CalendarThe Amerind Foundation organizes many events, workshops and cultural exploration tours throughout the year. Most of the events are planned well in advance, and you will see them listed here, but occasionally a presentation or demonstration will happen with little advance notice. We will try to put information about these more spontaneous events on our home page, so be sure to check there as well as on this page. Some of our Amerind events are open to the general public, but spaces in our workshops and on our tours are reserved for our members. If you are not a member, please join us so you can participate in these exceptional programs. Amerind workshops are mostly taught by well known, respected Native artists, and they are usually limited to 10-15 participants. The tours are led by Amerind staff and area Native and non-Native experts, and most fill up quickly. Depending on the nature and location of the tour, the number of participants has ranged from 10 to 40. During the past years we have returned almost annually to Casas Grandes and Mata Ortiz, in Chihuahua, Northern Mexico, an area the Amerind has been involved with for over 50 years. Amerind’s director, John Ware, has organized annual cultural exploration tours to investigate the Pueblo world. Amerind’s first tour to Copper Canyon took place in fall 2008, and on the schedule in 2009, for the first time, was a tour to some of the Native artists and trading posts in the Four Corners region. Because of limited spaces on our tours and workshops, notices are sent to members before they get placed on this website. Exhibit openings, and other events will be posted here simultaneously with the notices being sent to members. We will soon be posting information about our 2009-2010 schedule of botany walks, brown bags, and other Amerind programs. Check back soon! 2008-2009 EventsUPCOMING:October 8-14, 2009
Sky Island Journeys: A Tour of People and Nature in Southeastern Arizona. Program is full
EVENTS OF LAST YEAR:September 8, 2008, 10:00 A.M.
Dragonflies, Butterflies, and Flowers. Botany walk for members with Bob Behrstock and Barbara Hanson. Meet at the museum entrance. Bring binoculars. September 19, 2008, noon
Brown Bag Talk for members by Dr. Chuck Adams, organizer of Amerind’s Yellow Ware Symposium October 4-5, 2008
Navajo Weaving Workshop for Amerind members, with Mona and Charlene Laughing from Crystal, NM. October 11, 2008, 11:00 A.M.
Botany walk for members with Barbara Hanson—meet at the museum entrance October 8 - 17, 2008
Copper Canyon Tour. (This tour is full, but another tour to Copper Canyon is scheduled for October, 2009). October 19, 2008, 2:00 P.M.
Exhibit Celebration. Our People, Our Land, Our Images: International Indigenous Photographers October 27, 2008, noon
Brown Bag Talk for members by participants at Amerind’s Hunter - Gatherer Symposium November 15, 2008
Archaeological Poster Competition Exhibit Opening November 16, 2008
Annual San Pedro and Casas Grandes members’ event December 3, 2008, 11:00 A.M.
Botany HIKE for members with Barbara Hanson. Moderately strenuous, cross-county hike. Call Barbara at 520.586.3960 if you have questions. Meet at the museum entrance. Bring water and lunch. December 6, 2008
Conservation Workshop for members with Amerind curator, Eric Kaldahl January 12, 2009, noon.
Brown Bag discussion with W.Scott Baldridge, geologist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Following Scott's program, we will be outside looking at the geology of Texas Canyon so bring warm clothes. Also, bring any interesting rocks you might want Scott to identify. February 15, 2009, 2:00 P.M.
"I Learned to Plow a Really Straight Line:" Native Experiences in the Federal Off-reservation Boarding Schools, a presentation by Tsianina Lomawaima, Chairperson of American Indian Studies, University of Arizona. March 24-27, 2009
Art, Artists and Trading Posts Set Against the Sweep Of the Four Corners Landscape, a members’ tour led by Tucson/Santa Fe trader, Mark Bahti April 6-9, 2009
Art, Artists and Trading Posts Set Against the Sweep Of the Four Corners Landscape, a members’ tour led by Tucson/Santa Fe trader, Mark Bahti April 16 and 18, 2009
Seven Generations Program in Tucson on the 16th, and at the Amerind on the 18th May 11-16, 2009
Pueblo World Tour IV: Hopi Origins, for members May 19, 2009, noon
Brown Bag Presentation by PhD candidate, Michael Mathiowetz (UC, Riverside): "The Son of God Who Is In the Sun": Political Authority and the Personified Sun God in Ancient West and Northwest Mexico.
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