Water Sustainability panel discussion on November 30 at 7 p.m. at Pueblo Grande Museum, offered as a free program to the public. This panel will feature Sustainability Officers from the Cities of Phoenix and Tempe, a water expert from the O'Odham Community, and a member of Gila River Indian Community wetland and aquifer area. Topics […]
The Gila and The Salt: Our River Stories, a storytelling with masked characters performed by artist and master sculptor Zarco Guerrero on November 17 at 7 p.m. at Pueblo Grande Museum. The Gila and The Salt is a series of stories that share the vibrant and tragic history of water and the River People, over […]
Portal to the Past Festival returns as a free event to Pueblo Grande Museum, in partnership with Cultural Coalition, on Sunday, October 2 from 2 to 4 p.m. Combining indigenous history, cultural performances, archaeology, and interactive programming that is fun for the whole family. Attendees will enjoy tours, exhibits, craft activities, indigenous artist demonstrations and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In the early 20th century, archaeologists in the southwestern U.S. viewed a constellation of distinctive cultural traits – multicolored pottery, houses arranged in walled compounds, and monumental architecture – as evidence of a cultural group they termed “Salado.” Subsequent discoveries cause us to question what the Salado traits really represent. In this presentation archaeologist Allen […]
Although history tries to tell us ONLY men settled the Old West, that is shattered by Jana's verbal tour through some of the amazing women who made all the difference. Any woman who came West in the 1800s had to be full of grit and spit to survive and Jana has collected the stories of […]
Grantee Highlight: 42nd Annual Indian Market at Pueblo Grande Museum, December 8-9 Celebrate Native American Arts and Culture at Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix. Explore The Ki:him (O'odham word for village) and experience demonstrations, lectures, and hands-on activities. The Ki:him encourages visitors to see, hear and interact with American Indian artists, crafts people, and performers. […]
Father Kino bridged the gap between the Anglo world and the Native American through his charismatic and caring heart. He was a cartographer, explorer, geographer, scientist, and a man with a mission. Through his knowledge of agriculture, he introduced new livestock breeds and taught animal husbandry to native groups. The new plants and fruit […]
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