More News and Views on New Bill to Protect Greater Chaco

More News and Views on New Bill to Protect Greater Chaco
The fight to preserve Chaco Canyon cannot take decades — too much would be lost — but passing this important legislation is a step in the right direction. Remember, too, that Chaco is not just a New Mexico treasure. Like Stonehenge in England or the Sphinx in Egypt, it belongs to all of humanity. http://bit.ly/2soaj5g — Santa Fe New Mexican (editorial)

Still, Heinrich said there’s consensus that the Chaco area is important and that such places should be “off the table.” “I think we owe it to the greater public and certainly the tribal governments to engage to figure out how we can be more thoughtful in what energy development looks like,” he said. http://bit.ly/2soFLjW — Fresno Bee

AZ Governor’s Veto Supports Professional Archaeology
Backed by lobbyists from the Arizona Cattlemen’s Association, House Bill 2498 was intended to make it easier for ranchers to drill wells, add fences, and make other changes on public land that they lease from the state. But professional archaeologists and representatives from several Native American tribes objected to language in the bill that would have allowed people who have taken a 40-hour class to determine whether any important archaeological sites or priceless historic artifacts were located on the property. http://bit.ly/2sq5NDa — Phoenix New Times

Commentary: Utah Monument Opponents Ignore Facts
International tourists were plentiful too, and the few I talked with were dumbfounded that anyone would reduce or eliminate a national monument. Utah surveys, national polls, five tribes, local businesses and millions of public comments agree with these foreign visitors: If anything is to be done, they said, these monuments should be expanded. http://bit.ly/2sojx1g — Salt Lake Tribune

Commentary: These Bills Are Assaults on Our Public Lands
There are several other bills going through Congress that are also assaults on our public lands. Two in particular would make Utah and Arizona exempt from the Antiquities Act. The public land system in this country protects our natural, scenic, and cultural heritage and is the envy of the world. We must not let a few misguided politicians destroy what we all love and hold dear for the benefit of industrialists. http://bit.ly/2so6aOO —Pagosa Daily Post

Commentary: Where Is the Bears Ears Advisory Committee?
Importantly, these proclamations required the advisory committee to consist of a “fair and balanced representation of interested stakeholders” including “recreational users.” As of now, this advisory council has not been convened, calling into question what local voices this administration is hoping to hear from. http://bit.ly/2H21Fi0 — Salt Lake Tribune

Esteemed Writer Craig Childs Visits Texas’s Gault Site
Fifteen thousand years ago, this land was 1,200 miles south of the ice cap. It was temperate, environmentally similar to what it is now. The spring would have flowed about the same, toolstone being struck, crystalline sounds ringing through oaks, the music of the first people. A camp near a spring at the head of a creek with good toolstone would have meant the scent of smoke drifting through woods, and you would have heard human voices, languages brought down from Siberia, or perhaps carried over from the Iberian Peninsula, beyond the Atlantic, as some researchers believe. http://bit.ly/2soYZWz — Sapiens

Revitalizing Traditional Indigenous Architecture
Imagine a community where every home maintains a comfortable temperature without the use of electricity. Designed with local materials and aligned to maximize use of solar energy, these homes are more than just a place to live: They are also perfectly suited for processing food, participating in religious gatherings, and maintaining social relationships. These houses are also incredibly durable to the test of time—so durable, in fact, that they’ve survived thousands of years. http://bit.ly/2GYQire -Yes! Magazine

Utah Diné Bikéyah’s Keeler Appointed to NAGPRA Review Committee
Members of the committee are appointed by the interior secretary to serve two- to four-year terms. The nominations come from Indian tribes, Native Hawaiian organizations, Native American cultural and religious leaders, and national museum and scientific organizations. The panel is led by Armand Minthorn, of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. http://bit.ly/2spAnNc — Deseret News

