Beyond the Kitsch: The Pervasive Spirit of Our Indigenous Creative Community with Nanibaa Beck

Yuma Main Library - Meeting Room A 2951 S 21st Dr, Yuma, AZ, United States

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 Indigenous communities are sometimes lost in what is popularly featured as Native American Art. In this presentation, Diné jeweler Nanibaa Beck will highlight contemporary Native American Art, […]

Water in the Southwest: Where Have We Been, and Where Are We Going? with Dr. Jennifer Richter

Yuma Main Library - Meeting Room A 2951 S 21st Dr, Yuma, AZ, United States

It has been said that “Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting.” This is especially true of water politics in the American Southwest, a region defined by its lack of water. The massive 20th century federal investments into dam systems controlled the great rivers of the West, allowing cities like Phoenix to “bloom like […]

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Deconstructing the Taco: The History and Lore of a Beloved Food with Gregory McNamee

Yuma Main Library - Meeting Room A 2951 S 21st Dr, Yuma, AZ, United States

The foods of Arizona speak to the many cultures, native and newcomer, that make up our state. Consider the taco, that favorite treat, a staple of Mexican and Mexican American cooking and an old standby on an Arizonan’s plate. The corn in the tortilla comes from Mexico, the cheese from the Sahara, the lettuce from […]

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