
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200321T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200321T120000
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SUMMARY:Hyenas in Petticoats: How Women Struggled Against Every Trick in the Books to Win the Vote!
DESCRIPTION:As we celebrate the 100th birthday of the 19th Amendment in 2020\, it’s time to look back at the enormous effort it took for women to be granted full citizenship and the vote. History has downplayed suffrage\, as if it were just a footnote in American history\, when in fact\, it was the nation’s largest civil rights movement. Western women got the vote long before their Eastern sisters\, but don’t dare tell an Arizona suffragette that she had it easy. Arizona had its own dirty tricks. Jana exposes it all—the heroines\, the heroes and the haters. \nJana Bommersbach is one of Arizona’s most honored and respected journalists. She has won accolades in every facet of her career— investigative reporter\, magazine columnist\, television commentator and author of nationally acclaimed books. She currently writes for True West magazine\, digging up the true stories behind the popular myths\, with an emphasis on Arizona’s real history and women of the Old West. Her insight\, knowledge and wit produce exuberant\, riveting speeches that always garner rave reviews.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/hyenas-in-petticoats-how-women-struggled-against-every-trick-in-the-books-to-win-the-vote-2/
LOCATION:Humanities-Scholar-Letter
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200320T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200320T183000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200224T114127Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T114127Z
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SUMMARY:Coded Messages and Songs of the Underground Railroad
DESCRIPTION: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 hanging on a clothesline with a house and a smoking chimney among its designs indicated a safe house. The song\, “Follow the Drinking Gourd” served as directions to Canada. Using storytelling\, activities and songs\, this presentation will depict the ingenuity and resiliency used by those involved in the Underground Railroad to help over 100\,000 slaves escape to freedom between 1810 and 1850. \nDr. Tamika Sanders is an entrepreneur who decided to become an educator to help address the lack of minority faculty in higher education\, and serve as a role model for minority students who rarely see people of color in academia. Through her company Savvy Pen\, Dr. Sanders prides herself on working with schools to build inclusive classrooms\, conducting multicultural training for educators\, and creating interactive programs that incorporate arts learning to bridge cultural and socioeconomic divides. She hopes to continue using the arts to break barriers\, unite people\, and create social change.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/coded-messages-and-songs-of-the-underground-railroad-4/
LOCATION:Screenshot-2024-09-30-122038
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200320T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200320T150000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200224T115005Z
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SUMMARY:A Staggering Panorama: Women Artists and the Grand Canyon
DESCRIPTION:The iconic image of the Grand Canyon\, the state’s signature landscape\, has inspired countless artists with its geologically impressive and colorful beauty. In the nineteenth century\, there were few women who participated in the national enthusiasm for landscape painting\, but in the twentieth century\, women emphatically claimed this subject. The Santa Fe Railway formed the first corporate art collection in America\, focusing its efforts on the Southwest\, and purchasing many works by women to promote their routes. The Canyon was the earliest and most developed tourist site in the state\, and it was Mary Jane Colter who created attractive parkitecture for the Fred Harvey Company at the South Rim. \nThe iconic image of the Grand Canyon\, the state’s signature landscape\, has inspired countless artists with its geologically impressive and colorful beauty. In the nineteenth century\, there were few women who participated in the national enthusiasm for landscape painting\, but in the twentieth century\, women emphatically claimed this subject. The Santa Fe Railway formed the first corporate art collection in America\, focusing its efforts on the Southwest\, and purchasing many works by women to promote their routes. The Canyon was the earliest and most developed tourist site in the state\, and it was Mary Jane Colter who created attractive parkitecture for the Fred Harvey Company at the South Rim.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/a-staggering-panorama-women-artists-and-the-grand-canyon/
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200319T171500
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200319T181500
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200224T113739Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T113739Z
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SUMMARY:The Shadow Catchers: 150 Years of Arizona Photography
