state tribal collaboration act fiscal year 2015

STATE TRIBAL COLLABORATION ACT

FISCAL YEAR 2015

Students enjoy an educational trip to Jemez Historic Site. Photo courtesy of New Mexico Historic Sites, DCA.

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DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS

STATE-TRIBAL COLLABORATION ACT (STCA) FY15

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SECTION I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) is dedicated to integrating tribal consultation in the

development and delivery of services on behalf of the State of New Mexico. The department strives to develop

tribal relations and further enhance tribal networks. By nature of DCAs mission to preserve, showcase and

provide educational programs about our states rich cultural resources, practically every program throughout the

department touches on Native American communities and interests. In alignment with Senate Bill 196, the State

Tribal Collaboration Act, DCA is continually seeking to enhance services and programs geared toward serving

the states tribal communities.

DCA is comprised of the States Museums, Historic Sites, Archaeology, Historic Preservation, State Library, and

Arts divisions. These services and facilities are located in communities across the state. It is imperative that

DCA establish and maintain positive, respectful and collaborative relationships with Native American

communities and that DCAs policies include requirements for tribal consultation. The departments goal is for

every division to regularly interact with tribal and pueblo communities in carrying out its services.

The department continues to encourage and expand collaborative relationships and partnerships with Native

American governments and the Indian Affairs Department. Native American tribal and pueblo communities have

on-going relationships with the departments divisions in the areas of arts, preservation, archaeology, museums,

historic sites, and libraries.

Building on the Past, Facing the Future: Renewing the Creative Economy of New Mexico

In FY14, the department completed Building on the Past, Facing the Future: Renewing the Creative Economy of

New Mexico, a study of the arts and cultural industries in New Mexico. This report represents the first statewide

economic impact study on arts and cultural industries in 20 years. The report was commissioned by DCA and

conducted by the University of New Mexicos Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) in order to

better understand the current impact, deficits, and needs of arts and cultural industries in the state, and to develop

policy recommendations to effectively leverage New Mexicos arts and cultural assets in support of the states

economic and social development. The study offers key data, reveals important trends at the city, county, state

and tribal levels, and offers research-based recommendations for arts and cultural workers, business investors,

educators, leaders, and policy-makers.

Specific to tribal communities, the study recommends both the protection of Native American arts and crafts

against the effects of misrepresentation, and the development of the capacity of Native American communities

and professionals to exercise greater influence in the marketplace for their work. The existing truth in

advertising laws include the federal Indian Arts & Crafts Act of 1935 (with amendments 1990, 2000, 2007, and

2010) and New Mexicos Indian Arts and Crafts Sales Act of 1978. This protection is particularly important

because art and craft production is an invaluable source of income for many Native American households in the

state, and represents a primary avenue for economic development in tribal communities.

Beyond these tribal-specific recommendations, however, all of the action items set forth in the study stand to

benefit tribal communities. In FY15, DCA began to act upon the studys recommendations. DCAs responses so

far include:

1. Building cohesion in the arts and cultural sector through: a. statewide public engagement meetings to distribute and discuss the BBER Report with key

leaders in arts and cultural industries, educators, and the business sector;

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2. Developing a statewide web-based platform for networking (a Virtual Network) to: a. formulate a common agenda; b. build a vibrant advocacy network; c. offer training opportunities in business management and marketing; d. promote the exchange of information, knowledge, and best practices; e. encourage partnerships and collaborative initiatives; and f. provide information on resources, support systems, investment, and grant opportunities;

3. Boosting funding and support for New Mexico Arts grant program by: a. developing an economic development track to offer statewide grant competition to stimulate

entrepreneurship, creative enterprise, and innovation;

4. Increasing cultural heritage tourism by: a. developing app technology for a Cultural Atlas project, offering a map and key data and

information to promote visitation, experiences, and learning at historic and cultural sites across

New Mexico, and

b. planning an innovative Native-designed marketing initiative promoting International Cultural Tourism to benefit economically distressed Native American communities in New Mexico. The

program will target the International Cultural Visitor and prepare local Host Cultural Centers and

communities for cultural visitation. The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is spearheading this

effort.

DCA is also formulating partnerships with a wide variety of sectors in New Mexico, including the business,

academic, and non-profit sectors, as well as with other state and local government agencies. Through these action

items and partnerships, the department is catalyzing innovative programs, incubating best practice models to

support New Mexicos arts and cultural workers, and building springboards for these workers success.

In FY15, the Secretary of Cultural Affairs is reaching out statewide to engage constituencies in addressing the

BBER studys findings and recommendations. The engagement of Native constituencies in this effort is a

priority.

SECTION II. AGENCY OVERVIEW/BACKGROUND

Mission

The mission of the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) is to preserve, foster, and interpret New Mexicos

diverse cultural, scientific, and artistic heritage and expression for present and future generations, enhancing the

quality of life and economic well-being of the state.

Organizational Structure

The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) is divided into five programs and consists of 15 divisions and

additional non-division entities. DCA owns facilities and provides services in communities throughout New

Mexico, reaching every county of the state.

Museums and Historic Sites Program

National Hispanic Cultural Center

New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science

New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum

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New Mexico Museum of Space History

Museum of International Folk Art

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture

New Mexico Museum of Art

New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors

Museum Resources Division

New Mexico Historic Sites: o Bosque Redondo Memorial and Fort Sumner o Coronado o El Camino Real o Fort Selden o Fort Stanton o Jemez o Lincoln o Los Luceros o Taylor-Reynolds-Barela-Mesilla

Preservation Program

Historic Preservation Division

Office of Archaeological Studies

Library Services Program

New Mexico State Library

Arts Services Program

New Mexico Arts

New Mexico Arts Commission

New Mexico Music Commission

Program Support

Administrative Services Division

Office of the Cabinet Secretary

Information Technology

Cabinet Secretary Veronica N. Gonzales was appointed in 2011 by Governor Susana Martinez to direct the

department. The agency has approximately 500 employees spread throughout its 15 divisions, with another 1,320

volunteers putting in more than 112,000 hours annually. The annual budget is approximately $43.9 million,

including $30 million in General Funds, $4.2 million in Federal Funds, $9.2 million in Other State funds ($4.0 in

earned revenue), and $108 thousand in Internal Transfers.

Each year, over $1 million goes directly to New Mexico's cultural activities individuals and organizations to

assist with funding arts and cultural programs. In FY15, the department's museums welcome nearly 800,000

visitors, and DCA programs and services served more than one million New Mexico residents and their out-of-

state guests.

SECTION III. AGENCY EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT POLICY

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology (MIAC/LOA) is dedicated to its mission to

inspire appreciation for and knowledge of the diverse Native arts, histories, languages, and cultures of the Greater

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Southwest. It does this through its ongoing research, interpretation, and presentation of exhibitions that

incorporate the Native American perspective.

The museum works with an Indian Advisory Panel comprised of Native community members and religious

leaders who advise the museum on the best practices for preserving and caring for the collection in the most

appropriate and sensitive manner. MIACs Indian Advisory Panel (IAP) meets quarterly to discuss the museums

proposed exhibitions and educational programs. The IAP currently includes 18 members representing the majority

of the pueblos and tribes in New Mexico and some in Arizona.

Since its inception, the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology (MIAC/Lab) has played

an important role in the interpretation of Native American cultures. In December 1927, the Laboratory of

Anthropology (Lab) was organized as a private corporation dedicated to anthropological research and public

education. The institution served as a research and training center where graduate students received advanced

training in anthropology and archaeology, and scholars conducted research on Southwestern material culture. The

Lab was a private organization until 1947, at which time the State of New Mexico accepted as a gift the grounds,

building, furnishings, and equipment. At that point, two venerable institutionsMuseum of New Mexico and

Laboratory of Anthropologymerged.

Construction of the museum, the exhibit venue for the Labs collections, began in 1984 and was completed in

1987. The 20,000 square foot Amy Rose Bloch Wing, built to house a core exhibition space, was added in 1996.

Featuring permanent and changing exhibitions relating to the arts and cultures of the Native American Southwest,

MIAC attracts an average of almost 60,000 visitors annually. The Museums core exhibition, Here, Now and

Always (conceived in collaboration with Native peoples) and the Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pueblo

Pottery (which features over 1,500 objects from the collections) serve as space for the Museums two permanent

exhibitions. Of the three changing exhibition galleries dedicated to North American Indian art and culture, two

feature interpretive exhibits on Native American cultures, the other contemporary fine art. The additional 1,500

square foot Masterpieces Gallery completed in 2003 is used to exhibit the finest works of Native American

artisans, primarily from the collections of the MIAC/Lab.

