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CULTURE EVERY DAY! Your JourneyYour Journey STARTS HERE
Cultural Dances Celebrate the seasonal cycles through prayer, song, and dance at IPCC. We showcase traditional Native American dance groups from the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico, as well as Plains Style, Navajo, Apache, and Hopi dancers, every week, year-round. Visit indianpueblo.org/ events/native-dances for a full schedule.
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ARTS AND CULTURE AT THE MUSEUM
As the preeminent place to discover Pueblo culture, the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center museum’s permanent collection houses thousands of rare artifacts and works of art. A schedule of rotating exhibitions, curated from items in the permanent collection and beyond, highlights important elements of Pueblo culture and history.
A CULTURAL FOUNDATION: HERITAGE HIGHLIGHTS PUEBLO WOMEN “HERitage: Pueblo Women Paving Cultural Pathways” is open through January 31, 2021. Highlighting the contributions of 14 Pueblo women, “HERitage” explores the historical and modern-day impacts of Pueblo women in our community.
THE SUN SETS ON “OURS: THE ZIA SUN” EXHIBIT The Zia sun is a symbol of community and identity, two aspects that made the exhibit “Ours: The Zia Sun” a rousing success. Curated with community submissions and history, the exhibit explored the cultural significance of the Zia sun, the legislative efforts to protect the symbol, and its importance to Pueblo people. Nearly 30 personal artifacts were donated for the purpose of the exhibit. The exhibit closed November 24, 2019. More than 300 images and stories were submitted via #OurZia on Instagram and Facebook.
SHARE YOUR #PUEBLORELOCATED STORY “reLocated: Urban Migration, Perseverance, Adaptation” is now open at IPCC through January 30, 2021. Dr. Christina Castro, Ph.D., graduate of the Pueblo Scholars Program and a specialist on the BIA relocation program, guest curated the exhibit.
Learn more about the relocation and “employment assistance” programs that brought many Pueblo people
into the cities. Explore personal stories and see the far-reaching effects of the federal program.
Share your story and have it featured in the museum. Use #PuebloRelocated on Instagram. Posts are added to the exhibit daily.
REFLECTIONS OF THE JACKPILE-PAGUATE MINE IN ART THROUGH STRUGGLE The Art Through Struggle Gallery features works by De Haven Solimon Chaffins, Laguna/Zuni, as she explores personal experiences and trials living near the Jackpile-Paguate Mine uranium on the Laguna Pueblo Reservation. This exhibit is open until January 10, 2021.
FEAST DAYS
CELEBRATE NATIVE HERITAGE AND COMMEMORATE CATHOLIC SAINTS WITH ANNUAL FEAST DAYS.
As part of a living culture and insight into centuries-old tradition, Feast Days are times for tribal members to celebrate their language, culture, and religion. Visit indianpueblo.org/19-Pueblos/feast-days for upcoming Feast Days at IPCC.
STUDENT ART SHOW CELEBRATES 40 YEARS The year 2019 marked 40 years of IPCC’s Student Art Show. More than 103 native K-12 students submitted art for the gallery and 25 pieces sold. Art categories included: drawing and painting, mixed media, three-dimensional, and digital media.
COLLECTIONS AND ACQUISITIONS We are keepers of our heritage. The museum collection represents and
preserves the dynamic and ever-evolving history and heritage of Pueblo people. Want to contribute or preserve a piece of Pueblo history? Contact Curator of Collections Amy Cisneros acisneros@indianpueblo. org for information about donations, curation, and preservation at IPCC.
To date, our collections contain more than 2,500 pieces of pottery, jewelry, textiles, baskets, photographs, prints, paintings, and archeological artifacts.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY
Last year, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a bill into law replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day. New Mexico celebrated the first statewide Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Monday, October 14, 2019. “This statewide holiday signifies how Native Americans and Indigenous communities are a crucial part of New Mexico’s past, present, and future,” said State Representative Derrick Lente (Sandia, Isleta), who sponsored the bill. “The day is an act of restorative justice for our Indigenous communities and people, and a time to reflect on our understanding of our country’s complex history. New Mexico’s Nations, Tribes, Pueblos, and all who identify as Indigenous are what make New Mexico the Land of Enchantment.”
The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center and the tribes of New Mexico hosted the Inaugural Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration with an invocation, a tribal entry parade, artist vendors, Native dances, dignitaries and speakers, and Native-inspired food. Several tribal leaders conducted the invocation in unison in their Native languages. More than 500 people were in attendance, with participation from many Pueblos, Tribes, and Nations.
MURAL TOURS
IPCC is home to more than twenty murals by great Pueblo artists. These vibrant works of art vividly convey the role of the seasons, dance, harvest, agriculture, and animals in Pueblo life. JOIN US FOR OUR GUIDED MURAL DISCOVERY TOURS, OFFERED EVERY FRIDAY AT 1 P.M.
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Your connection to a grander story starts at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, the Gateway to the 19 Pueblos of New Mexico. The point in time or space at which something has its origin; the beginning.
