2019
26
Mar
Tribes Come Together to Protect Greater Chaco
Tribes Come Together to Protect Greater Chaco
Native American leaders are banding together to pressure U.S. officials to ban oil and gas exploration around a sacred tribal site that features massive stone structures and other remnants of an ancient civilization but are facing the Trump administrati...
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2019
20
Mar
Historic Pueblo-Navajo Summit Expected to Culminate in Joint Resolution
Historic Pueblo-Navajo Summit Expected to Culminate in Joint Resolution
A historic summit between the Navajo Nation and the 20 sovereign Pueblo nations of the All Pueblo Council of Governors (APCG), will occur this Thursday, March 21, at the Sky City Cultural Center of Acoma Pueblo. Discussion will...
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2018
27
Nov
Thought-Provoking Essay on Archaeological Headlines
Commentary: Words Matter
These myths of discovery and exploration are particularly damaging because they paint a picture where Indigenous groups are not able caretakers of their own histories and landscapes. Headlines that promote this contribute to the erasure of modern Indigenous connections to l...
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2018
27
Nov
Acoma Project Fieldwork
Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
(November 27, 2018)—Archaeology Southwest is working with the Pueblo of Acoma to document places of ancestral importance across the Greater Chaco Landscape. With the counsel of Acoma team members, we can better prioritize our shared protection efforts.
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2018
09
Oct
All Pueblo Council of Governors Takes Case for Chaco Protection to DC
Commentary: All Pueblo Council of Governors Takes Case for Chaco Protection to DC
Whether it is through the BLM and BIA management plan, the proposed federal legislation, or both, we want decision makers in D.C. to know that just as the United States takes great care to preserve churches, we would ...
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2018
21
Aug
Greater Chaco from the Air
Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
(August 22, 2018)—Together with EcoFlight, a nonprofit based in Aspen, Colorado, Archaeology Southwest participated in a series of flights over Chaco Canyon and the Greater Chaco Landscape on August 2, 2018. Bruce Gordon, EcoFlight's president, piloted t...
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2018
13
Aug
Grant Award Supports Study of Acoma Pueblo's History on the Greater Chaco Landscape
Tucson, Ariz. (August 13, 2018)—Archaeology Southwest has received a $10,000 grant from the Southwest Intervention Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation to support work on the Pueblo of Acoma Preservation Study of the Greater Chaco Landscape.
Goals of the project include:1) h...
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2018
22
May
New Mexico Senators Introduce Bill to Help Protect Greater Chaco
New Mexico Senators Introduce Bill to Help Protect Greater Chaco
U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M) introduced the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act, a bill to withdraw the lands around Chaco Canyon from further development by the federal government. The bill woul...
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2018
22
May
Archaeology Southwest Supports the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2018
We join Pueblo and other Tribal leaders in supporting bill to withdraw from future leasing and development minerals owned by the U.S. Government and located within Proposed Chaco Protection Zone
Taos, N.M. (May 22, 2018)—In response to Senator Udall and Senator Heinrich's introduction of the Chac...
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2018
15
May
The Uncertain Fate of Bears Ears
PBS News Hour Considers the Uncertain Fate of Bears Ears
In the rugged and remote canyons of Southern Utah, scientists say they've barely scratched the surface of discoveries that can reach back millions of years, or shed light on the last 10,000 years of human history. But their work in Bears Ears...
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2018
02
Feb
Protecting the Greater Chaco Landscape: February 2018 Update
Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
(February 2, 2018)—Two things of importance happened this week with implications for protection of the Greater Chaco Landscape.
First, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Farmington Field Office and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Gallup Office release...
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2017
02
Nov
Protecting the Greater Chaco Landscape: November 2017 Update
Paul F. Reed, Preservation Archaeologist
(November 2, 2017)—Much has transpired in the last few weeks in our efforts to protect the Greater Chaco Landscape. Here is a summary of recent happenings.
In early September, Archaeology Southwest compiled a short report (opens as a PDF) on recent an...
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