DESCRIPTION:For more than a century and a half some of the world’s best photographers focused their lenses on Arizona. In addition to the renowned Edward S. Curtis\, Kate Cory lived with the Hopi and represented them in photographs and on canvas\, while C. S. Fly gave us the famous Geronimo pictures. In the 20th century Josef Muench’s pictures brought the movies to Monument Valley\, Dorothea Lange captured Dust Bowl families\, Barry Goldwater depicted Navajo and Hopi culture\, and Ansel Adams glorified Arizona’s skies\, canyons\, and mesas. This presentation’s powerful images make the land and its people come alive. \nBefore retiring from the Arizona Historical Society\, Jim Turner worked with more than 70 museums across the state. He co-authored the 4th-grade textbook The Arizona Story\, and his pictorial history\, Arizona: Celebration of the Grand Canyon State\, was a 2012 Southwest Books of the Year selection. Jim moved to Tucson in 1951\, earned a M.A. in U.S. history in 1999\, and has been presenting Arizona history for more than forty years. Jim is an author/editor for Rio Nuevo Publishers\, author of The Mighty Colorado from the Glaciers to the Gulf and Four Corners USA: Wonders of the American Southwest.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-shadow-catchers-150-years-of-arizona-photography-9/
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200319T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200319T170000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200224T113123Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T113123Z
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SUMMARY:More than Pocahontas and Squaws: Indigenous Women Coming into Visibility
DESCRIPTION: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)\, among others. Among some traditional tribal cultures\, women’s lives are modeled after female heroes and sacred women who exemplify and express courage and kinship values. Rites of passage celebrate female creativity and the transformative nature of women\, hence there was not a need for the concept of feminism. This talk presents cultural aspects of Indigenous culture and how women have contributed in significant ways\, not only to their tribal nations\, but to contemporary American life. \nLaura Tohe is Diné. She is Sleepy Rock clan born for the Bitter Water clan. She holds a Ph.D. in Indigenous American Literature. A librettist and an award-winning poet\, her books include No Parole Today\, Meeting the Spirit of Water\, Sister Nations\, Tséyi\, Deep in the Rock\, and Code Talker Stories. Her commissioned libretto\, Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio\, was performed by the Phoenix Symphony. Her new work\, Nahasdzaan in the Glittering World\, makes its world premiere in France 2019. She is Professor Emerita with Distinction at Arizona State University and is the Navajo Nation Poet Laureate for 2015-2019.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/more-than-pocahontas-and-squaws-indigenous-women-coming-into-visibility-2/
LOCATION:Saddlebrooke Mountain Clubhouse\, 38759 South Mountain View Boulevard\, Tucson\, AZ\, 85739\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200317T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200317T193000
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SUMMARY:The Gila: River of History
DESCRIPTION:Gregory McNamee is a writer\, editor\, photographer\, and publisher. He is the author of 40 books and more than 6\,000 articles and other publications. He is a contributing editor to the Encyclopædia Britannica\, a research fellow at the Southwest Center of the University of Arizona\, and a lecturer in the Eller School of Management\, at the University of Arizona. For more about him\, visit his web page at www.gregorymcnamee.com. \nSix 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 people depend on the river today—whether they know it or not. Gregory McNamee\, author of the prizewinning book Gila: The Life and Death of an American River\, presents a biography of this vital resource\, drawing on Native American stories\, pioneer memoirs\, the writings of modern naturalists such as Aldo Leopold and Edward Abbey\, and many other sources. Think of it as 70 million years of history packed into an entertaining\, informative hour.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-gila-river-of-history-9/
LOCATION:Screenshot-2024-09-30-122038
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200316T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200316T160000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200224T103402Z
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SUMMARY:Honky Tonks\, Brothels\, and Mining Camps: Entertainment in Old Arizona
DESCRIPTION:In pioneer Arizona\, among the best places to experience the performing arts were in the mining towns. Striking it rich meant having disposable income\, and miners\, like the well-heeled of the Gilded Age\, wanted to demonstrate their sophistication with culture. From the early popular music of ragtime and minstrelsy during the forming of these communities\, evolved orchestras\, opera and glee clubs—all in hamlets like Tombstone. Dr. Craváth shares stories and music of a time when performing live was the only way to enjoy the arts. \nJay Craváth\, Ph.D. is a composer\, writer\, and scholar in the field of music and Indigenous studies. He crafts programs from these interests into interactive discussions that include stories\, musical performance\, and illustrations/photography. One of his most recent publication is Iretaba: Mohave Chief and American Diplomat. Dr. Craváth will begin an Arizona tour in late May of 2017 for his latest album: Songs for Ancient Days. \n  \n  \n  \nDan is the former executive director of Arizona Humanities\, where he worked for nearly 20 years. Since leaving AH\, Shilling has co-directed three NEH summer institutes on environmental ethics\, given dozens of presentations on place-based economic development\, and authored or edited several publications\, including Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Methods for Environmental Sustainability(Cambridge 2018). A former high school teacher\, Dan holds a PhD in literature from ASU. He has served on dozens of boards and commissions. To acknowledge his many contributions to the state\, ASU presented him its most prestigious honor\, the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/honky-tonks-brothels-and-mining-camps-entertainment-in-old-arizona-18/
