Artist rendering from: http://www.tfaoi.com/newsm1/n1m299.htmThe other day, I spent six hours (!) in the Heard Museum, (downtown Phoenix).
Here are just a few of the many many many fascinating things I learned there about Southwestern Indian tribes:
Arizona: so much more than just a desert.
American Indian vs. Native American.
Pueblo and reservation etiquette.
Hopi katsina (seems there is no 'ch' sound in the Hopi language).
Blue corn piki.
Ocotillo fence.
Mesquite.
'Squash blossom' necklace.
Native American symbolism in art/craft.
American Indian boarding schools.
Kit Carson's role in the move of the Navajo to Bosque Redondo.
The importance of storytelling to the American Indian.
B.I.A.
Life is full of new places to go, exciting new things to do, great new people to meet.
Why waste time 'going shopping' when
there are such riches to be acquired by seeing, listening (as well as asking a few questions and exchanging ideas) and LEARNING...
Moved even further up my list of 'Places to visit in this lifetime': NMAI.
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