Free Online Talk: Devil’s Claw (Proboscidea spp.) in the Southwest and Beyond, with Dr. Ed Jolie.

Amerind Free Online Talk
Thursday, March 4, 2027
12:00 pm (AZ time)
To register, visit: https://bit.ly/Amerindonline03042027Jolie

 

Join us on Thursday, March 4, 2027 at 12:00 pm (AZ time) for an online talk Devil’s Claw (Proboscidea spp.) in the Southwest and Beyond, with Dr. Ed Jolie.

Often referred to as the devil’s claw or unicorn plant (family Martyniaceae, genus Proboscidea), the appearance of its seed pods with two jet-black curved beak-like extensions or “claws” that terminate in sharp hooks is eye-catching. These common names might be taken to imply cruelty, difficulty, and mischievousness, or something mythical and mysterious. However, the plant’s seemingly enigmatic character is arguably due to a lack of wider awareness about the plant’s venerable relationship with Indigenous peoples and some enduring gaps in scientific knowledge. Native to the Americas, the genus Proboscidea includes six species, most of which are annual and well-adapted to arid environments. More than thirty Indigenous groups have used (and still use) devil’s claw, primarily the fiber from the claws for basketry, but also its seeds and immature fruits for food and medicine. Drawing on recent archaeological and botanical research, this presentation invites you to open your heart to devil’s claw by considering questions about the plant that you were (maybe) afraid to ask.

Dr. Edward A. Jolie (Lakota/Muscogee) is the Clara Lee Tanner Associate Curator of Ethnology at the Arizona State Museum and an Associate Professor of Anthropology in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona. Ed is an anthropologist interested in the Indigenous archaeology and ethnology of the Americas. His research focuses on the study of organic material culture such as textiles, basketry, and related crafts to address a wide range of anthropological questions. His applied scholarship focuses on hands-on work with fiber plant collection, processing, and weaving as part of an effort to find solutions to problems posed by landscape change and raw material inaccessibility among contemporary Indigenous communities.

We hope you will join us!

Guided Hikes with Dr. Eric Kaldahl

Come and take a Guided Hike with Amerind’s CEO Dr. Eric Kaldahl.
Hikes are FREE to all Amerind Members.

Guided hikes for non-members are $22 per adult; $20 seniors (62+) and youth (10-17). This fee includes admission to the Amerind Museum & Art Galley on the day of your hike.

Guided hikes are limited to 20 participants on a first-come, first-serve basis. You can sign up by calling the Amerind Museum Store at (520)586-3666.

Each program will involve 1-2 miles of hiking and last 2 hours. Participants should dress appropriately for the weather and hiking. Don’t forget your water and sun protection (even in winter months). As with all Amerind’s outdoor activities, participants will need to complete a recreational liability waiver just before the hike. All the Texas Canyon Nature Preserve hiking rules apply.

Geology Hikes: Learn more about Texas Canyon’s unique geologic landscape and its formation.

Friday, October 30, 2026, 9-11 am

Saturday, January 9, 2027, 9-11 am

Friday, February 5, 2027, 9-11 am

Friday, March 5, 2027, 8:30-10:30 am

Friday, April 16, 2027, 8:30-10:30 am

Ethnobotany Hikes: Learn about the plants used to make beautiful baskets and other tools. Participants will begin in the classroom with objects from the museum’s collection of contemporary Indigenous baskets and then go on the trails to see the plants used by weavers.

Friday, November 6, 2026, 9-11 am

Friday, January 29, 2027, 9-11 am

Friday, February 12, 2027, 9-11 am

Friday, March 12, 2027, 8:30-10:30 am

Friday, April 2, 2027, 8:30-10:30 am

*Bird Walks at the Amerind with Ornithologist Homer Hansen

Friday, November 20, 2026
8:00 am to 10:00 am
Beginner’s Bird Walk with Homer Hansen

Enjoy a casual walk around the Amerind while spending time learning and practicing basic bird identification skills. Time will be spent at the ponds and along the trails observing and identifying common bird species. Homer will have a spotting scope. Please bring your own binoculars if you have them, and be sure to bring a hat, good hiking shoes, and water.

Friday, March 26, 2027
7:30 am to 9:30 am
Birdwatching for Early Spring Migrants with Homer Hansen

During the month of March, early spring migrants start passing through southeast Arizona. Enjoy a casual walk around the Amerind while looking for returning birds. Time will be spent at the ponds and along the trails observing and identifying our migratory (and resident) bird species. Homer will have a spotting scope. Please bring your own binoculars if you have them, and be sure to bring a hat, good hiking shoes, and water.

Fees and reservations are the same as above and again hikes are limited to 20 participants on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please sign up by calling the Amerind Museum Store at (520)586-3666.

Free to Amerind Members

If you love the outdoors, the most cost effective is a 1-year $50 Nature Club Membership gives two adults and any children or grandchildren under 18 access to the hiking trails at no extra cost during our open hours. This membership will also give you access to guided hikes like these at no extra cost. Nature Club Members also receive four guest passes which you can use to visit the Amerind museum or give away to friends and family. Nature Club Members also get 10% off items in our Museum Store.

