In 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 Treuer Continue reading “Shame”
Quirky thoughts from an old man.
In 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 Treuer Continue reading “Shame”
From The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer Continue reading “Starvation”
“Indian Reservations are places where hope goes to die.”
From The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee by David Treuer Continue reading “Wounded Knee”
Four stone donuts in the Pueblo Grande Museum collection
My random poking around to try and discover the purpose of stone donuts may be paying off. In my first post, Stone Donut One, about a month ago I reported on their range. This allowed me to do a new Google search using Stone Donuts, Maya. This search turned up an article based on some stone donut finds in Guatemala titled: Continue reading “Stone Donut Three”
Display case at the Pueblo Grande Museum
Joseph Charney Continue reading “Stone Donut 2”
Donut Stone 4″x 4.5″x 2″ from a private collection
Stone Donuts are one of the mysteries of the Hohokam people and it turns out they were found in the ruins of civilizations as far south as present day Guatemala where this one came from. Continue reading “Stone Donut 1”
At the Pueblo Grande Museum we attempt to give people a hands on experience. One way we do that is through the artifact cart where visitiors can touch actual ancient artifacts and some recreations. What is shown above is a recreation of an ancient fire starting tool. Continue reading “Fire Stick PGM”
Pueblo Grande Museum is located at the SE corner of Washington St and 44th St in Phoenix. I had a class of young people at the artifact cart last Wednesday and one of them asked “Why did they put the ruin so near the airport?” Continue reading “Ancient Sonoran Desert People”
In October I started volunteering one day a week at the Pueblo Grande Museum. Right now I’m trained to talk about the artifact cart. And I gave my hiking buddy Larry a tour of the mound. Continue reading “The Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM)”