LOCATION:Jan-Cleere-photo-1-WEB
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200316T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200316T153000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200224T102659Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T102659Z
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SUMMARY:The Shadow Catchers: 150 Years of Arizona Photography
DESCRIPTION:For more than a century and a half some of the world’s best photographers focused their lenses on Arizona. In addition to the renowned Edward S. Curtis\, Kate Cory lived with the Hopi and represented them in photographs and on canvas\, while C. S. Fly gave us the famous Geronimo pictures. In the 20th century Josef Muench’s pictures brought the movies to Monument Valley\, Dorothea Lange captured Dust Bowl families\, Barry Goldwater depicted Navajo and Hopi culture\, and Ansel Adams glorified Arizona’s skies\, canyons\, and mesas. This presentation’s powerful images make the land and its people come alive. \nBefore retiring from the Arizona Historical Society\, Jim Turner worked with more than 70 museums across the state. He co-authored the 4th-grade textbook The Arizona Story\, and his pictorial history\, Arizona: Celebration of the Grand Canyon State\, was a 2012 Southwest Books of the Year selection. Jim moved to Tucson in 1951\, earned a M.A. in U.S. history in 1999\, and has been presenting Arizona history for more than forty years. Jim is an author/editor for Rio Nuevo Publishers\, author of The Mighty Colorado from the Glaciers to the Gulf and Four Corners USA: Wonders of the American Southwest.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-shadow-catchers-150-years-of-arizona-photography-8/
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200314T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200314T143000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200224T100102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T100102Z
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SUMMARY:The Shadow Catchers: 150 Years of Arizona Photography
DESCRIPTION:For more than a century and a half some of the world’s best photographers focused their lenses on Arizona. In addition to the renowned Edward S. Curtis\, Kate Cory lived with the Hopi and represented them in photographs and on canvas\, while C. S. Fly gave us the famous Geronimo pictures. In the 20th century Josef Muench’s pictures brought the movies to Monument Valley\, Dorothea Lange captured Dust Bowl families\, Barry Goldwater depicted Navajo and Hopi culture\, and Ansel Adams glorified Arizona’s skies\, canyons\, and mesas. This presentation’s powerful images make the land and its people come alive. \nBefore retiring from the Arizona Historical Society\, Jim Turner worked with more than 70 museums across the state. He co-authored the 4th-grade textbook The Arizona Story\, and his pictorial history\, Arizona: Celebration of the Grand Canyon State\, was a 2012 Southwest Books of the Year selection. Jim moved to Tucson in 1951\, earned a M.A. in U.S. history in 1999\, and has been presenting Arizona history for more than forty years. Jim is an author/editor for Rio Nuevo Publishers\, author of The Mighty Colorado from the Glaciers to the Gulf and Four Corners USA: Wonders of the American Southwest.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-shadow-catchers-150-years-of-arizona-photography-7/
LOCATION:Extension
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200312T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200312T150000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200224T094311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T094311Z
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SUMMARY:The Navajo Long Walk (1863-1868): Through the Eyes of Navajo Women
DESCRIPTION:The Navajo people of old were forced to leave their homes and walk over 450 miles to Fort Sumner in eastern New Mexico where they were imprisoned on a small reservation. For four long years the Navajo people faced hunger\, loneliness\, disorientation\, illnesses\, severe environmental conditions\, and hopelessness. Navajo women were forced to become warriors. It was the nurturing role\, words and actions of women that spared the lives of the ones who survived. Before their release from prisoner of war status in 1968\, it was the demands of the women that led the Navajo people back to their original lands in northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. The Long Walk has been collected in historical literature by non-Navajo authors. Absent from the literature is the Navajo perspective. The audience will hear the Navajo female elders’ version of the Long Walk in this presentation. \nDr. Evangeline Parsons Yazzie is a Navajo woman\, originally from the community of Hardrock on the Navajo Reservation. She is a Professor Emerita of Navajo at Northern Arizona University (NAU). She obtained a Masters of Arts degree in Bilingual Multicultural Education (NAU) and a Doctorate degree in Education (NAU). Evangeline retired from NAU after 24 years of teaching. Evangeline is a novelist\, the author of four novels in Navajo and English which are based upon the Navajo Long Walk (1864 through 1868). She is an author of a popular Navajo language textbook\, and the author of an award-winning bilingual children’s book.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-navajo-long-walk-1863-1868-through-the-eyes-of-navajo-women/
