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December 9, 2023
Museum of Navajo Art and Culture
The Museum of Navajo Art & Culture is hosting a Chautauqua lecture series presenting fascinating people and cultures throughout history. The sessions will cover Photographer, Laura Gilpin, World War II Navajo Code Talker Chester Nez, and Cochiti Pueblo. VOTED A JOLT WORTHY EVENT!
Event Information
Museum of Navajo Art and Culture
301 W. Main Street Farmington, NM
Museum of Navajo Art and Culture
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505-599-1400
The Museum of Navajo Art and Culture is excited to host a FREE Chautauqua series.
Saturday, December 2nd 2023 at 1:00 pm
The Way of the Drum with Arnold Herrera
This presentation is a way into the Cochiti Pueblo world told from personal experiences, traditional stories and teachings. While demonstrating steps in constructing the famous Cochiti drum, Mr. Herrera tells about tribal political structures, language, ceremony, clans and moiety membership, roles of men, women and children, and modern Pueblo social problems. This journey covers the period from the 1940s to the present.
