Archaeology Southwest in D.C. to Support Great Bend of the Gila

Archaeology Southwest in D.C. to Support Great Bend of the Gila
On September 29, 2015, Archaeology Southwest’s President and CEO, Bill Doelle, joined tribal officials and other heritage organizations to make the case for the Great Bend of the Gila National Monument. Three legislators offered support for the bill Rep. Grijalva plans to reintroduce in November. http://bit.ly/1i6qnRD – Archaeology Southwest

A Discussion of Great Kivas Is on Tap for Tucson’s Next Archaeology Café 
On Tuesday, November 3, 2015, Katherine Dungan will present Religion and Religious Architecture: A Historical Approach to Interpreting Great Kivas. We meet on the patio of Casa Vicente, 375 S. Stone Ave., Tucson. Enter through the restaurant. Presentations begin after 6:00 p.m. It is best to arrive before 5:30 p.m., as seating is open and unreserved, but limited. http://bit.ly/1OZSxL8 – Archaeology Southwest

Crow Canyon Reorganizes 
The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center has embarked on a reorganization that the center’s president, Deborah Gangloff, says will help streamline operations and emphasize revenue generation. Six full-time employees were laid off, effective Tuesday, including a vice president, two directors and three professional staff. “Trimming staff was necessary to align our budget revenues and expenses while ensuring continued archaeological research and educational programming in partnership with American Indians,” Gangloff said. “The reorganization will position Crow Canyon to continue as a successful, financially sustainable nonprofit organization.” http://bit.ly/1GAS1Sl – The Cortez Journal

Oblique Chic in Santa Fe
Along with the fame that completing the first-ever nonstop flight from New York to Paris and the notoriety that the kidnapping of his 20-month-old son brought him, the legacy of Charles Lindbergh has another little-known notch: Taken aback by the beauty of the Southwest landscape, Lindbergh and wife, Anne, shot some impressive aerial pictures in the late 1920s. On Sunday, contemporary aerial photographer Adriel Heisley presents a collection of images that recreate the Lindberghs’ early gumption in Oblique Views: Archaeology, Photography and Time. http://bit.ly/1jIGI0K – Santa Fe Reporter

Smithsonian Magazine Looks at the Items Recovered in the Blanding Raids
At dawn on June 10, 2009, almost 100 federal agents pulled up to eight homes in Blanding, Utah, wearing bulletproof vests and carrying side arms. An enormous cloud hung over the region, one of them recalled, blocking out the rising sun and casting an ominous glow over the Four Corners region, where the borders of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico meet. At one hilltop residence, a team of a dozen agents banged on the door and arrested the owners—a well-respected doctor and his wife. Similar scenes played out across the Four Corners that morning as officers took an additional 21 men and women into custody. Later that day, the incumbent interior secretary and deputy U.S. attorney general, Ken Salazar and David W. Ogden, announced the arrests as part of “the nation’s largest investigation of archaeological and cultural artifact thefts.” The agents called it Operation Cerberus, after the three-headed hellhound of Greek mythology. http://bit.ly/1WcySrV – Smithsonian

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SAA Seeks Nominees for Historically Underrepresented Groups Scholarships 
Application information has been posted for the Society for American Archaeology Historically Underrepresented Groups Scholarships for 2016. These scholarships are open to qualifying undergraduates and first- or second-year (pre-master’s) graduate students, and help defray costs of field school and other forms of archaeological training. Follow the link below for full information and application materials. The application deadline is January 29, 2016, 11:59 EST. http://bit.ly/1sYPueq – Society for American Archaeology

Scholarship Opportunity for Female Archaeology Students in New Mexico
New Mexico girls who dream of becoming archaeologists can now apply for a college scholarship designed just for them. The scholarship can be used at Eastern New Mexico University, New Mexico State University, or the University of New Mexico. It covers the cost of tuition, course fees and books, and it’s renewable for up to five years. http://bit.ly/1PP7O28 – Rudioso News

Touring Hovenweep
Seen from the rim, Eroded Boulder House looks like a mud-and-stone meal being devoured by a ravenous sandstone mountain lion. Like many Ancestral Puebloan structures in the Four Corners region, it lies protected beneath an overhanging rock. Its neighbors, however, rise boldly skyward like diminutive Trump Towers. While their cliff-dwelling neighbors at Mesa Verde, 35 miles to the south, built cities in protected alcoves, natives atop Cajon Mesa constructed towers exposed to the elements. The fact they’re still standing is testament to how well their builders built them. http://dpo.st/1WcGyuf -Denver Post