A new building, the Center for New Mexico Archaeology, was completed in 2012, and serves as a research and

curation facility for the 10 million artifacts in the Archaeological Research Collections. Development of this new

facility involved members of the Museums Indian Advisory Panel from the earliest stages in order to incorporate

the concerns of our Native citizens into planning for collections care, and to provide appropriate and respectful

care for the individual human remains, associated funerary objects, and sacred materials that remain under the

Museums stewardship. Following suggestions made by members of the Indian Advisory Panel, the plan for the

new Center also incorporates a ceremonial space for Native consultants to prepare themselves to enter the Center

in order to view and consult on the collections.

MIAC/Lab continues to be involved in ongoing consultations with pueblos and tribes in New Mexico, Arizona

and Colorado in compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of

1990, 25 U.S.C. 3003 and the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR 43 CFR 10).

The museum complies with other applicable/relevant state and federal statutes or mandates including: the New

Mexico Administrative Code; Cultural Properties Act ( 18-6-1 to 18-1-17, NMSA 1978); Executive Order No.

2005-003; Department of Cultural Affairs Sensitive Materials Policy; DCAs State- Tribal Consultation,

Collaboration, Communications Policy (adopted 12-18-09), and any subsequent federal and state laws, executive

orders, regulations and rules pertaining to culturally sensitive materials and archaeological collections.

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MIAC currently employs five Native Americans in key professional positions: executive director, director of the

Living Traditions Education Center, curator of ethnology, archivist, and executive administrative assistant.

New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors The Palace of the Governors Native American Artisans Program (Portal Program) is an educational program as

well as a sales venue exclusively for Native Americans. Over the last 50 years, the Portal Program has showcased

genuine Native American handmade arts and crafts. Positioned under the portal of the Palace of the Governors,

more than 20 Native American tribes and pueblos have been represented among the artists. Over 600 Native

American artisans are actively involved in this program on a regular basis. The artisans work with the Portal

Program and help to develop and guide its policies.

State Historic Sites There are currently eight State Historic Sites located throughout New Mexico, with seven of them open to the

public on a daily basis. These seven are Jemez Historic Site in Jemez Springs, Coronado Historic Site in

Bernalillo, El Camino Real Historic Site south of Socorro, Fort Selden Historic Site in Radium Springs north of

Las Cruces, Fort Stanton Historic Site north of Ruidoso, Lincoln Historic Site in the village of Lincoln, and

Bosque Redondo Memorial/Fort Sumner Historic Site just east of Fort Sumner. The eighth site, Taylor-Reynolds-

Barela-Mesilla Historic Site on the historic plaza of Mesilla, is currently occupied privately as a life estate. A

ninth property, Los Luceros north of Espanola, is open for scheduled visits only.

The Historic Sites Division works formally with Jemez Pueblo, and in many ways with members from other tribes

and pueblos. The American Indian heritage and history relating to the eight historic sites and one management

site includes the Navajo, Mescalero Apache, Ohkay Owingeh, Jemez, Santa Ana, Isleta, Zia, Sandia, and Piro-

Manso cultures. During any one year, the extent of liaison with each of these Native groups will vary.

Historic Preservation Division The Historic Preservation Division (HPD) is responsible for coordinating historic preservation efforts statewide.

At the federal level, the major piece of protective legislation directing the work of HPD is the National Historic

Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended. State Historic Preservation Offices are at the center of Section

106 consultation efforts, in working with federal agencies, Indian tribes, cultural resource consultants, local

governments and other interested parties and individuals.

At the state level, HPD works under the New Mexico Cultural Properties Act N.M. Stat. 18-6-1 through 18-6-

17, NMSA 1978 as amended through 2005. This law establishes the HPD, State Historic Preservation Officer

(SHPO) and the Cultural Properties Review Committee (CPRC). It provides for the protection of archaeological

sites through the creation of a permitting process for the survey and excavation of archaeological sites and

unmarked human burials by qualified institutions, and establishes civil and criminal penalties for the looting of

archaeological sites and disturbance of unmarked burials. HPD notifies the Indian Affairs Department and Indian

tribes when a permit to excavate unmarked human burials is received, and requests their input on the final

disposition of the remains. Tribal consultation is government-to-government between the federal or state agency,

the Indian tribe in New Mexico, and Indian tribes in other states who have ancestral ties to New Mexico. HPD

staff may work with federal and state agencies to advise and assist the agency in carrying out their responsibilities

and ensure that tribal consultation occurs. HPD maintains a list of tribes and contacts for all Indian tribes and

pueblos in New Mexico as well as tribes in other states. This list is organized by county and is used to determine

which Indian tribes want to be consulted in various geographic parts of the state.

The Cultural Properties Act further requires that state agencies provide SHPO with an opportunity to participate

in planning for activities that will affect properties that are listed on the State Register of Cultural Properties or the

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National Register of Historic Places. HPD works with the public to ensure the protection of Cultural Properties,

of which many are lands important to tribal communities. HPD consults with tribes on State and National

Register Nominations, and the membership of the CPRC includes a tribal representative.

Office of Archaeological Studies The Office of Archaeological Studies (OAS) conducts archaeological surveys and excavations prior to economic

development projects, such as roads, buildings, pipelines, and other utilities. OAS activities are non-profit and

client-supported (enterprise funds), with some grant-supported activities including an award-winning educational

outreach program. Client projects are carried out within the narrowly defined frameworks of federal, tribal, state,

or municipal regulations concerning the protection of cultural resources. Federal frameworks include the National

Historic Preservation Act, the Antiquities Act, the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), and the National Environmental Policy Act. Tribal statutes and regulations cover all activities that

are carried out within the sovereign boundaries of individual reservations. The provisions of the New Mexico

Cultural Properties Act and the Unmarked Burial Statute cover OAS activities on non-federal and non-tribal

lands. Tribal consultations about OAS archaeological projects are conducted as part of the appropriate federal,

tribal, or state regulatory or permitting process. The OAS staff of 32 includes four enrolled Native American

archaeologists.

State Library The New Mexico State Library (NMSL) continues to provide ongoing support for tribal libraries to strengthen

services to their communities. NMSL also provides other services including talking books for visually impaired

readers, rural bookmobile, and books by mail.

NMSL is responsible for oversight and administration of the Tribal Libraries General Obligation (GO) Bonds.

The 2010 and 2012 GO Bond language allows tribal libraries to use the funds for construction as well as library

materials. DCA is managing the construction projects on tribal lands through its facilities office while NMSL is

managing the acquisition of library materials.

NMSL is responsible for oversight and administration of the Tribal Libraries Program grants as well as the State

Grants-in-Aid that support tribal and other public libraries in the state. The Tribal Library Program recently

added a new program coordinator, bringing its staff to two full-time employees.

The State Library also provides tribal libraries with consulting, training, and staff certification and maintains

active communication to include tribal perspectives in the state librarys strategic planning, and the Library

Services and Technology Act (LSTA) planning.

New Mexico Arts New Mexico Arts and its partner, the Economic Development Departments (EDD) MainStreet Program, made

policy changes in 2015 to allow tribal entities to be designated Arts and Cultural Districts under the states

legislatively mandated program. The policies were written by the attorneys for EDD and DCA and subsequently

approved by the advisory, Governor-appointed New Mexico Arts Commission, the authorizing authority for the

state-designated Arts and Cultural Districts. These policy changes were necessary as the original law passed by

the Legislature in 2007 did not include tribal entities in the Arts and Cultural Districts program. Tribal entities

will now be eligible to apply to participate in this multiagency program that uses arts and culture to revitalize and

develop communities, especially in rural New Mexico.

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SECTION IV. CURRENT AND PLANNED PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR AMERICAN INDIANS / ALASKA NATIVES

Museum of International Folk Art The Museum of International Folk Art (MOIFA) provided the following services during fiscal year 2015:

Nambe Pueblo brought thirty children, ages 5 to 6 years old, to tour the museum in early July. International Folk

Art Market (IFAM) tickets were distributed to children and chaperones.

International Folk Arts Week (IFAW) artist demonstrations included two Gallery of Conscience artists: Thomas

Haukaas (Sicangu Lakota) and Titus Steiner Cody (Navajo).

8 Northern Indian Pueblos Council brought forty children, ages 2 to 18 years old to make Japanese Kites and

Brazilian Dolls during our Summer Arts Alive! program on Milner Plaza.