Museum Exhibition — Dallas TX
Michael Kabotie and Delbridge Honanie have created artwork inspired by that of the Hopi people’s artistic traditions. Hopi Visions: Journey of the Human Spirit features an impressive mural created by the artistic duo, which leaves the reservations territory in Arizona for the first time for this exhibition. The Dallas Museum of Art will host this enriching exhibition until December 2, 2018. http://bit.ly/2H09Dsd — Blouin Artinfo

Gallery Showing — Moab UT
From June 1–30, Gallery Moab, 87 N Main St., will show the photography of Jonathan Bailey. Bailey, a conservation photographer living in southeast Utah, has already accomplished a great deal towards identifying and preserving ancient, cultural landscapes throughout the southwest using photography as his medium of expression. Jonathan is the author of Rock Art: A Vision of a Vanishing Cultural Landscape. http://bit.ly/2H0v38x — Gallery Moab

Job Opportunity — Western New Mexico University Museum
Western New Mexico University Museum has a position for Operations Manager/Assistant Director that has been posted. To view online and apply, please go to https://wnmu.hiretouch.com/job-details?jobID=715&job=operations-manager-assistant-director

Lecture Opportunities, Preservation Archaeology Field School — Cliff NM
The Archaeology Southwest/University of Arizona Preservation Archaeology Field School invites the public to four lectures at its field headquarters. All lectures begin at 7:00 p.m. Lectures are held in Cliff, in the cream building with blue portable toilets on the north side of Hwy 180 just east of Shields Canyon Road and the highway yard. (This is 2.2 miles west of the 180-211 junction in Cliff.) Monday, June 4: Exploring Energy Transitions through Applied Anthropology, Diane Austin, Anthropologist, University of Arizona. Sunday, June 10: Recent Geoarchaeological Research in the Desert Southwest, Gary Huckleberry, Geoarchaeologist, University of Arizona. Wednesday, June 13: Two Millennia of Hunting and Farming in the Mimbres Region, AD 200–1450, Karen Schollmeyer, Archaeology Southwest. Tuesday, June 19: Food for Thought: The Deep History of Your Dinner, Karen Adams, Archaeological Botanist. https://www.archaeologysouthwest.org/events/

Lecture Opportunity — Cortez CO
As a part of the Four Corners Lecture Series, the Hisatsinom Chapter of the Colorado Archaeology Society is pleased to present Dr. Maxine McBrinn on Tuesday, June 5, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at the Methodist Church, 515 Park Street, Cortez, CO, to discuss Renewing a Classic: Updating the first large community-curated exhibition on the US Southwest. Maxine, along with collaborators Joseph Aguilar and Lenora Tsosie, are renewing and updating the Here, Now and Always exhibit at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, NM—a collaborative process. swceramicsgirl@gmail.com

Lecture Opportunity — Mesa Verde National Park CO
Jim Enote will discuss Mesa Verde and the Cultivation of Resilience on June 8 at 7:00 p.m. at the park’s Visitor and Research Center, introducing themes of Puebloan cosmology and the maintenance of well-being and how and why the themes endure today. Enote, born and raised in Zuni, New Mexico, is a Zuni tribal member and director of the Colorado Plateau Foundation and director of the A:shiwi A:wan Museum and Heritage Center. http://bit.ly/2snyhxD — Cortez Journal

Lecture Opportunity — Tijeras NM
On Tuesday, June 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the Sandia Ranger Station, Friends of Tijeras Pueblo welcome Ethan Ortega for A New Light on the Village of Kuaua: Recent Archaeological Findings at Coronado Historic Site. Ortega is the Supervisory Archaeologist for the Northern Region of New Mexico Historic Sites. www.friendsoftjieraspueblo.org

Lecture Opportunity — Tucson
The Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society (AAHS) is pleased to present Nicole M. Mathwich on Monday, June 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the University Medical Center’s Duval Auditorium (1501 N Campbell Ave, Tucson 85724). Mathwich will discuss, Landscapes of Resilience: O’odham Resource Use in the Colonial Pimería Alta. Meetings are free and open to the public. For more information, please visit the AAHS website: http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/, or contact John D. Hall at john.hall@terracon.com with questions about this or any other AAHS program.

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