Encounter Culture Podcast | New Mexico Dept of Cultural Affairs

Connecting People Through Time – Makowa: The Worlds Above Us with Misha Pipe and Kaela Waldstein

For as long as humans have been on this earth, we have looked to the cosmos for information and direction. The Indigenous people of North America used the skies to make sense of their environments and to guide them in planting crops, building villages, and conducting ceremonies. The new exhibition at the Museum of Indian…Read more

Uplifting Cultural Knowledge with Navajo Picture Book Author Daniel Vandever

On the surface, Diné author Daniel Vandever’s picture books might appear to be straightforward stories, but the messages about the power of imagination and adventure in his books are imbued with layers of meaning. In his book Fall in Line, Holden!, a little boy breaks free from the constraints of rules and discipline by using…Read more

Time Travel: From Giant Millipedes to Modern Landscapes with New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science

A long, long time ago, the region that is now New Mexico was part of a giant land mass, and it was located on the equator. The climate was warm and tropical and much of the present-day state was covered in warm, shallow seas. This was before humans existed and before dinosaurs existed—252 to 541…Read more

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