2025
13
Feb
Oil & Gas Advocate Named as Director of the Bureau of Land Management
Dear Friends,
These are difficult times.
Our world is changing, and changing rapidly.
The new presidential administration is attacking the people, programs, policies, places, and values at the very core of Archaeology Southwest’s work.
The body blows are coming fast and furious, and th...
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2025
09
Jan
Meet the Newest National Monuments
Dear Friends,
Just over four years ago, I published a Curiosities column at SAPIENS.org on fascinating archaeological tree-ring research that reconstructed ancient Indigenous fire management systems in northern New Mexico. (See also Archaeology Southwest Magazine Vol. 30, No. 4, “Fire Adds Rich...
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2024
31
Oct
Gathering Firewood—and Redefining Land Stewardship—at Bears Ears
Dear Friends,
In order to maintain my sanity, especially lately, I have to laugh. Every day. I crave the physiological, emotional, and social release that comes from a good, collective belly laugh. I need to commune with others who have similar senses of humor. A story came across my newsfeed thi...
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2024
31
Jul
Reaching out to Indigenous Youth
Skylar Begay, Diné, Mandan and Hidatsa, Director, Tribal Collaboration in Outreach & Advocacy
(July 31, 2024)—We had three incredible opportunities to spend quality time with Indigenous young people this summer. Here, I share my reflections on those occasions, as well as those of some of my ...
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2024
07
Feb
Tribal Co-Management: What Works Where and How?
Dear Friends,
As usual, Archaeologist Southwest staff are busy working on an astonishing range of preservation, outreach, research, and advocacy projects, many of which are garnering media attention.
On January 24, Skylar Begay, our Director of Tribal Collaboration in Outreach and Advocacy, pa...
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2024
06
Feb
What If TCM? A Multivocal Introduction
(February 6, 2024)—This is the third in a new series of posts that will consider the future of Preservation Archaeology. Each post will introduce a Preservation Archaeology Position Paper. Today we’re debuting “Tribal Co-Management: What Works Where and How.” We welcome and encourage fee...
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2023
21
Feb
Voices of the Grand Canyon, New Film from Grand Canyon Trust
Dear Friends,
Collaborative communities. Think for a bit. Have you ever been part of one?
Recently, I’ve had multiple experiences that have brought home to me the power of collaborative communities.
Collaboratives aren’t based on the gathering of like-thinking followers. They consist of...
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2022
24
May
13,000-Year-Old Ocher Mine in Wyoming
Dear Friends,
I may soon be overwhelmed by positivity.
It started at the Summit hosted by the Conservation Lands Foundation last week. That was one of the best professional gatherings I have ever attended.
And today, I get to meet our 2022 field school students.
We spend two days...
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