San Juan Elementary first grade children, ten of whom were Pueblo children, participated in "Folk Art To Go"

(F.A.T.G.) to learn about the Mexican celebration of Dia de Muertos. A pre-museum visit to their school was

conducted by the Outreach Educator in preparation for their visit.

Eleven 6th grade children from Zia and Jemez Pueblos toured the Girard Gallery in December 2014 and made

Polish Szopkas during their scheduled F.A.T.G. field trip with Jemez Valley Middle School.

Art/Outreach hands-on art making of Khamsas (good luck amulets) at the Metropolitan Detention Center in

Albuquerque with approximately fourteen Native American men and women adult inmates in January, 2015.

Gallery of Conscience, Between Two Worlds: Folk Artists Reflect on the Immigrant Experience, Youth Media

Project & YouthWorks! collaboration project included an artist interview (Spring, 2015) with Titus Steiner Cody

(Navajo) for the new works gallery listening station opening in July.

MOIFA and the IFAA met with administrators and artists from the Poeh Cultural Center and Museum this spring

to plan the From the Local to the Global: Folk Art as a catalyst for Social Change initiative for July 2015 which

was funded by the McCune Foundation.

During the last month of F.A.T.G. (May), forty Native American children from Cochiti Elementary participated in

F.A.T.G. and made wire dolls after touring the Girard Gallery with Docents. Children also received a pre-

museum visit from the Outreach Educator.

The Gallery of Conscience received new artwork inspired by the Between Two Worlds: Folk Artists Reflect on

the Immigrant Experience, artist conversation project from Thomas Haukaas (Sicangu Lakota) and Titus Steiner

Cody (Navajo) for installation by the July 5, 2015 Public Opening.

Annual Education Outreach collaboration between MOIFA and the International Folk Art Alliance (IFAA),

Outreach Educator conducted art/outreach visit to the Santa Ana Community Wellness Summer Program, meeting

with twenty-nine K-6th grade Pueblo children, plus teen mentors/staff to prepare them for their museum visit

during International Folk Arts Week (IFAW) in July 2015. Participants learned about and made Nearikas ~

Huichol Yarn Paintings; the 2015 IFAM featured poster/volunteer t-shirt tree of life folk art image.

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Museum of Indian Arts and Culture

Facilitating Return of Cultural Patrimony: The Curator of Archaeology, Assistant Curator of Archaeological Research Collections, worked with

representatives of the Hopi People of Third Mesa to facilitate the return ceremonial item of great cultural

importance. A private citizen initially made the return.

On June 9, 2015, MIAC/Lab received three objects of cultural patrimony. Staff will consult with the Indian

Advisory Panel (IAP) on how the objects will be properly repatriated.

The Archaeological Research Collections: The Archaeological Research Collections (ARC) holds thousands of cubic feet of tribally owned archaeological

material in trust for nearly all New Mexico tribes and Pueblos. The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) renewed their

annual contract with the museum to continue the work of organizing, cataloging and upgrading housing for

tribally owned archaeological collections, as well as to prepare inventories of NAGPRA-sensitive materials in the

BIAs collections at the museum. This contract provides funding for a full-time collections staff position.

Collection Tours:

A small collection of artifacts from the Pueblo of Santa Ana was de-accessioned and transferred to the Pueblo

from ARC (the Archaeological Research Collections). These artifacts were collected during cultural resource

investigations conducted in the late 1970s, prior to the construction of the Jemez Canyon Dam. The Corps of

Engineers, who oversaw dam construction, had placed the collection at the Museum for curation. At the request

of Santa Ana, the collection was returned to them in September 2014.

The Curators of Archaeology and Archaeological Research Collections, along with the ARC Archivist, met with

Acoma Pueblo Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Damian Garcia, representatives of the Pueblo, and their

consulting archaeologist in March 2015. The Pueblo was interested in looking through photographs and records

of the excavations at a site along Interstate 40 (LA 6402/White Antelope ruin) in the area near McCartys and San

Fidel, New Mexico. Pueblo representatives looked through the maps and photos, requesting copies of some. In

addition, Museum staff presented them with information on the nature and extent of the archaeological collections

from the site.

NAGPRA: In October 2014, the Pueblo of Jemez collected previously repatriated funerary objects and fragmentary human

remains from the Museum for reburial. Items repatriated were published in Notices of Inventory Completion in

2008 and 2012.

Living Traditions Education Center: MIAC/Lab provides extensive community and educational outreach programs to New Mexico residents. The

mission of the Living Traditions Education Center is to foster exchange between Native and non-Native

communities by offering a wide array of programming and creating a forum in which to discuss Native American

issues; to promote the appreciation of traditional and contemporary Native art; and to provide a resource center

for exhibitions and programs serving rural Native America, Native and non-Native museums, cultural centers, and

schools.

Outreach and Programming: The museums curators and Assistant Curator of Archaeological Research Collections (ARC) participated in the

Celebrating San Felipe Pottery: A Community event at San Felipe Pueblo on June 20. The event was hosted by

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the Indian Arts Research Center at the School for Advanced Research (SAR) and focused on celebrating and

highlighting San Felipe potteryan art form that is not well known. SAR worked with several San Felipe Potters

to develop the event, which was open to both community members as well as the public. The day included artist

booths featuring contemporary San Felipe potters and their work, pottery demonstrations, as well as the debut of a

small banner exhibit on San Felipe pottery (a portable traveling exhibit) created by SAR. In addition,

representatives from local cultural institutions that hold San Felipe pottery in their collections were invited to

have an informational booth. The museum has one of the largest collections of San Felipe pottery in the nation

and the Curators took photos of these pots to share with the community. ARC staff took examples of pre-1600

painted ceramics from the ancestral site of Tongue to share with the potters.

Educational Onsite Tours and Offsite Outreach:

The museum provides outreach visits to BIA schools and tribal communities. Educational outreach programs

include bus transportation funding for underserved rural Native American communities.

School tours:

Nambe Summer Program, 9 students and 2 adults - 7/1/14

Pueblo of Pojoaque, 13 students and 2 adults - 7/8/14

Tesuque Pueblo, 4 students and 4 adults - 7/9/14

NM History Museum/Jemez Pueblo, 12 students and 15 adults - 7/22/14

Santa Fe Indian School, 8 students and 1 adult - 1/14/15



Santa Fe Indian School, 9 students and 2 adults - 3/25/15

Hopi Day School, 25 students and 6 adults - 5/14/15

Taos Day School, 36 students and 6 adults - 5/14/15

Santa Ana Pueblo, 35 students and 15 adults - 5/12/15

Outreach:

St Francis School - 9/11/14

Majority of students were from the Jicarilla Apache Resrevation. Dina Velarde presented to her Alma Mater, as

an artist and assistant museum educator. 100 students and 15 adults participated.

Teacher Open House - 9/18/14

Educational opportunities at MIAC were shared. 60 visits took place.

Santo Domingo Pueblo Resource Fair - 9/18/14

Material from current exhibits was placed on table for those interested. Approximately 30 visitors to the MIAC

table.

Nenahnezah Community School (Fruitland, NM) - 10/27-10/29/14

Presentation on Navajo weaving and students were provided cardboards looms and yarns. Over 100 students

participated.

Indian Day at the Capitol Rotunda - 2/6/15

MIAC had a table with different handouts and pump drill activity for people who were interested in the Museums

current/permanent exhibitions and programs. Joyce Begay-Foss was part of the Indian Day planning committee

and worked with the Indian Affairs Department to plan the event and reception. Approximately 275 visitors came

to the MIAC table.

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Dowa Yalanne Elementary School (Zuni Pueblo, NM) - 3/24/15 125 students and 5 adults participated.

Eva B. Stokely Elementary School, (Shiprock, NM) - 4/17/15

Outreach presentation on Navajo weaving. 48 students and 3 adults participated.

Laguna/Acoma Junior High School - 5/6/15

Ethnobotany presentation on native seeds. 41 students and 2 adults participated.

Cuba Elementary - 5/12/15

Weaving activity. 79 students and 4 adults participated.

Chief Manuelito Jr. High - 5/18/15

Presentation on pottery. 37 students and 2 adults participated.

Chooshgai Community School (Tohatchi, NM) - 5/19/15

Weaving presentation and hands-on weaving activity. 133 students and 2 adults participated.

Public Programs: The following programs are for the general public and the museum contracts Native American

artists/performers throughout the state to help present these programs to our visitors.

Breakfast with the Curators - 8/1/14

Estella Loretto, a sculptor from Jemez Pueblo, spoke about her work as a sculptor, and her new passion of making

jewelry. 14 attended.

