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  • November 2024

  • Sat 9

    “Talking Code with a Secret Weapon: Navajo Code Talkers Speak” with Laura Tohe

    November 9, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    Chandler Basha Library 5990 S. Val Vista Dr., Chandler

    PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION During WWII a group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines unaware that they would develop a secret code against the Japanese military. This select group of […]

    FREE
  • Mon 11

    “Arizona Snake Oil Salesmen, Scams, and Hoaxes” with Christine Reid

    November 11, 2024 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
    Ahwatukee Recreation Center 5001 E. Cheyenne Dr, Phoenix, United States

    PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION Entrepreneurs offering assorted “get rich quick” schemes and “cure-alls” have visited Arizona since the early days. Benefitting from tales of abundant resources in the territory, limited law enforcement […]

    FREE
  • Wed 13

    “Beyond the Kitsch: The Pervasive Spirit of our Indigenous Creative Community ” with Nanibaa Beck

    November 13, 2024 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
    City of Surprise City Hall - City Council Chambers 16000 N Civic Center Plaza, Surprise, AZ, United States

    PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION Throughout the Southwest, tourists and locals encounter a range of Indigenous art, from manufactured and imported cultural appropriations to fine art in galleries and museums. The state’s creative […]

    FREE
  • Mon 18

    “Connections to Holistic Material: Native Culture Today and Tomorrow” with Yolanda Hart Stevens

    November 18, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
    Salzar-Ajo Library 15 Plaza St., #179, Ajo, United States

    PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION From birth to death, the mesquite tree is an integral part of life for many who call the desert home. The mesquite tree is just one of many […]

    FREE
  • Tue 19

    “Getting Deeper into the Grand Canyon and Other Natural Wonder” with Matthew Goodwin

    November 19, 2024 @ 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
    Maricopa County Library District - White Tank Library 20304 West White Tank Mountain Road, Waddell, United States

    PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION Why are we drawn to such places as the Grand Canyon? Why are people moved to travel from all around the world to visit and explore them? In […]

    FREE
  • Thu 21

    “To Steal a Kingdom – The Remarkable Story of the Most Outrageous Land Fraud Ever” with Jay Mark

    November 21, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
    Dorothy Powell Senior Center 405 E 6th St, Casa Grande, AZ, United States

    PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION In the late-19th century, Arizona was the center of one the grandest land-fraud schemes perpetrated in the U.S. As the result of an apparent 17th century royal decree, […]

    FREE
  • Thu 21

    “Talking Code with a Secret Weapon: Navajo Code Talkers Speak” with Laura Tohe

    November 21, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
    Gila Bend Library 777 N. Logan Ave., Gila Bend, United States

    PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION During WWII a group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines unaware that they would develop a secret code against the Japanese military. This select group of […]

    FREE
  • Mon 25

    “The Story Hour” with Akua Duku Anoyke

    November 25, 2024 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
    Salzar-Ajo Library 15 Plaza St., #179, Ajo, United States

    PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION Stories shape and transform our lives. This presentation explores the many stories we tell from folktales to memories of the past. It reflects on who tells stories and […]

    FREE
  • December 2024

  • Mon 2

    “Talking Code with a Secret Weapon: Navajo Code Talkers Speak” with Laura Tohe

    December 2, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
    Monte Vista Building Pueblo Room 8865 E. Baseline Road #1740, Mesa, AZ

    PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION During WWII a group of young Navajo men enlisted in the Marines unaware that they would develop a secret code against the Japanese military. This select group of […]

    FREE
  • Thu 5

    “Cochise, Geronimo, and the Apache Wars” with Gregory McNamee

    December 5, 2024 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
    Coolidge Public Library Program Room 160 W Central Ave, Coolidge, AZ, United States

    PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION Their names resound in Arizona history and pepper the of the state map, but few people know well the tangled history that surrounds the so-called “Apache Wars”, when […]

    FREE
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