Journal
Many visitors to the Southwest are drawn to the Pueblos during the annual Feast Days. These cultural celebrations bring those both familiar and new to the customs and traditions of the Pueblo people. The celebrations occur at the same time each year, and most Pueblos hold a large Feast Day to honor the patron saint […]
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Powwows are times of celebration for Native People and over the last thirty-six years, the Gathering of Nations has grown to be one of the most recognized of these events. Held in Albuquerque over a three-day period in April, the Gathering of Nations draws dancers, vendors, and visitors from all over the world. Everyone who […]
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Symbols are a universal language. Seeing certain shapes, marks or images conjures up similar understanding in people, regardless of whether they speak the same language or not. This communal meaning can be seen in cultures throughout human history. One image in particular speaks to all of us: the circle. Throughout history, circles have formed our […]
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Restoring political, economic and community power to women is a growing movement in today’s world. For Native women it is especially powerful to reassert these rights. In many cases, doing so restores the cultural beliefs of indigenous groups by returning women to their historical place of influence. It’s a place that was usurped by colonialism […]
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Human history is filled with images and symbols, ordinary things which take on deeper meanings in the context of people’s lives. Numbers are some of those symbols that ground themselves into concepts and beliefs. Take, for example, the number three. One has only to look at fairy tales to see the power of this number. […]
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