Decolonizing Museums: Pathways of Cultural Justice for Indigenous Communities – Flagstaff

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

Museums and Indigenous communities have long had contentious interactions and relationships. In this talk, Jaclyn Roessel, Founder and Present of Grownup Navajo, will examine some of the tensions present within the museum field and discuss how, with further dedication to decolonized practices, museums can help facilitate the assertion of Indigenous community's cultural rights. Jaclyn Roessel […]

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Dinè Women and Weaving – 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 1875 of 1,500 Yavapai and Apache from the Rio Verde Indian Reserve to San Carlos. November 11, 2pm: Öngtupqa Hopi flute performance Come hear one […]

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 1875 of 1,500 Yavapai and Apache from the Rio Verde Indian Reserve to San Carlos. November 11, 2pm: Öngtupqa Hopi flute performance Come hear one […]

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Hopi Festival of Arts and Culture – Flagstaff

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

The program series introduces festival visitors to the history, culture, visual arts, heritage preservation, and contemporary cultural identity of the Hopi. The festival includes lectures, film screenings, art-making demonstrations, and more. Learn more: https://musnaz.org/heritage/hopi-festival/ This project is supported by a grant from Arizona Humanities.

Metal Road Film Screening – Flagstaff

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

For decades, thousands of Navajos worked the railroads maintaining the trans-continental network. Metal Road enters the world of Navajo families amid the history of railroad work through the lens of one workday on the 9001 Heavy Steel Gang.The Metal Road documentary project was supported by several Project Grant awards. Filmmaker and Director Sarah del Seronde shared, “I wanted to […]

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Women on the Mother Road in Arizona: Route 66 – Flagstaff

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

Screening and Discussion of Oral Histories and Documentary Film Called the “Mother Road” by author John Steinbeck, U.S. Route 66 stretches some 2,400 miles from Los Angeles to Chicago, symbolic of the mobility available to Americans, and an iconic highway for many travelers. Yet much of the historical perspective of the highway that passes through […]

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68th Annual Navajo Festival of Arts & Culture – Flagstaff

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

Museum of Northern Arizona Center – Flagstaff, AZ Heritage Insights Series: Zuni, Hopi & Navajo Festivals The Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) Heritage Insights series at the 27th Annual Zuni, 84th Annual Hopi, and 68th Annual Navajo Festivals of Arts & Culture strengthens MNA’s institutional initiative of celebrating the cultural diversity of the Colorado Plateau […]

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84th Annual Hopi Festival of Arts & Culture – Flagstaff

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

"A Fourth of July tradition since the 1930s, the Hopi Festival of Arts & Culture features 90 award-winning artists and presenters from the Hopi villages in northern Arizona. Buy traditional and contemporary art and enjoy Heritage Insights lectures, artist demonstrations, and performances by the Hopi Sinom Dancers, Tyrone & The Ledge, Tha 'Yoties, and flutist […]

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27th Annual Zuni Festival of Arts and Culture – Flagstaff

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

The Museum of Northern Arizona (MNA) Heritage Insights series at the 27th Annual Zuni, 84th Annual Hopi, and 68th Annual Navajo Festivals of Arts & Culture strengthens MNA’s institutional initiative of celebrating the cultural diversity of the Colorado Plateau by promoting cross-cultural understanding and increasing appreciation of the artistry, history, and cultural heritage of the […]

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Celebraciones de la Gente

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

The Museum of Northern Arizona presents Celebracions de la Gente in Flagstaff. This weekend-long event offers insightful heritage programs, music, art, Day of the Dead inspired crafts for the kids, and more. Saturday & Sunday, October 22 & 23 9:00am - 5:00pm Museum of Northern Arizona 3101 N. Ft. Valley Rd. - Flagstaff, AZ 86001 Click […]

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