LOCATION:national-poetry-month-2016-IMG_3450
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200312T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200312T140000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200224T092506Z
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SUMMARY:The Ballad of Arizona
DESCRIPTION:Originally conceived to celebrate Arizona’s Centennial in 2012\, “The Ballad of Arizona” has been updated to provide a more complete survey of important\, but often little-known\, chapters of Arizona’s unique history. A blend of music\, video\, and lecture\, “The Ballad of Arizona” is similar to “A Prairie Home Companion” but with an Arizona twist. The dozen vignettes featured in the presentation include the Buffalo Soldiers\, dude ranch history\, the Code Talkers\, forester Aldo Leopold\, Japanese-American Internment\, famous cattle drives\, the assassination of reporter Don Bolles\, and more stories that explore Arizona’s unique cultural and natural diversity. Jay Craváth is joined by Dan Shilling for this entertaining two-person presentation that combines song and story. \nJay Craváth\, Ph.D. is a composer\, writer\, and scholar in the field of music and Indigenous studies. He crafts programs from these interests into interactive discussions that include stories\, musical performance\, and illustrations/photography. One of his most recent publication is Iretaba: Mohave Chief and American Diplomat. Dr. Craváth will begin an Arizona tour in late May of 2017 for his latest album: Songs for Ancient Days. \n  \n  \n  \nDan is the former executive director of Arizona Humanities\, where he worked for nearly 20 years. Since leaving AH\, Shilling has co-directed three NEH summer institutes on environmental ethics\, given dozens of presentations on place-based economic development\, and authored or edited several publications\, including Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Methods for Environmental Sustainability(Cambridge 2018). A former high school teacher\, Dan holds a PhD in literature from ASU. He has served on dozens of boards and commissions. To acknowledge his many contributions to the state\, ASU presented him its most prestigious honor\, the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-ballad-of-arizona-4/
LOCATION:Studio 128\, 134 N Railroad ave\, Willcox\, AZ\, 85643\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200312T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200312T120000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200224T091958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200224T091958Z
UID:10065935-1584010800-1584014400@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Hyenas in Petticoats - How Women Struggled Against Every Dirty Trick in the Books to Win the Vote!
DESCRIPTION:Jana Bommersbach is one of Arizona’s most honored and respected journalists. She has won accolades in every facet of her career— investigative reporter\, magazine columnist\, television commentator and author of nationally acclaimed books. She currently writes for True West magazine\, digging up the true stories behind the popular myths\, with an emphasis on Arizona’s real history and women of the Old West. Her insight\, knowledge and wit produce exuberant\, riveting speeches that always garner rave reviews. \nAs we celebrate the 100th birthday of the 19th Amendment in 2020\, it’s time to look back at the enormous effort it took for women to be granted full citizenship and the vote. History has downplayed suffrage\, as if it were just a footnote in American history\, when in fact\, it was the nation’s largest civil rights movement. Western women got the vote long before their Eastern sisters\, but don’t dare tell an Arizona suffragette that she had it easy. Arizona had its own dirty tricks. Jana exposes it all—the heroines\, the heroes and the haters.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/hyenas-in-petticoats-how-women-struggled-against-every-dirty-trick-in-the-books-to-win-the-vote-8/
LOCATION:Desert Caballeros Western Museum\, 21 N. Frontier Street\, Wickenburg\, AZ\, 85390\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
GEO:33.968561;-112.730925
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200311T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200311T183000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200220T140409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T140409Z
UID:10065933-1583947800-1583951400@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:WWII's Women Air Force Pilots (WASP): A History of America's First Military Women Aviators
DESCRIPTION:Natalie J. Stewart-Smith has been an educator for over 25 years and taught at the elementary\, high school\, and college levels. As a former Army officer and historian\, she is interested in women’s contributions to the military\, particularly those who served as military aviators. \nDuring World War II over one thousand women served as Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)\, freeing male pilots for combat roles at a critical time during the war. The WASP ferried planes from factories to embarkation points; performed engineer test flying of repaired aircraft and did target towing for gunnery training. By the spring of 1944\, every P-51 Mustang flown in combat had already been flown by a WASP. This presentation shares their stories as fliers\, patriots\, and women who had to fight for the right to be called veterans. \n 
