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SJBAS Annual Picnic Set for June 10thYou are cordially invited to join your fellow SJBAS Members for the Annual SJBAS Picnic on Wednesday, June 10th, at the Junction Creek Campground Group Shelterhouse (G01) located in the San Juan National Forest.  The semi pot-luck will be held from 5 PM to 8 PM.  Directions to the campground will be provided in a followup announcement. The club…

     1. Life at Chimney Rock Festival is a free event on June 6 and 7 (10 A.M. to 4 P.M. both days). This family-oriented event provides interactive demonstrations of crafts and skills of the Ancestral Puebloan people in addition to a Native American arts and crafts market and food vendors. No reservations required and no need to book in…

FLC Professor Andrew Gulliford is participating in a program that will be held on Tuesday, March 10th at the Durango Public Library, starting at 6:00 PM and lasting about 90 minutes. It’s called The Power of Place: Exploring the History and Culture of Southwest Colorado.  Click here for further details about the event.  A poster of the event is available here. The Durango Arts Center will be showing two films on Saturday, March 14th,…

The Bears Ears Partnership signature, biennial weekend gathering in Bluff, Utah is just a few weeks away, on March 6-8th – have you registered yet? Enjoy a keynote address from Joy Harjo, the first Native American US Poet Laureate, and readings and discussions from prominent Southwest authors. Learn from Tribal leaders and conservation advocates about how you…

A PAAC online lecture series entitled “Introduction to Historical Archeology” is available. The 5-part series is presented by Dr. Holly Norton, the State Archeologist. The first episode is free, and the entire series can be purchased for $10. This series can be accessed here: https://www.historycolorado.org/paac-online-lecture-series.

ABOUT THIS EVENT Glen Canyon Institute, in collaboration with Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, presents What the River Knows, a Good Intentions Paving Co. documentary exploring the reemergence of Glen Canyon from the receding waters of Lake Powell reservoir. As the West faces the urgent need to redesign water management, we are offered the chance to restore…

SJBAS member and FLC Professor Andrew Gulliford will participate in a program on Tuesday, March 10th, at the Durango Public Library, starting at 6:00 p.m. and lasting about 90 minutes. The Power of Place: Exploring the History and Culture of Southwest Colorado will include brief presentations (and topics) by Charles DiFerdinando (Southwest Colorado Immigration), Johnny Valdez (the Brunot Agreement), Jeff Johnson (Railroad…

This New Mexico PBS documentary is narrated by New Mexico resident and Oscar winner Wes Studi. Producer Pamela Pierce says the documentary tells the little-known story of the New Mexico pueblo resistance against colonization beginning in 1540. Follow this link to PBS special programming: https://www.pbs.org/video/no-greater-act-pueblo-resistance-6blfl7/ The documentary is narrated by New Mexico resident and Oscar…

The next SJBAS monthly meeting will be held on Wednesday, February 11th, beginning at 7:00 PM.  The meeting will be in person in the Lyceum of the Center of Southwest Studies (CSWS) at Fort Lewis College (FLC).  A Zoom broadcast of the live presentation will be available. After a brief business meeting, Jacob Sedig, PhD, will present New Data, Old Questions: Ancient DNA and the Archaeology of Northwest…

SJBAS is seeking a volunteer to help manage and maintain our website. This role is essential to keeping our members informed and sharing our programs, events, and resources with the wider community. If you might be interested or would like more information, please follow this link or contact Lyle at lylehancock54@gmail.com.