Pecos Conference Begins Thursday, August 7

Pecos Conference Begins Thursday, August 7
The Pecos Conference is an annual conference of archaeologists which is held in the southwestern United States or northwestern Mexico. Each August, archaeologists gather under open skies somewhere in the southwestern United States or northwestern Mexico. http://bit.ly/1o4cC7x

NPR Explores History and Commerce at Santa Fe’s Indian Market
The 93rd annual Santa Fe Indian Market is only a month away. It’s the biggest and best-known destination for Native artists and Native art collectors on the planet, and this year, it’s got competition — a new event called the Indigenous Fine Arts Market. Native American art and culture is big business. If you don’t believe that, look no further than the controversial or illegal sides of the market. If you’ve been paying attention over the last year, you’ve seen some lurid and fascinating headlines… http://n.pr/1s2pm08 – NPR

National Park Service Awards Grants to 18 Native American Nations
National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis recently announced more than $700,000 in historic preservation grants to 18 American Indian tribes and Alaskan Natives organizations. “These grants help America’s first peoples in preserving significant tribal places, culture and tradition,” Jarvis said. http://bit.ly/1mcWMBX – Indian Country Today

Trespass Livestock Continue to Cause Problems at Mesa Verde
The deaths of six wild horses in Mesa Verde National Park this spring and summer have sparked protests and refocused attention on a problem with “trespass livestock” in this southwest Colorado park. Two horses died in late May or early June, and another four were discovered July 8 on a remote ridge in the western section of the park. Park authorities don’t know the cause of death of the first two, but the more recent deaths were believed to be the result of dehydration. http://dpo.st/1s1FDyM – Denver Post

Navajo Nation Confronted with Heritage Tourism’s Dilemma: How to Preserve and Share Simultaneously
Harold Simpson lets loose a high-pitched wail that breaks the desert silence, an emotional unleashing that harks back to his colorful past here: “Hooooo-whoooooo!” The whoop echoes off Rain God Mesa and two other red-rock behemoths that jut purposefully from the land. For Simpson, they’re backdrops to a wild-at-heart boyhood in this Navajo-owned tribal park — a place that’s at once an international tourist destination and a Native American park laden with spiritual significance. http://lat.ms/1pRX3v6 – L.A. Times

Utah Family to Pay for Teen’s Vandalism of Rock Art in Nine Mile Canyon
The family of two juveniles responsible with defacing ancient rock art in Nine Mile Canyon has agreed to pay for the damage. In May, Bureau of Land Management Utah Price Field Office law enforcement officers and archaeological staff investigated citizen-reported damage to the Nine Mile Canyon Pregnant Buffalo rock art panel in Carbon County. http://bit.ly/1zLCPuk – The Standard Examiner

Lecture Opportunity – Cortez
Shanna Diederichs will present Big House on the Prairie: Results of Excavations on the Basketmaker Communities Project and the Dillard Site Great Kiva  at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, 23390 Road K, Cortez, on Thursday, Aug. 7. The program, part of the 2014 Four Corners Lecture Series, begins at 7 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 970-564-4362.

Lecture Opportunity – Cortez
Work Room, Storage Room, Kitchen, and Refuge: The Many and Varied Uses of Multiple-Story Structures in Late Pueblo III Villages of the Northern San Juan is the title of Kristin Kuckelman’s presentation at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, 23390 Road K, Cortez, on Thursday, Aug. 14. The program, part of the 2014 Four Corners Lecture Series, begins at 7 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 970-564-4362.

Lecture Opportunity – Santa Fe
Southwest Seminars Presents Dr. Severin Fowles who will give the lecture God is Red: Still on Aug 4 at 6pm at Hotel Santa Fe as part of the annual Native Culture Matters Lecture Series held to acknowledge the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI). No reservations are necessary and admission is by subscription or $12 at the door. Refreshments are served and seating is limited. Contact Connie Eichstatedt at 505 466-2775, email: southwestseminar@aol.com; website: http://bit.ly/YhJddr – Southwest Seminars

Lecture Opportunity – Santa Fe
Southwest Seminars Presents Dr. Philip Goldstone, former Woodrow Wilson Fellow and Scientist (retired), Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Historic Map Collector and Enthusiast who will give a lecture Maps, Mapmakers, and Troublemakers in Mid 19th-Century New Mexico on Aug 11 at 6pm at Hotel Santa Fe as part of the annual Native Culture Matters Lecture Series held to acknowledge the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian  (NMAI). No reservations are necessary and admission is by subscription or $12 at the door. Refreshments are served and seating is limited. Contact Connie Eichstatedt at 505 466-2775, email: southwestseminar@aol.com; http://bit.ly/YhJddr – Southwest Seminars