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/wwiis-women-air-force-pilots-wasp-a-history-of-americas-first-military-women-aviators/
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200311T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200311T150000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200220T110042Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T110042Z
UID:10065932-1583933400-1583938800@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:The Vanishing Trading Posts
DESCRIPTION:“The Vanishing Trading Posts” presents a snapshot of life in the southwest that has disappeared. In a little over one hundred years\, trading posts in the Four Corners were founded\, traders and Native Americans flourished\, and then the posts faded away. The challenges and unexpected gifts of cross-cultural exchange and stories of trading family dynasties are discussed against a background of social and economic changes on the reservations and in the U.S. that still impact relationships today. \nChris and Sandy are docents at the Museum of Northern Arizona and have been speaking about the land and people of the Colorado Plateau since 2012. In-depth research and related interviews have resulted in presentations to local social and educational groups\, museum groups\, public venues such as the Riordan Mansion State Park in Flagstaff\, and AZ Speaks locations throughout Arizona. Some topics are presented in costumes of the time period\, and in every case with a thorough exploration of the events and personalities of the time from multiple points of view.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-vanishing-trading-posts-2/
LOCATION:Church of the Nazarene\, 55 Rojo Dr\, Sedona\, 86351
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
GEO:34.768785;-111.766626
X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Church of the Nazarene 55 Rojo Dr Sedona 86351;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=55 Rojo Dr:geo:-111.766626,34.768785
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200311T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200311T150000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200220T104401Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T104401Z
UID:10065930-1583931600-1583938800@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Arizona: A History of Snake Oil Salesmen\, Scams and Hoaxes
DESCRIPTION:Since the earliest days\, Arizonans have been visited by entrepreneurs offering all kinds of get rich quick schemes. Benefitting from tales of abundant resources in the territory\, limited law enforcement and communication\, a scoundrel could create enticing promise of riches and success without much external oversight. Newspapers often fanned the hysteria only to later denounce and expose the schemes. People from across America came west to seek a better life. When that better life proved too slow in materializing\, they often fell prey to a quick and easy alternative being offered by the schemer. Sometimes even the well-educated and worldly could not resist the lure\, despite later admitting they should have known better. Using newspaper articles\, quotes\, photographs and ephemera\, this program illustrates some of the most famous and some of the lesser known embarrassing scams and hoaxes that have found the gullible in Arizona. \nChristine Reid is intrigued by Arizona’s diverse and rich western heritage as a writer and researcher at the Pinal County Historical Society and Community Scholar for the ASU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. She continues that deep interest while serving on many of the town of Florence’s heritage projects and agencies. Committed to sharing history in a lively manner\, she presents the sometimes hidden or forgotten aspects of Arizona’s characters and history
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/arizona-a-history-of-snake-oil-salesmen-scams-and-hoaxes-5/
LOCATION:Arizona Western College / Parker Learning Center\, 1109 Geronimo Avenue\, Parker\, AZ\, 85344\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200311T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200311T140000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200220T105449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T105449Z
UID:10065931-1583931600-1583935200@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:More than Pocahontas and Squaws: Indigenous Women Coming into Visibility
DESCRIPTION: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)\, among others. Among some traditional tribal cultures\, women’s lives are modeled after female heroes and sacred women who exemplify and express courage and kinship values. Rites of passage celebrate female creativity and the transformative nature of women\, hence there was not a need for the concept of feminism. This talk presents cultural aspects of Indigenous culture and how women have contributed in significant ways\, not only to their tribal nations\, but to contemporary American life. \nLaura Tohe is Diné. She is Sleepy Rock clan born for the Bitter Water clan. She holds a Ph.D. in Indigenous American Literature. A librettist and an award-winning poet\, her books include No Parole Today\, Meeting the Spirit of Water\, Sister Nations\, Tséyi\, Deep in the Rock\, and Code Talker Stories. Her commissioned libretto\, Enemy Slayer: A Navajo Oratorio\, was performed by the Phoenix Symphony. Her new work\, Nahasdzaan in the Glittering World\, makes its world premiere in France 2019. She is Professor Emerita with Distinction at Arizona State University and is the Navajo Nation Poet Laureate for 2015-2019.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/more-than-pocahontas-and-squaws-indigenous-women-coming-into-visibility/
