2025
08
Sep
Continuing Coverage: Smithsonian’s Initial Response
Dear Friends,
This past weekend, I drove to Cortez, Colorado, to attend a beautiful celebration of Dr. William (Bill) Lipe’s life. Bill passed away on April 9, 2025, about a month shy of his 90th birthday. He lived a remarkably full life, as a person and an archaeologist.
The event took plac...
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2025
18
Aug
Erasing History at US Museums and Parks
Dear Friends,
The assault continues.
On August 12, the White House announced an unprecedented review of exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution’s 21 museums. Political appointees and administration loyalists—many of whom have little to no museum experience, much less expertise in the sc...
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2025
03
Apr
BREAKING: NEH Grants Terminated
Dear Friends,
I LOVE working at Archaeology Southwest.
It’s an incredible place—physically, metaphysically, metaphorically, metamorphically, and every other way a place and human collective can be, especially in a time of transition and increasing uncertainty.
I’ve been on the job for...
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2011
19
Jun
Arizona Historic Preservation Conference Begins This Wednesday, June 22
Arizona Historic Preservation Conference Begins This Wednesday, June 22
The 9th Annual Arizona Historic Preservation Conference: “Valuing Historic Perspectives” will take place June 22 through June 24, 2011 at the University Park Marriott in Tucson, 880 East Second St. The conference, hosted by...
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2011
12
Jun
Animal Rights Groups Claim Wild Horses are a Species Native to North America
Animal Rights Groups Claim Wild Horses Are a Species Native to North America
Animal rights groups are pressing a case in federal court maintaining that wild horses roamed the West about 1.5 million years ago and didn't disappear until as recently as 7,600 years ago. More important, they say, a growi...
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