NPS Wonders What to Do with Far View?
Mesa Verde National Park is struggling with what to do with the old Far View Visitor’s Center. The circular building with panoramic views was abandoned in 2013 in favor of a new visitor and research center at the entrance to the park. But despite a plethora of ideas for a new use at Far View — including a performance hall, conference space, restaurant, or a Native American cultural center — nothing has gained traction, said park superintendent Cliff Spencer. http://bit.ly/1R6zVs9 – The Cortez Journal

Innovative Open-Air Pit House Displays Near Prescott Vandalized
In three recurring incidents, intruders traipsed through an area home, threw the furnishings around, and smoked some marijuana while they were at it. The home’s caretakers are understandingly outraged – especially since the dwelling in question dates back more than a millennium. http://bit.ly/1GqA0GF – Daily Courier

Celebrate the Publication of Archaeology Southwest Magazine’s Latest Issue – Santa Fe Underground
On Wednesday, November 11, 2015, at 6:00 p.m., join Archaeology Southwest and the City of Santa Fe at Collected Works Bookstore, Santa Fe, NM, for an evening with archaeologists Cherie Scheick and Stephen Post in celebration of the release of Archaeology Southwest Magazine: Santa Fe Underground. http://bit.ly/1RvBZtw – Archaeology Southwest

Reinterpretation Sparks New Perspectives on Informal Collections
The exhibition From “Curios” to Ambassadors: Changing Roles of the Daggett Collection from Tribes of the Lower Klamath River is the culmination of Christina J. Hodge’s spring 2015 course Museum Cultures: Material Representation in the Past and Present. It is on view through June 4, 2016. Hodge points out that the use of quotation marks around the word curios in the title is extremely important. “This term was the limited and damaging view of 19th-century collectors, like Daggett. The exhibition’s message is that, in part through conversations with tribal members, the academic/outsider perspective on these items has radically shifted. These items are not ‘curios,’ but representatives of their communities of origin, and this is how they are perceived now within Stanford’s collections. They educate about the past and present vitality of tribal nations, as well as the colonialist history of anthropology and institutions like Stanford.” http://stanford.io/1PLKqmZ – Stanford.edu

Fancy Flinging a Few Atlatl Darts? Join Archaeology Southwest at the Oro Valley Harvest Heritage Festival
On Saturday, November 7, 2015, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., join us at Steam Pump Ranch, Oro Valley, AZ, for Hands-On Archaeology demonstrations with Allen Denoyer and Heritage Garden activities with Joyce Rychener and Doug Gann. http://bit.ly/1OZSHlB – Archaeology Southwest

Lecture Opportunity – Cortez
As part of the Four Corners Lecture Series, the Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society is pleased to present Sheila Goff and Ernest House on November 3^rd at 7:00 PM at the Sunflower Theatre, 8 E. Main St., Cortez, CO to discuss NAGPRA at 25: Colorado’s Implementation Present and Future. Sheila and Ernest will provide a brief overview of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and then focus on its implementation by the State through the collaboration among the Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs, History Colorado, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, a collaboration has provided a national model for other states to use. Contact Kari Schleher at 505-269-4475 with questions.  http://bit.ly/1KyK1ML – Durango Herald

Lecture Opportunity – Santa Fe
Southwest Seminars Presents Jack Loeffler, Bioregional Aural Historian, Producer, Writer, Sound Collage Artist, Musician, and Environmental Activist; Board Member, Lore of the Land and Author, Adventures With Ed: A Portrait of Abbey; Headed Upstream: Interviews with Iconoclasts; Survival Along the Continental Divide; Healing the West: Voices of Cultue and Habitat; and Recipient, New Mexico Governors Award for Excellence in the Arts, who will give a lecture My Encounters with Remarkable Minds on November 2 at 6pm at Hotel Santa Fe as part of the Mother Earth Father Sky Lecture Series held annually to honor and acknowledge The New Mexico Environmental Law Center. Admission is by subscription or $12 at the door. No reservations are necessary. Seating is limited. Refreshments are served. Contact Connie Eichstaedt tel: 505 466-2775 email: southwest seminar@aol.com website: http://bit.ly/YhJddr – Southwest Seminars

Lecture Opportunity – Taos
Hiking Chaco Canyon – Cindy Brown is the author of the Taos Hiking Guide. She will talk about Chaco Canyon hiking at Taos Mountain Outfitters on Friday, Nov. 13. Contact Cindy at cindybrowntaos2010@yahoo.com. http://bit.ly/1MMS3DD – The Taos News

Thanks to Brian Kreimendahl for contributing to this week’s Newsletter.