Free to all Members, $22 adults or $20 senior and youth. This includes admission to Museum and Art Galleries on the day of your hike.
Continue readingGuided Hikes this Winter and Spring with Amerind’s CEO Dr. Eric Kaldahl
Free Online Talk “Our Elder Brother Dwells There: How I’itoi Ki Moved from Mountain Peak to Basket Design.” with David Martinez, PhD.
Photo: Early 20th Century O’odham Basket with “Man in the Maze” design, 13 1/4″ dia., Amerind permanent collection
Amerind Free Online Talk
Thursday, February 12, 2026
12:00 pm (AZ time)
“Our Elder Brother Dwells There: How I’itoi Ki Moved from Mountain Peak to Basket Design.” with David Martinez, PhD. (Akimel O’odham/Hia-Ced O’odham/Mexican)
To register, visit: https://bit.ly/Amerindonline02122026Martinez
Join us on Thursday, February 12, 2026 at 12:00 pm (AZ time) for a free online talk, “Our Elder Brother Dwells There: How I’itoi Ki Moved from Mountain Peak to Basket Design.” with Dr. David Martinez.
“Learn about I’itoi, Elder Brother, who taught O’odham how to live well in their desert homelands. Learn where his home, his kih, is located, according to oral tradition. Most importantly, learn about how the symbol of this home, I’itoi kih, started appearing in O’odham baskets more than a century ago. What does it all mean?”
David MartÃnez (Akimel O’odham/Hia-ced O’odham/Mexican), Is a Professor of American Indian Studies and Transborder Studies at Arizona State University. He is the author of the forthcoming The Maze of History: Komal Hok, O’odham Teachings, and an Earth-Based Sense of Time (University of New Mexico Press, April 2026).
MartÃnez is also the author of Dakota Philosopher: Charles Eastman and American Indian Thought (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2009), Life of the Indigenous Mind: Vine Deloria Jr and the Birth of the Red Power Movement (University of Nebraska Press, 2019), My Heart Is Bound Up With Them: How Carlos Montezuma Became the Voice of a Generation (University of Arizona Press, 2023), and editor of The American Indian Intellectual Tradition: An Anthology of Writings from 1772 to 1972 (Cornell University Press, 2011).
Dr. MartÃnez is also the director and founder of the Institute for Transborder Indigenous Nations (ITIN), which is housed in the School of Transborder Studies at ASU, where it focuses on Indigenous nations impacted by the US-Mexico Border.
Interested but unsure if you will be able to join us live? Register using an email and the recording of the talk will be sent later that evening to all registrants.
We hope you will join us for this fascinating talk.
Holiday Mercado Sale
This event is included with regular Museum admission.
Continue readingVintage Basketry & Navajo Weavings with Terry DeWald
*This event is included with regular Museum admission
Continue readingVintage Basketry and Weavings with Terry DeWald
Vintage Basketry and Navajo Weavings show with Terry DeWald
Saturday, January 25, 2025
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Talk at 1:00 pm
Please join us on Saturday, January 25, 2025, when we host Terry DeWald for a Vintage Basketry and Navajo Weavings Show at the Amerind Museum. The show will feature vintage Navajo weavings and baskets from California, the greater Southwest, and contemporary Tohono O’odham baskets.
DeWald has been a prominent dealer, lecturer, appraiser, and author of Native American art for more than 40 years.
Come and learn all about this beautiful art, have questions? Terry’s the one to ask! Also, remember that you do not pay sales tax on purchases from the Amerind Museum. Your purchases directly support Amerind’s work with Indigenous artists, museum collections, and public programming.
Terry will give a talk at 1:00 PM
This event is included with regular Museum admission.
Amerind’s Comcáac (Seri) Art Show & Sale
Comcáac (Seri) Art Show & Sale
Saturday & Sunday, October 26 & 27, 10am – 4pmÂ
Visit the Amerind and learn about the art and culture of the Comcáac (Seri) people of Sonora, Mexico. Meet the artists behind these unique creations of Comcáac basketry, wood carvings, necklaces, and other beautifully crafted works of art for sale.
The Seri people of the desert and the sea are known for their beautiful arts and crafts, which include a long history of basket weaving and more recently wood carving and other crafts.
This event is included with Museum admission.