LOCATION:The-Art-of-Drag-Square-Banner
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200310T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200310T210000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200220T103518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T103518Z
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SUMMARY:The Antiquity of Irrigation in the Southwest
DESCRIPTION:Before AD 1500\, Native American cultures took advantage of southern Arizona’s long growing season and tackled its challenge of limited precipitation by developing the earliest and most extensive irrigation works in all of North America. Agriculture was introduced to Arizona more than 4\,000 years before present\, and irrigation systems were developed in our state at least 3\,500 years ago – several hundred years before irrigation was established in ancient Mexico. This presentation by archaeologist Allen Dart provides an overview of ancient irrigation systems in the southern Southwest and discusses irrigation’s implications for understanding social complexity. \nRegistered Professional Archaeologist Registered Professional Archaeologist Allen Dart has worked in Arizona and New Mexico since 1975 and has been an Arizona Humanities speaker since 1997. He is the former executive director of Tucson’s nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center\, which he founded in 1993 to provide educational and scientific programs in archaeology\, history\, and cultures. Al has received the Arizona Governor’s Archaeology Advisory Commission Award in Public Archaeology\, the Arizona Archaeological Society’s Professional Archaeologist of the Year Award\, and the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society’s Victor R. Stoner Award for his efforts to bring archaeology and history to the public.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-antiquity-of-irrigation-in-the-southwest-5/
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200310T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200310T203000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200220T102647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T102647Z
UID:10065928-1583866800-1583872200@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:The Ballad of Arizona
DESCRIPTION:Originally conceived to celebrate Arizona’s Centennial in 2012\, “The Ballad of Arizona” has been updated to provide a more complete survey of important\, but often little-known\, chapters of Arizona’s unique history. A blend of music\, video\, and lecture\, “The Ballad of Arizona” is similar to “A Prairie Home Companion” but with an Arizona twist. The dozen vignettes featured in the presentation include the Buffalo Soldiers\, dude ranch history\, the Code Talkers\, forester Aldo Leopold\, Japanese-American Internment\, famous cattle drives\, the assassination of reporter Don Bolles\, and more stories that explore Arizona’s unique cultural and natural diversity. Jay Craváth is joined by Dan Shilling for this entertaining two-person presentation that combines song and story. \nJay Craváth\, Ph.D. is a composer\, writer\, and scholar in the field of music and Indigenous studies. He crafts programs from these interests into interactive discussions that include stories\, musical performance\, and illustrations/photography. One of his most recent publication is Iretaba: Mohave Chief and American Diplomat. Dr. Craváth will begin an Arizona tour in late May of 2017 for his latest album: Songs for Ancient Days. \n  \n  \n  \n \nDan is the former executive director of Arizona Humanities\, where he worked for nearly 20 years. Since leaving AH\, Shilling has co-directed three NEH summer institutes on environmental ethics\, given dozens of presentations on place-based economic development\, and authored or edited several publications\, including Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Methods for Environmental Sustainability(Cambridge 2018). A former high school teacher\, Dan holds a PhD in literature from ASU. He has served on dozens of boards and commissions. To acknowledge his many contributions to the state\, ASU presented him its most prestigious honor\, the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/the-ballad-of-arizona-3/
LOCATION:ASU Colleges at Lake Havasu City\, ASU Gym\, 100 University Way\, Lake Havasu Ctiy\, AZ\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200307T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200307T140000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200220T093928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T093928Z
UID:10065925-1583586000-1583589600@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Shadow Catchers: 150 Years of Arizona Photography
DESCRIPTION:For more than a century and a half some of the world’s best photographers focused their lenses on Arizona. In addition to the renowned Edward S. Curtis\, Kate Cory lived with the Hopi and represented them in photographs and on canvas\, while C. S. Fly gave us the famous Geronimo pictures. In the 20th century Josef Muench’s pictures brought the movies to Monument Valley\, Dorothea Lange captured Dust Bowl families\, Barry Goldwater depicted Navajo and Hopi culture\, and Ansel Adams glorified Arizona’s skies\, canyons\, and mesas. This presentation’s powerful images make the land and its people come alive. \nBefore retiring from the Arizona Historical Society\, Jim Turner worked with more than 70 museums across the state. He co-authored the 4th-grade textbook The Arizona Story\, and his pictorial history\, Arizona: Celebration of the Grand Canyon State\, was a 2012 Southwest Books of the Year selection. Jim moved to Tucson in 1951\, earned a M.A. in U.S. history in 1999\, and has been presenting Arizona history for more than forty years. Jim is an author/editor for Rio Nuevo Publishers\, author of The Mighty Colorado from the Glaciers to the Gulf and Four Corners USA: Wonders of the American Southwest
