SOUTHWEST SEMINARS PRESENTS
AUGUST VOICES 2023

MONDAYS AT 6 PM AT HOTEL SANTA FE
LECTURES – 50 MONDAYS A YEAR

A PUBLIC PROGRAM GRACIOUSLY ASSISTED BY  PICURIS PUEBLO

August 7 Dr. Harry J. Shafer
Archaeologist and Senior Curator, Witte Museum, San Antonio, Texas Author: Mimbres Archaeology at the NAN Ranch Ruin; Ancient Texans: Rock Art & Lifeways Along the Lower Pecos, (w/Jim Zintgraff, photographer); Editor: Painters in Preshistory: Archaeology and Art of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands; Six decades of archaeological research: Lower Pecos, Mimbres, Lowland Maya.
Classic Mimbres Painted Pottery & Hunter-Gatherer Pictographs of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands

August 14: Dr. Andrew Gulliford
Historian, Photographer and Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Ft. Lewis College, Durango, Co. Author: Bears Ears: Landscape of Refuge and Resistance; Sacred Objects and Sacred Places; Preserving Tribal Traditions; Award-winning author with long experience with the lands and people of Utah’s San Juan County.
What’s Truly at Stake in Bears Ears? 11,000 Years of History 

August 21 Mateo Romero (Cochiti Pueblo) & “The Usual Native Suspects”
Recommended by our friend and mentor, Dr. Suzan Shown Harjo, Founding Trustee National Museum of the American Indian, President & Founder; The Morning Star Institute; Recipient, U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom; Tonight featuring native artists, friends, newsmakers, and influencers sharing whatever they wish!
Who Are We and Why Does it Matter? Or “When Are Indians Going to be the ‘Good Guys’ in the Movies?”

August 28 Carleton Bowekaty (Zuni)
Former Lt Governor, Zuni Pueblo (protection of sacred/cultural sites throughout Southwestern U.S). Clans: Sun and Child of Tobacco; part of Big Ember Medicine Society and Corn Kiva; Policy Director, Bears Ears Partnership (actively engage tribal nations in connections to their sacred landscapes and protection efforts); former Co-Chair, Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, Zuni representative, Chaco Heritage Tribal Association; U.S. ArmyVeteran: Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal;
Bears Ears: In The Sacred Land Between

$20 AT THE DOOR – OR – $75 TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE SERIES OF 4 LECTURES