Breakfast with the Artists - 8/8/14

Lee Marmon, a renowned Laguna Photographer, discussed his work, which was a part of the Native American

Portraits Exhibit.

Breakfast with the Artist: Dallin Maybee - 8/15/14

Dallin, of Northern Arapaho/ Seneca heritage, presented his artwork with a slideshow presentation. He spoke of

his pieces which included paintings and beading, and sometimes a combination of both. 19 attended.

Breakfast with the Artists: John Torres-Nez - 8/20/14

John Torres-Nez, Navajo, presented his work and spoke of the new art movement called the Indigenous Fine Arts

Market. 34 attended.

Dawn Jackson Workshop - 8/20-21/14

Dawn Jackson presented her art work, and offered pieces to be painted to those interested. 27 attended.

Festival of the Drum, Onsite, Hands On - 9/28/14

Hands on activities were provided to attendees. The education department offered various materials for making

drums made from recycled coffee cans. 50 attended.

Native Portraits Hair Fashion - 11/8/14

This program was inspired by the Native American Portraits Exhibit. People from different communities came

together to show, and demonstrate the various hairstyles found within the Southwest.

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Veterans Day - 11/9/14

To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, Native American Veterans were honored at the Museum of Indian

Arts and Culture from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM. The event sought to recognize and celebrate the significant and

meaningful contributions, both past and present, of Native Americans Veterans to the United States. 129 attended.

Film Screening: Huicholes: The Last Peyote Guardians - 11/14/14

Admission to the film was free with museum admission.

This recently released documentary (120 min., Spanish/English) tells the story of the Wixarika or Huicholes

people, one of the most intact precolonial people remaining in the Americas and their struggle against both the

Mexican government and multinational mining corporations to preserve Wirikuta, their sacred lands, against

mineral extraction. This film highlights the global debate pitting ancient cultural values, the exploitation of nature,

and the inevitable development of the peoples against promises from the multinationals to create jobs and wealth

for the people without contamination. Following the screening, the films director, Hernn Vichez, and two

Huichol Shamans were available for Q&A. 120 attended.

Winter Traditions - 12/7/14 Winter Traditions is a special community holiday celebration featuring Native American storytelling, dance

performance, and hands-on activities. This included clay ornament and shell/bead jewelry activities and four

different native dance troupes. 259 attended.

Native American Photographer Lee Marmon Lecture - 1/4/15

Marmon (Laguna) delivered a lecture on the occasion of the closing of the exhibition Native Portraits.

Gran Marys Place

This is a storytelling program at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture that is dedicated to celebrating the

memory of Docent Mary Sudbrink. Mary loved life, children, and telling stories to children visiting the Museum.

Gran Marys Place with Ed Kabotie - 1/18/15 Ed Kabotie is from both Santa Clara and Hopi Pueblos. His art reflects his inspiration from these two vibrant

cultures. Ed continues this illustrious heritage in his paintings, jewelry, and carvings - and music, too! He recently

released a CD of bilingual songs, accompanied by Native flute. 48 attended.

Gran Marys with Baje Whitethorne Sr. - 2/8/15

Baje Whitethorne, Sr. grew up on the western Navajo Reservation and is best known for his paintings of

traditional performers and of remembered landscapes from his 1950s childhood in the Black Mesa area of

northern Arizona. He worked as a boilermaker until 1978, when he began building his career as a professional

watercolorist. Bajes artwork can be seen at various museums, art galleries, and private collections across the

globe. 35 attended.

Yucca Sandal Weaving Demonstration - 2/14/15

Mary Weahkee (Santa Clara / Comanche), an archaeologist with the Office of Archaeological Studies, presented a

3-hour demonstration in which she worked on a yucca sandal. 22 attended.

Panel / Book Signing / Opening Reception - 2/15/15

The opening of David Bradleys (Chippewa) exhibition Indian Country: The Art of David Bradley was celebrated

with Jemez Buffalo Dancers, a panel discussion led by Dr. Suzan Harjo (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee), and

a book signing with Bradley and MIAC Curator Valerie Verzuh. 1124 attended.

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Coiled Basketry Demonstration - 2/17/15

Lynette Etsitty (Din), a curator with the Office of Archaeological Studies, presented a 3-hour demonstration of

coiled basketry. 13 attended.

Stone Flintknapping Demonstration - 2/21/15

Isaac Coan (Din) showed different techniques for forming points. Coan, an archaeologist with the Office of

Archaeological Studies, also brought a significant display of artifacts for public viewing. 37 attended.

Native American Stereotypes Lecture - 2/22/15

Erin Fehr (Yupik) of the Sequoyah National Research Center gave a slide presentation about the massive

collection of stereotypical figures, images, ephemera, etc. housed at SNRC. 64 attended.

Gran Marys Place with Jason Tecube - 3/15/15 Jason Tecube, grew up in Dulce, New Mexico on the homelands of the Jicarilla Apache . At a young age he began

learning about his tribe through various elders and relatives of his community. His knowledge also extends to the

Apache tribes of the White Mountain, and Mescalero. Whether they be songs or stories, they are deeply rooted. 25

attended.

Pueblo Food Experience - 3/21/15

A film screening, presentation, and discussion with the renowned potter and permaculturist Roxanne Swentzell

(Santa Clara) regarding her Pueblo Food Experience, a healthy native foods experiment. 61 attended.

Authenticity in Native American Art Lecture - 5/16/15

Nina Alexander from the DOI delivered a talk on authenticity in Native American art. Several Native artists

were in attendance, along with 35 others.

Film Screening /Sculpture Demonstration - 5/17/15

A program with the famed Din artist Oreland Joe during which his biographical film was screened and he created

a partial bust in clay using a Jicarilla Apache staff member as a model. 47 attended.

Farewell to Footprints Closing Festivities - 5/30/15

A film and dance celebration to mark the end of a year-long exhibition of sculptures by Allan Houser and students

influenced by his talent. 900 attended.

Lecture on the Life of Princess Tsianina Red Feather - 6/5/15

UNMs Dr. Kathleen Washburn discussed the life and legacy of Red Feather (Creek / Cherokee), whose opera ran

during two seasons at the Metropolitan Opera.

Native Youth Film Camp - 6/15-26/15

Talented Native youth produced film shorts using museum grounds, exhibitions, staff, and other resources. 12

students participated.

Film Camp Shorts Screening - 6/26/15

The premiere of the students work from the Native Youth Film Camp. 105 attended

Film Screening and Q&A with Director Georgina Lightning - 6/27/15

Older than America director, writer, producer and actor Georgina Lightning introduced her film and conducted a

Q & A session following the screening.

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Southwest Pottery Demonstration Series:

Southwest Pottery Demonstration: Erik Fender - 7/9/14

Erik Fender Spoke and demonstrated his work with San Ildefonso pottery. He showed the many stages of the

process, as well as showed the finished product. 20 attended.

Southwest Pottery Demonstration: Pam Quintana - 7/23/14

Pam set up in the entrance of the museum and demonstrated her use of micaceous clay and her forming of story

tellers which originated in Cochiti, where she is from. 25 attended.

Southwest Pottery Demonstration: Ulysses Reid - 8/6/14

Ulysses gave a demonstration of making Zia pottery. While speaking to attendees, Ulysses made and explained

his process of making his pottery. He also showed examples of finished work. 29 attended.

Southwest Pottery Demonstration: Sharon Lewis - 8/20/14

Sharon explained and demonstrated her pottery influenced by Acoma tradition. 20 attended.

Southwest Pottery Series with Robert Tenorio (Santo Domingo Pueblo) - 6/10/15

Robert gave a pottery demonstration. 27 attended.

Turquoise Exhibit lecture series:

Steve La Rance & Marian Denipah Presentation - 7/17/14

Steve, a Hopi Artist/Jeweler, and Marian Denipah, who is Navajo and San Juan Pueblo, are both accomplished

jewelers and artists. 40 attended.

Perspectives & Meanings: Fritz Casuse - 8/10/14

Fritz Casuse, a Din Jeweler spoke about and showed his work with a slideshow. A focus was his usage of

turquoise. 78 attended.

Perspectives & Meanings: Chris & Pat Pruitt - 9/12/14

Chris and Pat Pruitt of Laguna both gave separate presentations of their work. Both are artists and jewelers, with

very different perspectives, and materials. 40 attended.

Artist Talk with Shane Hendren - 6/14/15

Shane Hendren (Din) discussed his process and inspiration behind his beautiful jewelry. 16 attended.

