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Cliff dwellings at Arizona’s Walnut Canyon National Monument

Posted onDecember 6, 2020February 1, 20256 Comments

From about 1100 to 1250, a community formed in the cliffs high above a creek near Flagstaff, Arizona. Walnut Canyon National Monument gives visitors a close-up look at the remains of this prehistoric community.

CategoriesArizona, USATagsdesert southwest, National Register of Historic Places, Native America, US National Parks

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Get inspired at the Plains Art Museum in Fargo, North Dakota

Posted onJuly 14, 2019September 4, 20232 Comments

Fargo, North Dakota, may seem far from the center of the art world, but the Plains Art Museum presents a wide range of contemporary artwork filled with meaning and beauty. It’s a museum deeply connected Read More …

CategoriesNorth Dakota, USATagsart, museums, Native America

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Yua at the Heard: See Yup’ik masks and Matisse in Phoenix

Posted onJanuary 1, 2019March 8, 20242 Comments

January 2019 was your last chance to see Yua: Henri Matisse and the Inner Arctic Spirit, a stunning exhibit of historic Alaskan Yup’ik masks and Matisse drawings influenced by them, at the Heard Museum in Read More …

CategoriesAlaska, Arizona, Phoenix, USATagsart, museums, Native America, traditional culture

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Hopi pottery masterworks at Western Spirit, Scottsdale, Arizona

Posted onMarch 5, 2018September 4, 202310 Comments

Western Spirit, Scottsdale’s Museum of the West, highlighted masterworks by Native American artists of the past and present in 2018 exhibits featuring Hopi pottery and a few katsina dolls.

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USATagsart, museums, Native America

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View Ancient symbols at Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve, Phoenix

Posted onFebruary 14, 2018November 22, 20205 Comments

Just north of Phoenix, the Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve protects over 1,500 symbols cut into boulders by several ancient cultures. Ancient rock art in Deer Valley While modern Phoenix is a young city, people have Read More …

CategoriesArizona, Phoenix, USATagsNative America

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Looking back in time at the Koochiching County, Minnesota, History Museum

Posted onJune 16, 2016December 14, 20202 Comments

The Koochiching County History Museum, located along the Canadian border in International Falls, Minnesota, is proof that great museums can be found throughout the state. While every county seems to have a historical society with Read More …

CategoriesMinnesota, USATagsmuseums, Native America

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Reading the V Bar V petroglyphs, Arizona

Posted onApril 26, 2016December 6, 2020Leave a comment

Although the Sinagua people moved out of Arizona’s red rock country over 600 years ago, they still speak to us today through the petroglyphs they carved on rocky outcrops, like those found at the V Read More …

CategoriesArizona, USATagsdesert southwest, Native America

Re-Riding History, the best exhibit in the Twin Cities right now

Posted onFebruary 17, 2016October 17, 20182 Comments

If you are anywhere near Minneapolis, Minnesota, you are fortunate to have a couple more weeks to see the truly wonderful show Re-Riding History: From the Southern Plains to the Matanzas Bay at All My Read More …

CategoriesMinneapolis / Saint Paul Twin Cities Metro Area, Minnesota, USATagsmuseums, Native America

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Fancy Shawl Dancer, Grand Portage Powwow

Posted onSeptember 15, 2015December 19, 2023Leave a comment

The women’s fancy shawl dance is always a powwow highlight, as the dancers leap and twirl with their beautiful shawls like butterflies flitting through the air. It must take a lot of practice to learn Read More …

CategoriesLake Superior (North Shore), Minnesota, USATagsNative America, traditional culture

photo of Native American dancers at the Grand Portage Powwow in northern Minnesota © Cindy Carlsson at ExplorationVacation.net

Grand Portage Powwow

Posted onAugust 16, 2015March 5, 20211 Comment

Each summer the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa holds a powwow with drumming, singing, and dancing. (There are also sporting events, bingo, traditional foods, and more.) While some portions of the powwow are Read More …

CategoriesLake Superior (North Shore), Minnesota, USATagsNative America, traditional culture

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