SOUTHWEST SEMINARS PRESENTS
JUNE VOICES 2025

MONDAY NIGHTS AT 6 PM AT HOTEL SANTA FE
LECTURES 50 MONDAYS A YEAR

A PUBLIC PROGRAM GRACIOUSLY ASSISTED BY HOTEL SANTA FE, A PICURIS PUEBLO ENTERPRISE

June 2 Dr. Matthew Liebmann
An Archaeologist who has conducted research in partnership with the Pueblo of Jemez for 25 years. Peabody Professor of American Archaeology and Ethnology; Harvard College Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University; Author, An Archaeological History of Pueblo Resistance and Revitalization in 17^th Century New Mexico; Co-editor (w/U. Rizvi), Archaeology and the Postcolonial Critique and (w/M. Murphy) of Enduring Conquests: Rethinking the Archaeology of Resistance to Spanish Colonialism in the Americas. Recipient, Society for American Archaeology Dissertation Award. His fieldwork focuses on the historical anthropology of the Pueblos, the archaeology of ancestral Jemez communities, and Franciscan missions in northern New Mexico. How can a simple object alter the course of history? Explore the resonant story of bells in the Southwest, revealing their pivotal role as instruments of the colonial encounter as objects of exchange, enticement, control, domination, desire and defiance.
Echoes of Conquest: Bells, First Contacts and Resistance in New Mexico, 1539-1680

June 9 Dr. Kelsey E. Hanson
Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Arlington, specializing in interdisciplinary and collaborative archaeological research in the Greater Southwest. Her work focuses on Indigenous technological innovation, land use, & sociopolitical change. Publications include: American Antiquity, Journal of Field Archaeology, Ethnoarchaeology. University of Arizona PhD in 2024 with support from National Science Foundation, Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) International, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and Society for American Archaeology. In the Pueblo World of the Southwest U.S., color is integral to a complex system of relationships connecting cardinal directions, animals, plants, sociopolitical structures, & sacred geographies.
Painting for Rain: Technologies of Chromatic Prayer in Chaco Canyon

June 16 Steven R. Simms
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Utah State University, Logan, Utah beginning 1988, having also taught at Weber State College, University of Utah and conducting archaeological field work across the U.S. and Middle East for 50 years. Participating in hundreds of field trips, he is author of more than 100 scientific publications, including Ancient Peoples of the Great Basin and Colorado Plateau; and Traces of Fremont: Society and Rock Art in Ancient Utah, awarded a Society for American Archaeology Book award and Utah Book Award. He directed over 60 archaeological projects, including Great Salt Lake Wetlands Project funded by the state of Utah, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and National Science Foundation; Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Friends of Great Salt Lake. As a hiker he has slept on the ground nearly a thousand nights!
First Peoples of Great Salt Lake: A Cultural Landscape from Nevada to Wyoming

June 23 Dr. John R. Welch
Archaeologist, preservation advocate, and professor of archaeology at Simon Fraser University. He served White Mountain Apache Tribe as Historic Preservation Officer for nearly a decade. Continued service to Tribes as an advisor, consulting historian, and expert witness. Research and outreach initiatives directed through Archaeology Southwest, where my career commitments to collaborations on projects are dedicated to Indigenous sovereignty and stewardship. Special emphasis on sustainability and beneficial uses of significant places. Recipient, Fountain Valley School Distinguished Alumni Award for his role as an effective advocate for Indigenous peoples and places. Perched atop steep-sided landforms, high above the entrenched tributaries of the upper Salt River, are the remains of ancient fortresses-masonry sites built to enhance tactical advantages over would-be intruders. Each reflects its builders’ diligence in establishing easily monitored and controlled access and egress routes. Seldom considered in SW archaeology, fortresses provide distinctive perspectives on social identities, political boundaries, & ecological issues that complement our pueblo-focused understandings.
Fortresses of the Upper Salt River, Arizona

June 30 Dr. Philippe S. Cohen
Executive Director (ret) Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University; 30-year career managing and directing biological field stations to protect the varied ecological communities in support of its research, education, and conservation mission. Philippe has visited more than 100+ Field Station and Marine Laboratories (FSML’s) on four continents. He was first resident director for University of California Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center in the East Mojave Desert. Past President Board of Trustees, Golden Gate Biosphere Reserve Association and Trustee, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory; Member, Board of Sempervirens Fund (California’s oldest land trust) and Science Advisory Committee. As director and manager of these biological field stations he has been involved in land management issues ranging from fire ecology, managing invasive species, grazing, mining, water rights, and climate change. Dedication to educating people on field stations where long-term research and monitoring are carried out.
Field Stations and Marine Labs: Our Global Backyards.

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NPS Historic Photograph Collection (HFCA 1607)
Navajo Indians at work refinishing the edges of the walls in Pueblo Bonita, at Chaco Culture National Historical Park. (Proclaimed Chaco Canyon National Monument, 1907: redesignated, 1980; designated a World Heritage Site, 1987).