Artist Demonstration with Jennifer Curtis - 6/28/15

Celebrated Din artist Jennifer Curtis discussed her (and her father Thomass) work with silver using stamps and

dies. 45 attended.

Exhibits Presented at the Museum during FY15:

Footprints: The Inspiration and Influence of Allan Houser

Aug 3, 2014 through Jun 1, 2015

The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture is proud to honor the hundreth birth year of Allan Houser with this

exhibition of his sculptures and those of thirteen Native American artists whose lives he changed forever. Larry

Ahvakana, Don Chunestudey, Cliff Fragua, Craig Dan Goseyun, Rollie Grandbois, Bob Haozous, Phillip Mangas

Haozous, Doug Hyde, Oreland Joe, Tony Lee, Estella Loretto, Bill Prokopiof and Robert Shorty.

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Courage and Compassion: Native Women Sculpting Women

November 2nd

, 2015 through October 19th

, 2015

Courage and Compassion is the first exhibit of its kind featuring leading American Indian women sculptors of

20th and 21st centuries. The exhibition features figures of women sculpted by seven American Indian women

artists. Most of the ten works on view will be in the museums outdoor Roland Sculpture Garden. There is a long

history of sculpting among the indigenous peoples of the Americas. The artists in Courage and Compassion, while

contemporary in their approach are steeped in tradition. Using the same materials as their ancestors did thousands

of years ago, the works presented draw on cultural influences of those who have gone before.

Indian Country: The Art of David Bradley

February 15, 2015 through January 16, 2016 On view will be 32 works of art spanning his career, including paintings, mixed media works, and bronze

sculptures.

Turquoise, Water, Sky: The Stone and Its Meaning

April 13, 2014 through May 2, 2016

This exhibition highlights the Museums extensive collection of Southwestern turquoise jewelry and presents all

aspects of the stone, from geology, mining and history, to questions of authenticity and value.

The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery

The Buchsbaum Gallery features approximately 250 pieces from the collections. Each of the Pueblos of New

Mexico and Arizona are represented in a selection of pieces that portray the development of a community

tradition. In addition, a changing area of the gallery entitled Traditions Today highlights the evolving

contemporary traditions of the ancient art of pottery making. The gallery was refurbished and reopened on

January 17, 2012.

Here, Now, and Always (permanent exhibition) in the Amy Rose Bloch Wing

This exhibition is a major exhibition based on eight years of collaboration among Native American elders, artists,

scholars, teachers, writers and museum professionals. Voices of fifty Native Americans guide visitors through the

Southwest's indigenous communities and their challenging landscapes. More than 1,300 artifacts from the

Museum's collections are displayed accompanied by poetry, story, song and scholarly discussion.

MIAC plans the following for fiscal year 2016:

Raise monies for renovation of the permanent exhibition, Here, Now and Always

Complete move of the staff and collections into the new center and raise funds for the ceremonial area.

Increase outreach to tribal communities with private and other funding sources.

New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Educators at the Museum of Natural History served an estimated 500 to 600 Native students during the 2014-2015

school year. The most substantial native outreach program was with the Gallup-McKinley school district, which is

approximately 80% Native. Throughout the school year, museum educators met classes from the Gallup-

McKinley school district at Bluewater State Park to lead a four-hour program that included hiking and teaching

about ecology.

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New Mexico Museum of Art The New Mexico Museum of Art (MOA) interacts with native communities in a variety of ways, most publicly through

exhibition and programming.

Partnerships with the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts: The Museum works with the IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) on their social engagement

program. This is an ongoing relationship. In partnership with MoCNA on February 20, 2015 the Museum hosted

a free screening of the movie Billy Jack with an introduction by Regis Pecos. 131 people attended this event.

MOA actively participates with MoCNAs social engagement residencies. As a part of the social engagement

residency the following artists have visited the collection and met with staff: Sherwin Bitsui. Merrit Johnson,

Jamie Issac, Niki Little, Kerri Lynn Reeves, Rosy Simas, Steve Yazzie, Nathan Young, Laura Evans and Eliza

Naranjo Morris.

A class from IAIA in Studio Arts visited the Hunting+Gathering exhibition.

Museum of Art education staff conducted a series of on-site educational workshops for staff at the Poeh Museum

and Cultural Center in Pojoaque.

Native Artists at the Museum of Art: In 2014 the museum acquired two photographic works by a Native artist, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Tuskeege-

Navajo). One of them, Dad, 2003, depicts her father who was an artist and a veteran, and was shown in the

exhibition Hunting + Gathering. The other piece, Today I was Thinking#2, uses an appropriated image (a

stereograph by a 19th C photographer) to comment on the extermination of buffalo in the American West and it is

currently on view in the exhibition Colors of the Southwest.

Two works from the collection by Native artists were exhibited in Photo Lab 2 (August 28-Dec. 7, 2014), an

interactive space for learning about photography that was part of the museums Focus on Photography series. The

featured pieces were the 2013 acquisition How the West is One [2013.18ab] by local photographer Will Wilson

(Din), and the 1999 acquisition The U.S. Government Will Never Whitewash My Grandparents [1999.15.213]

by by Colorado-based artist Melanie Yazzie (Din). Both were also published in a related article in the museum

journal El Palacio [Vol. 119, No. 2], titled Photography and Identity, along with Keet Seel, by Victor

Masayesva, Jr. (Hopi) [1991.90.1].

Artists with artwork in the exhibition Hunting + Gathering:

Fritz Scholder American (Luiseo)

Diego Romero American (Cochiti)

Thomas Joshua Cooper American (Cherokee)

Will Wilson American (Din)

Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie American (Taskigi/Din)

Charlene Teters (Spokane)

Artists with artwork in the exhibition Colors of the Southwest:

Diego Romero, American (Cochiti Pueblo)

T. C. Cannon, American (Kiowa-Caddo)

Fritz Scholder, American (Luiseo)

Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie, American (Taskigi/Din)

Artists with artwork in the exhibition Material Matters:

Emmi Whitehorse, American (Navajo)

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New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum The New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum connects to and interacts with local and regional

communities through exhibitions, programming, and tours for inter-generational families. Exhibitions at the NM

Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum that relate to Native American themes and cultural interaction include:

Agricultural Beginnings, a section of a long term exhibit that features the beginning of New Mexicos agricultural

history and interprets Native American presence in New Mexico about 4000 years ago when corn was introduced

into the Southwest. The exhibit emphasizes the long process (4000 years) for corn and other cultigens to become

dependable crops and subsequently allowing for permanent settlement by Native Americans. Agricultural

Beginnings also shows ancient agricultural strategies employed by Native Americans.

The Spanish Colonial Period, also a section in the Museums long-term exhibition gallery, has two important

interpretive panels that focus on historic Pueblo culture. The introduction to this section focuses on the Pueblo

people at the time of the arrival of the Spanish colonists in 1598. Emphasis is on how the Pueblo harvest, stored

resources, and agricultural knowledge allowed the colonists to survive the early years in New Mexico. The other

panel interprets the Pueblo Revolt, in which northern pueblos took part in a coordinated revolt, beginning on

August 10, 1680, after being under Spanish rule for more than eight decades.

In Fiscal Year 2015, the NM Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum collaborated with the Los Indigenes de Nuestra

Seora de Guadalupe, Tortugas pueblo, to present and interpret traditional Native American blessings at the

ceremonial beginning of the Museums Blessing of the Fields annual event.

The Museum also collaborated with Native American students at New Mexico State University who are members

of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society. These students participate in the planning for Ghosts

of the Past, an annual event that features living history. The students also serve as support crew during the event

or as historical characters, presenting in first-person performances.

The Museum is in compliance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).

Presently, the Museum is not engaged in consultations with New Mexico Indian nations, pueblos, and tribes. The

Museum has consulted with tribal entities in the past regarding content for specific exhibitions. The Museum does

not house human remains, funerary, sacred or sensitive objects, or objects of cultural patrimony, nor does the

Museum have large archaeological or ethnographical collections. The Museum will enter into consultation with

New Mexico tribes on a case-by-case basis as required by NAGPRA and its regulations.

New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors New Mexico History Museum and Palace of the Governors events and exhibitions that relate to Native American

themes and cultural interactions in New Mexico history include:

Exhibits: Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now, the museums main exhibition, opens with Native life in

what became New Mexico and includes Native stories throughout the chronology, with special attention paid to

Bosque Redondo, Indian education, Native contributions to World War II, and oral histories from contemporary

tribal members.

