“Vacancies for cleaning jobs coexist with unemployment in every rich country.” From Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them by Philippe Legrain A rare photo of me with a Hohokam petroglyph fro...Read More
“If you want to know America–if you want to see it for what it was and what it is–you need to look at Indian history and at the Indian present.” “It has always bothered m...Read More
On June 2, 1924 American Indians were granted full citizenship by an act of the US Congress.It wasn’t until 1948 that Arizona allowed Indians to vote. From The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Tre...Read More
The Indian Market at S’edav Va’aki is on December 9 and 10, 2023. Here are four reasons you should attend: -Purchase unique gifts from the creators in the market and in the updated gift sh...Read More
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet The Pueblo Grande Museum has changed its name to S’edav Va’aki....Read More
Midden Noun: An archeologically important dump from a historic community. Example: During the classical period the Hohogum used the old ball court at what is now the Pueblo Grande Museum as a dump. In...Read More
In Tempe they are building a new bike path along the old spur railroad track that paralleled Eighth Street. Just east of Rural Road they discovered the site of an ancient Hohokum structure. It is a bi...Read More
If you visit the Pueblo Grande Museum when I am staffing the Artifact Cart you are required to “Ask me a Question.” Yesterday the best question was: “Why didn’t they just move somewhere nicer....Read More