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/shadow-catchers-150-years-of-arizona-photography/
LOCATION:2016.01.26-AZ-Humanities-PSOTU-81-Copy
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200307T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200307T133000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200220T101912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T101912Z
UID:10065927-1583582400-1583587800@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Honky Tonks\, Brothels and Mining Camps: Entertainment in Old Arizona
DESCRIPTION:In pioneer Arizona\, among the best places to experience the performing arts were in the mining towns. Striking it rich meant having disposable income\, and miners\, like the well-heeled of the Gilded Age\, wanted to demonstrate their sophistication with culture. From the early popular music of ragtime and minstrelsy during the forming of these communities\, evolved orchestras\, opera and glee clubs—all in hamlets like Tombstone. Dr. Craváth shares stories and music of a time when performing live was the only way to enjoy the arts. \nJay Craváth\, Ph.D. is a composer\, writer\, and scholar in the field of music and Indigenous studies. He crafts programs from these interests into interactive discussions that include stories\, musical performance\, and illustrations/photography. One of his most recent publication is Iretaba: Mohave Chief and American Diplomat. Dr. Craváth will begin an Arizona tour in late May of 2017 for his latest album: Songs for Ancient Days. \n  \n  \n \nDan is the former executive director of Arizona Humanities\, where he worked for nearly 20 years. Since leaving AH\, Shilling has co-directed three NEH summer institutes on environmental ethics\, given dozens of presentations on place-based economic development\, and authored or edited several publications\, including Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Methods for Environmental Sustainability(Cambridge 2018). A former high school teacher\, Dan holds a PhD in literature from ASU. He has served on dozens of boards and commissions. To acknowledge his many contributions to the state\, ASU presented him its most prestigious honor\, the Distinguished Alumnus Award.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/honky-tonks-brothels-and-mining-camps-entertainment-in-old-arizona-17/
LOCATION:Cochise College Benson Center\, 1025 S. Highway 90\, Benson\, AZ\, 85602\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200305T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200305T200000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200220T092219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200220T092219Z
UID:10065923-1583433000-1583438400@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Honky Tonks\, Brothels\, and Mining Camp: Entertainment in Old Arizona
DESCRIPTION:In pioneer Arizona\, among the best places to experience the performing arts were in the mining towns. Striking it rich meant having disposable income\, and miners\, like the well-heeled of the Gilded Age\, wanted to demonstrate their sophistication with culture. From the early popular music of ragtime and minstrelsy during the forming of these communities\, evolved orchestras\, opera and glee clubs—all in hamlets like Tombstone. Dr. Craváth shares stories and music of a time when performing live was the only way to enjoy the arts. \n \nJay Craváth\, Ph.D. is a composer\, writer\, and scholar in the field of music and Indigenous studies. He crafts programs from these interests into interactive discussions that include stories\, musical performance\, and illustrations/photography. One of his most recent publication is Iretaba: Mohave Chief and American Diplomat. Dr. Craváth will begin an Arizona tour in late May of 2017 for his latest album: Songs for Ancient Days. \n  \n  \n  \n \nDan is the former executive director of Arizona Humanities\, where he worked for nearly 20 years. Since leaving AH\, Shilling has co-directed three NEH summer institutes on environmental ethics\, given dozens of presentations on place-based economic development\, and authored or edited several publications\, including Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Learning from Indigenous Methods for Environmental Sustainability(Cambridge 2018). A former high school teacher\, Dan holds a PhD in literature from ASU. He has served on dozens of boards and commissions. To acknowledge his many contributions to the state\, ASU presented him its most prestigious honor\, the Distinguished Alumnus Award. \n 
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/honky-tonks-brothels-and-mining-camp-entertainment-in-old-arizona/
LOCATION:Fences-Workshop-Pic
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200305T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200305T193000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200219T142608Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T142608Z
UID:10065922-1583433000-1583436600@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Hyenas in Petticoats: How Women Struggled Against Every Trick in the Books to Win the Vote!
