The Amerind Foundation

A Museum of Native American

Archaeology, Art, History, and Culture

The name "Amerind," a contraction of American Indian, illustrates the purpose of the Foundation which is devoted to the study of Native American cultures. Located in the rural and beautiful southeastern corner of Arizona, known locally as Texas Canyon, the research facility and Museum exists to educate and inform an interested public about American Indian prehistory and history.

Founded in 1937, the Amerind has functioned as a quiet, yet influential organization intent on answering large-scale questions involving prehistoric Southwest culture patterns. Though Amerind's focus has always been in the field of archaeology, research into contemporary Native American peoples is actively pursued

Statement of Purpose

The physical infrastructure of the Amerind is large, consisting of some 1,500 acres and includes, in part, a 25,000 square foot museum, storage, and office complex, eight staff houses, firehouse, carpenter and mechanic shops, as well as an independent water system.

The Amerind Museum maintains some of the finest Native American ethnographic and archaeological collections in the United States. With permanent holdings currently numbering in the tens of thousands of objects, the Amerind collection, though concentrating on the American Southwest, stretches from the Arctic into South America.

 

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January 31, 2008