Painting the Divine: Images of Mary in the New World (June 29, 2014, through March 29, 2015), couples a

major exhibit and a catalogue of Spanish colonial paintings, including ones that hung in Pueblo mission churches.

Curator Josef Daz worked directly with various pueblos on permissions to photograph and/or exhibit their

paintings.

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Santa Fe Found, a long-term exhibition, shows the Native American presence in the history of downtown

Santa Fe and the exchange networks between Spanish and Pueblos.

Native American Portraits, at the museum in 2012, has earned new life at the Museum of Indian Arts and

Culture. It combines historic and modern images of Native peoples and addresses how that portraiture reflects

societys changing attitudes toward them.

School Tours The New Mexico History Museum/Palace of the Governors gave orientations to Native American students on

self-guided field trips on site in addition to sharing on line educational resources.

Pojoaque Pueblo Boys and Girls Club, 13 children, 2 adults - 7/2/14

Jemez Pueblo (in connection with Historic Sites), 22 children, 5 adults - 7/22/14

Pojoaque Pueblo Boys and Girls Club, 13 children, 2 adults 7/31/14

Walatowa High School, 24 students, 3 adults 9/12/14

IAIA, 7 students, 1 adult 10/4/14

UNM American Indian Student Program, 16 students, 1 adult 10/21/14

IAIA, 4 students 10/28/14

Chooshgai Community School, 49 students, 8 adults 11/13/14

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute, 10 students, 1 adult 12/5/14

Uplift Community School, 120 students, 12 adults 12/12/14

Pueblo Pintado School, 22 students, 3 adults 3/11/15

IAIA, 3 students, 1 adult 3/24/15

Santa Fe Indian School, 70 students, 4 adults 4/28/15

Santa Fe Indian School, 50 students, 7 adults 4/29/15

Chooshgai Community School, 14 students, 5 adults 5/12/15

Naschitti Elementary School, 38 students, 8 adults 5/13/15

Jemez Pueblo Day School, 17 students, 9 adults 5/21/15

Crownpoint Mid School , 56 students, 5 adults 6/12/15

Pojoaque Pueblo Boys and Girls Club, 13 students, 2 adults 6/15/15

UNM American Indian Student Services, 34 students 6/27/15

Poetry reading by Navajo poet laureate, Luci Tapahonso to elementary school students 2/4/15

185 students and 31 adults attended.

Assistant Collections Manager Yasmin Hilloowala researched collections for and met with an IAIA intern in

April 2015.

Senior tours included the Santo Domingo Senior Center.

Events and Collaborations:

The Native American Portal Artisans Program hosts Young Natives Art Shows (July and December annually),

a two-day Indian Market event, and the daily market place for authentic Native American arts and crafts.

The museum collaborated with the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian and

SWAIA Indian Market on the Native American Film Festival that took place August 16-24, 2014. 1,347 people

attended the film series.

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The Linguists: Saving Endangered Languages 10/7/14

A discussion with linguists Greg Anderson and K. David Harrison and screening of their 2008 film, The

Linguists, which follows them around the world as they collect recordings of people speaking threatened

languages.

Lozen, Apache Warrior Woman 2/18/15

A discussion with author John McWilliams.

Palace Guard trip to Jemez 5/5/15

Included a Historic Site tour, lunch, lecture, and childrens dance performance at Jemez Pueblo.

New Mexico Historic Sites Jemez Historic Site Jemez Historic Site was established in 1935. It preserves the ancestral Jemez ruins of Giusewatowa (Pueblo at the

Hot Place) and the Franciscan Mission of San Jose de los Jemez. The site was occupied for about 400 years,

between AD 1300 and 1700. Today, Jemez Historic Site offers visitors a chance to experience New Mexico

culture and history first-hand through its museum and interpretative trail.

On July 19, 2012, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between the New Mexico Department of

Cultural Affairs (DCA), the Museum of New Mexico Board of Regents (BOR), and the Pueblo of Jemez

regarding the management of Jemez Historic Site in Jemez Springs, New Mexico. Signatories included DCA

Cabinet Secretary Veronica Gonzales, BOR President Karen Durkovich, and Pueblo of Jemez Governor Joshua

Madalena. The MOU has been in effect for just under three years.

Under the MOU, DCA, BOR, and the Pueblo of Jemez agreed to collaborate on:

A. Site interpretation through exhibits and presentation to the public. B. Development of a public support group. C. Development of volunteer and docent programs. D. Educational outreach programming. E. Cultural tourism programming.

The MOU was left intentionally vague as to how this collaboration would transpire. However, it clearly stated that

no exchange in land or funds could occur; all interactions must be governed by State Law; and each party was

responsible for supplying the costs associated with their own involvement. All of this roughly coincided with the

designation of Jemez Historic Site as a National Historic Landmark on October 16, 2012.

Implementation of the MOU began with Pueblo of Jemez participation in the Department of Cultural Affairs

process to hire a new site manager, as well as, government-to-government meetings describing work planned at

Jemez Historic Site. Once the manager was in place, it was important to deal with each of the five subjects of

collaboration individually.

In addressing site interpretation through exhibits and presentation to the public, it became evident that for

this collaboration to work, consultation on all Jemez Historic Site repairs and exhibit plans would need to occur

between DCA and the Pueblo of Jemez Governors Office. A framework in which Jemez Pueblo workers from

the Department of Natural Resource Protection contracted to perform ruin stabilization was already in place. This

work was continued through the 2015 summer field season and allows the Pueblo of Jemez a direct role in the

preservation of the historic site. Jemez Historic Site also purchases art from local Jemez artists for its Recent

Acquisitions exhibit and is in consultation with Jemez Tribal Officials to overhaul the entire visitor center.

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Jemez Historic Site did not traditionally have a Friends of Jemez Historic Site support group. To implement the

development of a public support group, Jemez Historic Site looked to the Pueblo of Jemez. It already granted

free admission to tribal members. However, the Historic Site expanded this partnership to the submittal of one

article a month regarding Jemez Historic Site to the local tribal newspaper, the Red Rocks Reporter. These articles work to highlight special events at the site and keep the Pueblo informed of initiatives undertaken by Historic Site

Staff.

Collaboration on the development of volunteer and docent program was more difficult to implement. Jemez

Pueblo is roughly 10 miles to the south of Jemez Historic Site and many elderly tribal members do not have the

means to travel to and from the site. However, starting in June 2014, Jemez Historic Site implemented the Elders

in Residence Program. This program enables Jemez Tribal Elders to offer a Native American voice in the

interpretation and preservation Jemez Historic Site as they share stories and personal feelings about the site and

their culture with the visiting public.

Educational outreach programming has been a great triumph. Through its partnership with the Red Rocks

Reporter, Jemez Historic Site Staff have presented numerous articles on the history and archaeology of the site.

However, the most successful program, by far, is the implementation of the Stories from the Land Program which

partnered multiple Museum of New Mexico Divisions with the Jemez Pueblo Community Library and brought

elementary school youths out to Jemez Historic Site for a reading and writing program.

Perhaps the easiest to implement was collaboration on cultural tourism programming. To this end, Jemez

Historic Site has included Jemez Tribal Members (speakers, musicians, dance groups, artists, & food vendors) in

all special events at the site, such as Pueblo Independence Day and Light among the Ruins. Likewise, Jemez

Historic Site Staff promotes and participates in Jemez Pueblos unique cultural and special events throughout the

year. The site also provides a venue free of charge for Jemez artisans to sell their work all year round.

Jemez Historic Site has worked hard to implement the MOU developed by DCA, BOR, and the Pueblo of Jemez.

As the document serves as simply a framework, implementation of the MOU continues to evolve. Key to agreement is compromise, but it must also be sustainable. Funding, both for New Mexico Historic Sites and

Jemez Pueblo, through government sources, grants, donations, and other means remains pivotal to continued

success.

Overall, the MOU developed by DCA, BOR, and the Pueblo of Jemez serves as a great example of what can be

accomplished when State and Tribal governments work together. It is a model for future government to

government interactions both, within the division of New Mexico Historic Sites and the Department of Cultural

Affairs as a whole.