Visit our Membership page to learn more.

Free Online Talk: “Our Home Is Not a Borderlands: A Book Talk” with Fantasia Shaw, PhD

Amerind Free Online Talk
Thursday, November 12, 2026
12:00 pm (AZ time)
To register, visit: https://bit.ly/Amerindonline11122026Shaw

Join us on Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 12:00 pm (AZ time) for an online talk, Our Home Is Not a Borderlands: A Book Talk, with Fantasia Shaw, PhD. 

Our Home Is Not a Borderlands revisits the history of the US–Mexico borderlands and the politics surrounding US–Mexico border, from an Indigenous vantage. Organized around O’odham Jeveḍ––O’odham are Indigenous Peoples of the Sonoran Desert, Jeveḍ is the O’odham word for homelands––based on 15 months of archival and ethnographic research, and driven by Shaw’s positionality as Onk Akimel O’odham, this book traces colonial boundary-making and Indigenous refusals throughout O’odham Jeveḍ, in what is today known as southern Arizona, from the 1600s to the present.

Fantasia Shaw (Formerly Fantasia Painter) is an Assistant Professor in Global and International Studies at the University  of California, Irvine. Her research, which has appeared in American Quarterly, Journal of Arizona History and  American Indian Culture and Research Journal aims to rethink global borders, boundaries, and migrations from Indigenous worlds. She is an enrolled member and citizen of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.

Her current book project Our Home Is Not a Borderlands, forthcoming with Yale University Press, reveals how border politics in Southern Arizona are unfolding on O’odham (Indigenous) lands.

We hope you will join us!

*Please note this talk will be recorded and sent only to registrants. This talk will not be posted to our You Tube Channel. If interested in this talk and unable to watch live, please register using an email to be sent the recording, Thank you.

Free Online Talk: The Shapes of Us: Salado Polychrome Pottery and the Kayenta Diaspora in the 1300s and 1400s,” with Kathleen Barvick.

Amerind Free Online Talk
Thursday, July 16, 2026
12:00 pm (AZ time)
To register, visit: https://bit.ly/Amerindonline07162026Barvick

Join us on Thursday, July 16, 2026 at 12:00 pm (AZ time) for an online talk, “The Shapes of Us: Salado Polychrome Pottery and the Kayenta Diaspora in the 1300s and 1400s” with PhD candidate Kathleen Barvick.

In the late 1200s, a massive drought hit the Southwest, causing political instability and sparking a massive migration as people left the Four Corners area and migrated south to settle along the rivers, which changed to social and political organization of the Southwest forever. One group of people, from the Kayenta region of northeastern Arizona, settled across a wide area of central and southern Arizona and western New Mexico, sometimes integrating into local settlements, sometimes setting up their own enclaves away from existing settlements. Dr. Barvick’s research focuses on Salado polychrome, a specific type of pottery that arose among these Kayenta immigrant communities and spread across Arizona and New Mexico. By looking at Salado polychrome pots across the Southwest, and specifically at the variation in their shapes, she investigates how the Kayenta immigrant diaspora shared technological practices regarding pottery creation across far-flung communities in the 1300s and 1400s, how the use of Salado polychrome spread, and how Kayenta immigrants negotiated their identities as Kayenta people and as immigrants in their new homes.

Dr. Kate Barvick is an archaeologist who studies pottery, migration, and community networks in the US Southwest. She grew up in Massachusetts and received a BA in Anthropology and Linguistics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2018. Her archaeology experience in Massachusetts focused on 18th- and 19th-century historic house sites, with a special emphasis on the Revolutionary War era. Her research in the Southwest is both older than that (she spent several summers in northern New Mexico near Taos, on a collaborative community project with Picuris Pueblo) and more recent (she spent several years researching the history of baseball and its connection to labor movements in the 20th century in Bisbee, AZ). She brings from this background a passion for public archaeology, community engagement, and the bridging of the past and the present. She currently lives in Tucson, recently defended her PhD at the University of Arizona, and is the Amerind Emerging Scholar-in-Residence in Summer 2026.

If you are unsure if you can watch live, register using an email and the recording of the talk will be sent to you following the program.

We hope you will join us!

Fulton Family Heritage Tours

Fulton Family Heritage Tour
Thursday, July 30, 2026

10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

12- 2 PM –SOLD OUT
$20 for Seniors/Students, $22 for Adults, Free to Members
Price includes admission to the Museum and Art Galleries.
Each Tour Limited to 12 people

Amerind Fulton Family Heritage Tour with Willie Adams:

Have you ever wondered more about Amerind’s founding family? Or want to peek at the historic home behind the museum and art galleries? Now is your opportunity.

You are invited to take an insider’s tour of the historic Fulton Seminar House, where heritage meets elegance. The tour will be led by Willie Adams, great-grandson of Amerind founder William Shirley Fulton, who provides unique insights into Amerind’s history, peppered with a few entertaining family tales! Experience Amerind in an exclusive, intimate setting with a behind–the–scenes tour of the Fulton Seminar House.