DESCRIPTION:As we celebrate the 100th birthday of the 19th Amendment in 2020\, it’s time to look back at the enormous effort it took for women to be granted full citizenship and the vote. History has downplayed suffrage\, as if it were just a footnote in American history\, when in fact\, it was the nation’s largest civil rights movement. Western women got the vote long before their Eastern sisters\, but don’t dare tell an Arizona suffragette that she had it easy. Arizona had its own dirty tricks. Jana exposes it all—the heroines\, the heroes and the haters. \nJana Bommersbach is one of Arizona’s most honored and respected journalists. She has won accolades in every facet of her career— investigative reporter\, magazine columnist\, television commentator and author of nationally acclaimed books. She currently writes for True West magazine\, digging up the true stories behind the popular myths\, with an emphasis on Arizona’s real history and women of the Old West. Her insight\, knowledge and wit produce exuberant\, riveting speeches that always garner rave reviews.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/hyenas-in-petticoats-how-women-struggled-against-every-trick-in-the-books-to-win-the-vote/
LOCATION:​Ironwood Library\, 4333 E. Chandler Blvd.\, Phoenix\, AZ\, 85048\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
GEO:33.3048702;-111.9894638
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200304T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200304T130000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200219T140116Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T140116Z
UID:10065920-1583323200-1583326800@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Three Generations of the American Indian Boarding School Experience
DESCRIPTION: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 the needs of the many be placed above the needs of the few? How do we address the \n \nsocial and moral issues raised by competition for scarce resources\, locally\, regionally and nationwide? Join us for a discussion about water in Arizona\, sustainability and the supply/demand imbalance. \nDr. Evangeline Parsons Yazzie is a Navajo woman\, originally from the community of Hardrock on the Navajo Reservation. She is a Professor Emerita of Navajo at Northern Arizona University (NAU). She obtained a Masters of Arts degree in Bilingual Multicultural Education (NAU) and a Doctorate degree in Education (NAU). Evangeline retired from NAU after 24 years of teaching. Evangeline is a novelist\, the author of four novels in Navajo and English which are based upon the Navajo Long Walk (1864 through 1868). She is an author of a popular Navajo language textbook\, and the author of an award-winning bilingual children’s book.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/three-generations-of-the-american-indian-boarding-school-experience-3/
LOCATION:The-Art-of-Drag-Square-Banner
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200304T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200304T120000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200219T132946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T132946Z
UID:10065919-1583319600-1583323200@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Barbed Wire\, Windmills and Railroads: The Technology that Really Won the West
DESCRIPTION:In Arizona and throughout the West\, three innovations helped make farming and living possible: Windmills brought groundwater to the surface\, barbed wire sectioned the vast landscape into parcels\, and railroads moved men\, women\, families and materials from back east. In the old West\, there were over 8 million windmills\, a man caught cutting down a barbed wire fence was often found hanging from a rope\, and railroads gave us time zones and the Blue Plate Special. Brave men and women won the West but the new technology made it possible. \nSteve Renzi\, a University of Arizona graduate with a degree in history\, believes that every generation must learn about who and what came before them or else the lessons learned are lost. As a writer and photographer with a teacher’s certificate in secondary education\, Renzi is always searching for new ways of exploring our history. He has been published in over 200 magazine and newspaper articles and is currently a writing and photography teacher\, as well as a basketball coach
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/barbed-wire-windmills-and-railroads-the-technology-that-really-won-the-west-2/
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200303T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Phoenix:20200303T143000
DTSTAMP:20260408T134634
CREATED:20200219T125948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T125948Z
UID:10065917-1583242200-1583245800@azhumanities.org
SUMMARY:Arizona's Great Escape
DESCRIPTION: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 people may have heard of this event\, but few know the details. This presentation tells the story of what happened to these German POWs and the Arizona residents who encountered them. \nSteve Renzi\, a University of Arizona graduate with a degree in history\, believes that every generation must learn about who and what came before them or else the lessons learned are lost. As a writer and photographer with a teacher’s certificate in secondary education\, Renzi is always searching for new ways of exploring our history. He has been published in over 200 magazine and newspaper articles and is currently a writing and photography teacher\, as well as a basketball coach.
URL:https://azhumanities.org/event/arizonas-great-escape-6/
LOCATION:Perry Branch Library\, 1965 E. Queen Creek Rd.\, Gilbert\, AZ\, 85297\, United States
CATEGORIES:AZ Speaks
GEO:33.2626032;-111.7478894
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