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This summer program was in collaboration with the Santa Ana Pueblo Education Department and other DCA

agencies, including the New Mexico History Museum and Palace of the Governors, the New Mexico Office of

Archaeological Studies, and the New Mexico Museum of Indian Art and Culture. Each day, over 40 students aged

6-14 from Santa Ana came to the Historic Site for daily exploration of archaeology, history, art, culture, nature

and writing. Children learned how to paint with natural pigments, made yucca cordage, discovered freshwater

clam shells in the Rio Grande, learned how to build with adobe, gathered bundles of Indian tea and played an

historical game of shinny for the first time: http://kuaua.com/2015/06/10/first-time-in-500-years/. The program

http://kuaua.com/2015/06/10/first-time-in-500-years/

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culminated with a visit to the Palace Press to learn about how books are made and each child went home with a

book they had written and sewn together, with thanks to Tom Leech and his intern Galen.

Daily plans were made in conjunction with Santa Ana Recreation Department Director Michael Garcia, and future

collaborative efforts in the fall for after-school programs at the historic site are already in the works.

Historic Preservation Division

ACHP Southwest Tribal Summit, May 2016, Santa Fe

NMSHPO Jeff Pappas invited the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to Santa Fe, NM, next May to

conduct its 3rd

tribal summit. The first two were held in California and North Dakota in 2011 and 2014

respectively. The purpose of the tribal summit is to gather together in one location tribal elders and tribal

preservation specialists and other state SHPOs to discuss consultation procedures and to evaluate their

effectiveness. HPD has put together a working group of tribal experts to help organize the event. This will be a

statewide summit hosted at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque.

Jemez Cave Re-Interment, August 2015

HPD consulted with Santa Fe National Forest (NF) and Jemez Pueblo regarding the Pueblos request to re-inter an

infant that was removed from Jemez Cave in the 1930s. The consultation specifically focused on whether reburial

of the infant would result in additional adverse effects to the cave, which the Santa Fe NF was required to

consider under Section 106 of the Historic Preservation Act. Based on existing documentation of cave, nature of

the deposits (previously excavated), and the NR eligibility of the cave, Santa Fe National Forest and HPD agreed

that the project would result in no adverse effect to historic properties if initial testing demonstrated that the fill

did not contain intact cultural deposits. This consultation helped conclude a long-lasting consultation between the

Forest Service and Jemez Pueblo regarding this matter and in a manner that both satisfied the Jemez Pueblo and

was consistent with Section 106 obligations.

Santo Domingo Roundhouse, January 2015 to present

SHPO is currently consulting with Santo Domingo (Kewa) Pueblo and the Santo Domingo Housing Authority

regarding mitigation of a railroad roundhouse located on Kewa land. The project involves US Department of

Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funding and therefore requires compliance with Section 106 of the

Historic Preservation Act. With this project, SHPO is actively involved with an ongoing consultation with the

Santo Domingo Tribal Housing Authority to develop a mitigation plan for a large roundhouse that is associated

with the historic town of Domingo. The roundhouse and surrounding area will be developed for up to 40 housing

units. Mitigation may include oral interviews, historic research, and archaeological excavation. Continued

consultation, however, is necessary to finalize the mitigation for this important archaeological site while also

providing a practical pathway forward for this project.

The Wheelwright Additional Documentation for National Register Listing

This additional documentation provides information on the gender status of Hastn Klah and how this shaped his

role in founding the Wheelwright Museum. The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe, Santa

County, New Mexico was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1990. The

nomination identifies the significance of the museum under National Register Criteria A, B, and C in the areas of

Architecture and Ethnic Heritage: Native American. The nomination also identifies as significant the museums

association with Mary Cabot Wheelwright, William Penhallow Henderson, and Hastn Klah. The additional

documentation, prepared by scholar Will Roscoe, supports Criterion A in the area of Ethnic Heritage: Native

American and Criterion B because of the museums association with Hastn Klah. It provides new evidence

regarding his alternative gender status, a social role that is a distinct feature of Native American heritage. Finally,

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this additional background expands the significance of the Wheelwright Museum as a site where the story of an

extraordinary individual in Native American history and the tradition he represents can be told.

Kuumugeh (LA 835) National Register Nomination

Kuuyemugeh (LA 835) was listed in the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties at the National level

of significance on April 10, 2015. The nomination was prepared by a consultant with support of the Pueblo of

Pojoaque. The site of an extensive, late Developmental period (A.D. 850/900-1150) ancestral Tewa community

on Pueblo of Pojoaque land within the small village of Cuyamungue in the northern Rio Grande Valley of north-

central New Mexico. Consisting of 20 to 21 adobe and jacal house units with associated kivas, substantial

middens, and a great kiva, the pueblo complex surrounds a natural sandstone outcropping known as La

Mesita. The complex was an important early settlement and possible community center on the Developmental

period landscape. Overall the site remains well-preserved and an estimated 70% intact, containing subsurface

cultural deposits to a depth of at least 1.5 m (5 ft). Pojoaque Pueblo maintains traditional connections with the

site and the surrounding area.

ARMS Data Sharing Agreements

The ARMS Branch at HPD currently allows eight tribal governments access to the NMCRIS database. In 2014-

2015, ARMS renegotiated its user agreement with the Jicarilla Apache and drafted and implemented two new

agreements with Acoma and Isleta pueblos.

Roca Honda Uranium Mine, Mt. Taylor TCP. November 2014 and May 2015.

For the 4th consecutive year, HPD has participated in consultation on the proposed Roca Honda uranium mine

with the Cibola National Forest, New Mexico State Land Office, Roca Honda Resources, the Pueblos of Acoma,

Laguna and Zuni, the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation and several other state and federal agencies. The site of the

proposed Roca Honda uranium mine is located 20 miles northeast of Milan, New Mexico and within the Mt.

Taylor Traditional Cultural Property. A consulting party meeting in November 2014 focused on a new alternative

route for the water discharge pipeline which will discharge treated water from the mine site into the Rio San

Jose. This alternative was brought to the USFS by Acoma Pueblo. A site visit was also conducted to the project

area on May 7, 2015 to visit several archaeological sites located within the pipeline corridor. Members from

Acoma Pueblo and Laguna Pueblo participated in the site visit. An additional consulting party meeting was held

on May 29, 2015 to discuss the draft Section 106 report prepared by the Cibola National Forest. This report

summarizes the results of efforts to identify historic properties within the project area to date.

Discovery, Treatment and Disposition of Unmarked Human Burials, 2015, statewide

Throughout 2015 HPD continued consultation on unmarked human burials discovered in the state. Most are

exposed by natural erosion or discovered during the course of construction activities. All Indian nations, tribes

and pueblos in New Mexico and Indian tribes with ancestral ties to New Mexico are notified when human burials

are discovered and cannot be left in place. In prior years HPD notified IAD of the discoveries and IAD then

notified the tribes of the discoveries. Beginning in 2015, at the request of IAD, HPD notified IAD and began

notifying the tribes directly to identify and consult with any living person who may be related to the human burial

and to request recommendations on appropriate treatment and disposition. This change has resulted in HPD

receiving more responses from tribes.

N.M. Reburial Grounds Act, 2015, statewide

To date no reburials grounds have been designated under the 2007 Act. This year HPD contacted the State Land

Office (SLO), the N.M. Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF), N.M. State Parks and DCAs Historic Sites to

see if any of these agencies would consider designating land to serve as a reburial ground. The SLO responded by

stating that such a designation would not be compatible with their mission. The NMDGF commission will agree

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to reinter human burials on NMDGFs lands only if the human remains were found on those lands. Historic Sites

was interested in discussing the matter further. Fort Stanton was mentioned as a potential site for a reburial

ground. State Parks is still considering the issue.

Office of Archaeological Studies The Office of Archaeological Studies (OAS) has an education outreach program that reaches more than 15,000

New Mexicans each year. The programs include both the general public and schools, and OAS makes an explicit

effort to encourage and to respond to requests for programs by Native American groups. Program content is

generally focused on ancient ways of life, especially traditional uses of plants and technologies.

OAS osteologist staff members have been conducting laboratory examinations of old archaeological collections

for the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture and responsible federal agencies. The purpose of these examinations is

to separate animal and human bone fragments and to group fragments into individuals (where possible) so that

NAGPRA consultations can be conducted on the human remains within the collections.

OAS is involved in ongoing discussions with the Historic Preservation Division and Native American Tribes

concerning policy and process for negotiating the release or sequester of archaeological information that may be

sensitive, but that does not qualify for the restricted categories under NAGPRA.

OAS staff is called upon to respond to public and professional requests for the identification of bone to

distinguish human from animal remains. Only a few instances out of more than a hundred consultations were

determined to be human, and one ancestral Pueblo burial was encountered during monitoring. In the case of the

burial, reburial followed the completion of the trenching, consistent with the recommendations of the Pueblo of

Tesuque.