Tours are Free to Members, $20. for seniors and students, $22 for adults

Price includes admission to the Museum and Art Galleries.

Each tour is limited to 12 people

Don’t miss out on this exclusive opportunity!

Reserve your spot today!

To purchase your ticket or learn more details, go to:  https://bit.ly/heritagetour2026

Members call Maggie at 520-686-1336 or email mohnesorgen@amerind.org to reserve your spot.

Amerind Members -Fulton Family Heritage Luncheon & Tour

You’re invited to the Fulton Family Heritage Luncheon & Tour

Thursday, June 25, 2026
10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Members-Only: $35 per person

Reserve your ticket here: Eventbrite

You’re invited to the Fulton Family Heritage Luncheon & Tour

Where heritage meets elegance, an exclusive members-only tour of the historic Fulton Seminar House

Where heritage meets elegance, join us for an insider members-only tour of the historic Fulton Seminar House with a delightful luncheon included.

Photo: front left, Amerind archaeologist Charles Di Peso seated next to Mrs. Rose Hayden-Fulton with Amerind founder William Shirley Fulton middle right.]

Amerind Members-Fulton Family Heritage Luncheon!

Please join us for the ultimate experience with Amerind’s history, founding family, and our talented Guest Services team. Members will enjoy a warm welcome to the Fulton Seminar House followed by a personal Tour with family stories led by our founders’ great-grandson, Willlie Adams. Your Tour will be followed by an elegant lunch together-with dessert-in the formal dining room. After lunch enjoy the Museum, Art Gallery, and Museum Store and see what’s new. Your membership includes a 10% discount on all shop purchases.

Fulton Family Heritage Luncheon

Thursday, June 25, 2026

10:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Members-Only price: $35 per person

With seating limited to 12 guests, reserve your spot today!

Purchase your tickets by following the button below. Questions or any dietary restrictions, please call Maggie Ohnesorgen at 520-686-1336 or email mohnesorgen@amerind.org to reserve.

Not a Member? Consider joining the supportive Amerind community for access to this exclusive opportunity by visiting our membership page here. Annual memberships start at $50.

If you are not sure about your Membership status, please contact membership@amerind.org or call Kelly Holt at 520-686-6172.

Don’t miss out on this exclusive opportunity!

The Amerind will be at Celebrate the San Pedro at San Pedro House

Join us at the San Pedro House

9800 E. Highway 90 Sierra Vista, AZ.

Saturday, April 25th. 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Free Event

Come out for a fun day celebrating the San Pedro with activities, speakers, booths, and more to entertain and educate on Nature and History of the area.

Join the Amerind on Saturday, April 25th from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm for the annual Celebrate the San Pedro event. This event is FREE and open to all. There will be activities, displays and speakers to entertain and educate about the natural and historical wonders of the San Pedro Riparian Conservation Area, of SPRNCA.

Amerind will be one of many booths where you can come and learn about the Amerind, pick up some free passes, and participate in an all ages, art activity with us. There will also be the annual team bird count competition!

We hope you come out and learn about the natural and cultural history of the area with us. The San Pedro House is located eight miles east of Sierra Vista on Highway 90. 9800 E. Highway 90 Sierra Vista, AZ.

Come celebrate the San Pedro!

Free Online Talk: “Life on the Edge of the Mimbres Region: Powers Ranch as a Mimbres Site” with Patricia Gilman & Mary Whisenhunt

Free Online Talk
Thursday, March 12, 2026
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (AZ time)
“Life on the Edge of the Mimbres Region: Powers Ranch as a Mimbres Site” with Patricia Gilman, PhD & Mary Whisenhunt, PhD

To register, visit: https://bit.ly/Amerindonline03122026Gilman

Join us on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at 12:00 pm (AZ time) for an online talk, “Life on the Edge of the Mimbres Region: Powers Ranch as a Mimbres Site”, with Patricia Gilman, PhD and Mary Whisenhunt, PhD.

When people think of Mimbres archaeology, they picture beautiful black-on-white pottery with paintings of people and animals and large pueblo sites in the Mimbres Valley of southwestern New Mexico.  However, there were Mimbres sites beyond the Mimbres Valley, but they were different from those in the valley.  We explore what it meant to be Mimbres at the Powers Ranch site, a small settlement at the western edge of the Mimbres region. We conclude that the people at Powers Ranch were quintessentially Mimbres and were more closely affiliated with Mimbres settlements on the Gila River drainage in southeast Arizona and New Mexico than with those living in the Mimbres Valley core area.

Mary Whisenhunt received her anthropology doctorate in 2020, conducting her field work in southeast Arizona. Her research focused on the social resilience of precontact Indigenous people on the western boundary of the Mimbres region.

Patricia Gilman has done archaeological research in the Mimbres region for more than 50 years, retiring from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Oklahoma. One of her research foci has been Mimbres beyond the Mimbres Valley.

We hope you will join us!

If you can’t join us to watch live on March 12th, register using an email and the recorded talk will be sent to you after the talk, to watch at your leisure.