Crow Canyon Archaeological Center

06/04/2026

06/04/2026

Sometimes archaeology is more than learning about the past—it’s reconnecting people to it.

For Indigenous participants in Crow Canyon programs, visiting ancestral landscapes can be powerful, personal, and deeply meaningful.

Read a new letter from President and CEO Liz Perry about expanding Indigenous participation across Crow Canyon programs and helping create pathways to place, heritage, and future opportunity. Learn how your support can help make these opportunities possible.

https://crowcanyon.org/current-priorities/

06/02/2026

Crow Canyon is pleased to help share an upcoming evening celebrating Indigenous voices, poetry, and storytelling at Sunflower Theatre at KSJD.

On Saturday, June 6 at 7 p.m., “A Place We Call Home,” presented in association with the Four Corners Poetry Festival, will feature local Indigenous poets Kirbie Bennett, Eirene Hamilton, and Esther Belin.

We’re grateful for opportunities like this that elevate Indigenous perspectives, creativity, and connections to place through the power of storytelling and spoken word.

Learn more at https://sunflowertheatre.org/product/8347/

Join us for an evening of powerful poetry and storytelling with local Indigenous poets Kirbie Bennett, Eirene Hamilton, and Esther Belin.

05/30/2026

What do we discover when we sit in silence and truly listen?

In this powerful TED conversation, Rose B. Simpson reflects on creativity, identity, and the relationship between art and everyday life. Coming from generations of ceramic artists and also building custom lowrider cars, Rose challenges the idea that creativity has to fit into one form. Rather than searching for inspiration, she invites us to listen — to place, to community, and to ourselves.

Crow Canyon was honored to work with Rose earlier in her career, and we continue to be inspired by the ways her work invites reflection, creativity, and connection.

Watch the TED Talk here:

What do you hear when you sit in silence? For artist Rose B. Simpson, that question is the beginning of all art. She comes from a line of ceramic artists stretching back generations and, as part of her multidisciplinary work, she also builds custom lowrider cars. (If that sounds like a contradiction...

05/29/2026

We are deeply grateful to the Ute MountainUte Tribal Park for welcoming us onto this remarkable landscape and for the opportunity to work alongside Tribal members and dedicated volunteers in support of trail restoration.

Together with volunteers from Crow Canyon, Osprey Packs, and the Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society, we spent time caring for pathways that connect people to culture, history, and place. These shared efforts reflect the power of collaboration, stewardship, and respect for Indigenous lands and living traditions.

Thank you to everyone who contributed their time, energy, and knowledge to this meaningful work!

05/27/2026

The Greater Chaco Cultural Landscape is a living cultural place of profound significance to Pueblo peoples and Indigenous communities across the Southwest. We join the All Pueblo Council of Governors in recognizing the importance of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s decision to name the landscape to its 2026 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.

This recognition highlights both the enduring cultural importance of Chaco and the urgent need to protect these ancestral places for future generations. We are grateful to the Pueblo of Acoma, APCG, and the many tribal and non-tribal partners working together to advocate for the protection and stewardship of this remarkable landscape.

05/27/2026

We’re reflecting with deep gratitude on this year’s "Mesa Verde and Beyond" program and the opportunity to learn alongside members of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and a remarkable group of cultural practitioners, educators, archaeologists, and lifelong learners. Experiences within the Ute Mountain Ute Tribal Park were enriched by the perspectives and knowledge shared by Rebecca Hammond, Lyle Balenquah, Ritchie Sahneyah, and Dave Satterwhite.

Thank you to everyone who contributed their time, knowledge, and generosity to create such a meaningful experience grounded in connection, stewardship, and cultural continuity.

05/25/2026

Honoring all who have served—and those who carry their stories forward.

This Memorial Day, we remember the sacrifices of service members across generations, while lifting up the voices of Indigenous veterans whose commitment to protecting their communities and homelands is deeply rooted.

We invite you to watch "Honor Song," a local public television program presented by New Mexico PBS, which shares powerful reflections on how culture, identity, and service remain interconnected. https://portal.knme.org/show/honor-song/

As we reflect today, we honor their resilience and the enduring strength of cultural traditions.

Celebrating the long history and service of Native Americans in the United States military.

05/22/2026

The Greater Chaco Cultural Landscape—spanning parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah—has been named one of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2026 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

This year’s list recognizes places that illuminate the ongoing pursuit of equality, justice, and cultural understanding in the United States. As an ancestral homeland and living cultural landscape with deep meaning to Pueblo peoples and many Indigenous communities across the Southwest, Chaco remains a place of extraordinary cultural, spiritual, and historical importance.

We are encouraged to see Greater Chaco included alongside other nationally significant places whose stories help us better understand our shared history and responsibility to future generations.

Learn more about the 2026 list and the effort to protect these important places: National Trust for Historic Preservation