Vintage Basketry & Navajo Weavings with Terry DeWald
 Vintage Basketry and Navajo Weavings with Terry DeWald
Saturday, February 3, 2024
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Talk: 11:00 am
 Please join us on Saturday, February 3, 2024, when we host Terry DeWald of Terry DeWald American Indian Art for a Vintage Basketry and Navajo Weavings Show & Sale at the Amerind Museum. The show will feature vintage Navajo weavings, vintage baskets from California, the greater southwest, and contemporary Tohono O’odham baskets.
DeWald has been a prominent dealer, lecturer, appraiser, and author of Native American art for more than 40 years.
DeWald will give a talk on Vintage Basketry and Navajo Weavings at 11:00 am.
This event is included with regular Museum admission.
Holiday Mercado Museum Store Sale
Holiday Mercado
December 9th – 31st, 10:00am-4:00pm
Shop the Amerind Museum Store’s Holiday Mercado, featuring resale treasures from community members and more. Mercado items will be on display for sale in the main museum building, from December 9th to December 31st.
The Holiday Mercado is the perfect place to grow your own collection or for holiday gifts. Peruse unique items, including fine art, pottery, jewelry, carvings, and so much more. Shop early for the best selection!
Purchases directly support Amerind’s work with Indigenous artists, museum collections, and public programing.
Mercado shopping is included with Museum admission.
Amerind’s Seri Art & Culture Weekend Show & Sale
Comcáac (Seri) Art & Culture Weekend Show & Sale
Saturday & Sunday, September 16 & 17, 10am – 4pm
Visit the Amerind and learn about the art and culture of the Comcáac (Seri) people of Sonora, Mexico.
The Seri people of the desert and the sea are known for their beautiful arts and crafts, which include a long history of basket weaving and more recently wood carving and other crafts.Basket weaving is an important tradition in Sonora, Mexico and was one of Mesoamerica’s oldest crafts. The Comcáac handwoven baskets, woven using the coil method from all natural desert materials are known for being some of the finest in the southwest, incorporating design motifs from the Seri culture.Meet the artists behind these unique creations of Comcáac basketry, sisters Maria Francisca Moreno and Patricia Moreno. You will have the opportunity to watch them weave, learn about these baskets and purchase their beautiful creations.
The Seri people of the desert and the sea are known for their beautiful arts and crafts, which include a long history of basket weaving and more recently wood carving and other crafts.Basket weaving is an important tradition in Sonora, Mexico and was one of Mesoamerica’s oldest crafts. The Comcáac handwoven baskets, woven using the coil method from all natural desert materials are known for being some of the finest in the southwest, incorporating design motifs from the Seri culture.Meet the artists behind these unique creations of Comcáac basketry, sisters Maria Francisca Moreno and Patricia Moreno. You will have the opportunity to watch them weave, learn about these baskets and purchase their beautiful creations.
This event is included with Museum admission.
Amerind Free Online Talk: The Distribution of Cultural Lac Scale Use (Tachardiella spp.) in the Arid Southwest
Amerind Free Online Lecture
The Distribution of Cultural Lac Scale Use (Tachardiella spp.) in the Arid Southwest
with Marilen Pool, PhD
Saturday, August 12, 2023, 11:00 am – Arizona Time
This talk will discuss the examination of the lac scale insect in the arid Southwest and the distribution of its cultural use. Three species, Tachardiella fulgens, Tachardiella larreae and Tachardiella pustulata are those most known to have been utilized by the indigenous peoples of the region from as early as the Archaic period to the modern era as an adhesive, mastic, and coating for the fabrication of tools, weapons, musical instruments, kicking balls, ornaments, and amulets. It was also used for hermetic sealing of containers to protect foods and seeds from pests and as a repair material for mending pottery.
Marilen Pool, PhD, is a Senior Project Conservator at the Arizona State Museum and Objects Conservator and owner of Sonoran Art Conservation Services in Tucson. She recently earned her doctorate degree in Arid Lands Resource Sciences at the University of Arizona. She has a graduate degree in Museum Studies from Oregon State University and is a graduate of the Sir Sanford Fleming Art Conservation Program in Ontario, Canada.
To register for this free online event, visit: https://bit.ly/AmerindOnline08122023