New Mexico State Library The State Library provides services to tribal communities. These services includes:

The Books-by-Mail program;

Rural Bookmobile program;

Bookmobile stops in the Navajo communities of Torreon, Pueblo Pintado, Tohajiilee, Pine Hill and Ramah

Explora childrens museum workshop (2)

Summer reading workshop (1)

Makerstate workshop (4)

Webinars (3)

The State Library administers financial support for tribal libraries through:

General Obligation Bonds, 2014( $800,000); 2012 ($700,000)

State Aid ($143,930)

Tribal Libraries Program Grants ($99,000)

The Tribal Libraries Program Coordinator at the New Mexico State Library in Santa Fe is Ms. Alana

McGrattan. There is also an Outreach Library Technician, Jeannie Whitehorse, at the Crownpoint

Outreach Center at Dine College.

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The Tribal Libraries Program Coordinator:

Planned a Tribal Libraries retreat that was facilitated by the Leadership Institute at the Santa Fe Indian School. Over 40 Library Directors and assistants were in attendance. There was specific follow up on

strategies related to House Memorial 106 Requesting that the Indian Affairs Department work with

tribal leaders and the tribal infrastructure board to dedicate one year of tribal infrastructure project

funds money to assess and address the most critical needs of construction and renovation of tribal library

facilities.

Collaborated with the Museum of Indian Art and Culture on a summer reading project. The national theme for summer reading was Super Heroes. MIAC and NMSL developed resources and workshops to

highlight a Native American perspective on this theme. Twelve tribal libraries participated.

Participated with the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center Archives and Preservation programs.

Facilitated Youth night at the Santa Fe Opera through the Pueblo Opera Program with librarians from Laguna Pueblo, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Jemez Pueblo, Cochiti Pueblo, Ohkay Owingeh and Zuni.

Worked with the Santa Fe Indian School and FCC on ERate training for tribal libraries.

Represented the Tribal Libraries Program at Culture day and Indian Day at the New Mexico State Legislature.

Attended and reported at all NALSIG meetings

Tribal Council meetings at Zuni Pueblo and Ohkay Owingeh,

Presented at the Joe Sando Symposium, sponsored by Institute of American Indian Arts, on the history of the Tribal Libraries Program along with Janice Kowemy, Library Director, Laguna Public Library and

President of the New Mexico Library Association.

Conducted workshops through Santa Fe Public Schools Indian Education program.

Made site visits to Acoma Learning Center, Laguna Public Library, Pueblo of Cochiti Library, Taytsugeh Oweengeh Library (Tesuque Pueblo), Pueblo of Pojoaque Public Library, Mescalero Community Library,

Jemez Pueblo Community Library, Pueblo of San Ildefonso Library, Pueblo of Isleta Public Library,

Santo Domingo Public Library, Santa Clara Pueblo Community Library, Sandia Pueblo Learning Center,

Santa Ana Pueblo Community Library, Poe Tsawa Community Library, Pueblo of San Felipe

Community Library, Zia Enrichment Center and Zuni Public Library.

Special assistance was given to new library directors at Zuni Public Library, Pueblo de San Ildefonso Library and Pueblo de Cochiti Library.

The Crownpoint Outreach Center Library Technician:

Completed presentations on resources available from the New Mexico State Library for Chapter officials and community members. These included online demonstrations of El Portal with the addition of

Brainfuse: Help Now and Job Now; Books by Mail; Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

and Ask a Librarian, as well as some computer maintenance and system identification.

Attended financial literacy training with the First Nations Development Institute. Ms. Whitehorse has incorporated this into her chapter and senior center trainings.

Met with the Alamo, Tohajiillee, Newcomb and Torreon Chapter officials about library services to their communities.

Conducted regular computer trainings, site visits and summer reading workshops at the Chapter houses.

The Taytsugeh Oweengeh Library at Tesuque Pueblo has moved to full public library status increasing the

number of full public libraries to 18. Unfortunately, the Shiprock Branch of the Farmington Public Library has

closed. This was the only public library on the Eastern Navajo Reservation. Efforts have been made and are

continuing to support a public library on the Eastern Navajo Reservation.

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Tribal Libraries Program site visits: 144

Tribal Libraries Program personal contacts and outreach: 2,407

New Mexico Arts

New Mexico Arts continues its partnership with the Navajo Nation Museum on an exciting public art

collaboration as part of the divisions cutting edge TIME (Temporary Installations Made for the Environment)

program. A milestone of the Art in Public Places (AIPP) program occurred last year when Ai Weiwei, Chinese

dissident artist, collaborated with Bert Benally, a Navajo artist, to create Pull of the Moon, a temporary land-

based sand art installation in remote Coyote Canyon on the Navajo Nation, and our most recent TIME project.

Due to the temporal nature of Pull of the Moon, it was captured for the AIPP program on 3D film by xRez Studios

and then reconfigured and projected onto a mobile geodesic dome that was first installed on Museum Hills

Milner Plaza in Santa Fe. This immersive, interactive dome is one of only three and New Mexico Arts is the first

state arts agency to own one. Our dome traveled to Miami and was exhibited at a city park during the

internationally renowned Art Basel in December. As part of the Indigenous Dome Project, Native American

artists Tony Abeyta, Kenneth Johnson, Battiest brothers , and Yattika Star Fields created new pieces for the dome

that were premiered at Art Basel Miami. We are in discussions with the famed Heard Museum to install the dome

on their campus in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2016. The goal is to share the extraordinary Pull of the Moon immersive

experience with as many people as possible. As a result, one of our most temporary installations becomes one of

our most impactful due to this innovative approach of sharing it with the public. New Mexico Arts also is able to

show some of the Pull of the Moon content on its cutting edge Oculus Rift glasses, which we obtained prior to

their market launch, and which we unveiled to the public at the State Capitol on Culture Day during the 2015

regular legislative session. Pull of the Moon signifies the transformative power of art through international

collaboration and is a reminder of the immense challenges faced by many cultures and the capacity for growth and

healing from very impactful events.

New Mexico Arts sees this project benefiting Navajo Nation and New Mexico through expanded press coverage

and increased arts-based economic development and cultural tourism. The division hopes to increase exposure

for Navajo artists living on the reservation who produce quality contemporary art but lack outlets for exhibition

and sales. New Mexico Arts also features film footage and a television commercial made for Pull of the Moon on

its new promotional flash drives, which are aimed at building connections with younger and more tech savvy

audiences.

New Mexico Arts AIPP program recently loaned two important pieces of artwork in its permanent collection by

Native American artist Teri Greeves. Sunboyz, Hightop Tennis Shoes, made of Beads and Swarovski Crystals

are on loan to the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe from April 2015 through September 7, 2015 as

part of a Lobby show to honor Teri and her sister. The other shoe by Greeves in our collection, Rezgirls is

currently on loan to the Heard in Phoenix, Arizona.

New Mexico Arts works with many tribal communities through its AIPP program, under grant agreements that

the tribes and pueblos have in place with the New Mexico Indian Affairs Department. These grant agreements

have been a very positive breakthrough in the division being able to help facilitate one percent for public art

projects with the states Native American sovereign entities and have made public art partnerships with tribes and

pueblos much more efficient and mutually beneficial.

New Mexico Arts is planning to hire a public art contractor beginning in the summer of 2015 to work

specifically with tribes and pueblos to complete outstanding AIPP projects.

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The Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) Trust, with the support of New Mexico Arts, presented

Shedding Skin, an interactive symposium with Native artists, curators, scholars, and their communities. It

continues in FY16 with the presentation of a hands-on workshop by renowned Native American artist Rose B.

Simpson connected to her creation of a monumental clay figurative sculpture that will be displayed in the

Museums Art Park.

Through its arts services grants program, New Mexico Arts continues to support several arts organizations

that assist Native Arts and artists. The Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Santa Fe Indian Market is the worlds only arts festival featuring 1200+ Native artists. The Indian Market has served as a launching pad

for artist careers and Native expression for 94 years. Those artists and families who have been at the market for

many decades can be found in museums, galleries and private collections around the world. Both contemporary

and traditional Native arts are represented including jewelry, pottery, paintings, drawings, graphics, photography,

Kachinas, sculpture, textiles, basketry, beadwork, quillwork, and an expanding film and youth (17 & under)

presence.

The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian continues its work with Native American art and will

present three exhibitions and a new series of small, changing exhibitions that will focus on the work of young,

local Native American artists all partially supported by New Mexico Arts funding. In July 2015 the

state tribal collaboration act fiscal year 2015

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