Journal
Situated twenty-five miles north of Albuquerque is the land of the Kay-tichi-tya. We know them today as San Felipe Pueblo. They are a people who have one foot in tradition and the other in the modern world. Considered one of the most culturally conservative of the pueblos, San Felipe has managed to hold onto their […]
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They’ve been a part of the landscape for over a thousand years, leaving an indelible mark on the land we call theirs today. It’s an area of roughly 450,000 acres in western New Mexico, the heart of which lies in what is known to the modern world as the Pueblo of Zuni. Coronado christened Zuni […]
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The landscape of the American West is dotted with the remains of long ago, from Ancestral Pueblo dwellings to Spanish missions and US Cavalry forts. One of the most poignant reminders of the past, however, can be found in the ghosts of the mining camps that drew many to the West with the dream of […]
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The symbiotic relationship between the traders and the Native American artisans in the Southwest was often a complicated one. It was the business influence of the traders that helped boom the market for the jewelry, pottery and blankets the Navajo, Hopi and other tribes produced. They also controlled that market in ways which, viewed through […]
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For Native American artisans, their creations flow out of a centuries long tradition. Woven into their pottery, jewelry and other art are the threads of their culture, their landscape and their history. It is this connection that makes their art a tangible reflection of who they are and how they see the world. Beauty is […]
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