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Casas Grandes Seminar
October 11 - 13
Ongoing Exhibits
The Amerind Museum and Fulton-Hayden
Memorial Art Gallery:
Tuesday through Sunday year round,
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., AZ Time.
(Closed Mondays and major holidays)
Admission
Adults:
Seniors (60 and up):
College Student (with ID):
Youth 12-18:
Children under 12:
Group Rate: Available for
tours and groups of 8 or more,
if pre-registered. Call
520.586.3666 to register.
Blue Star Museum program
$8.00
$7.00
$5.00
$5.00
Free
Images in Time and Place
Timeline Hallway
Amerind Archaeology Room
Ethnology Room
Navajo Weaving Workshop
Traditions in Clay
October 29 - November 2
Mata Ortiz Gallery
Battleground Ariziona Tour (Apache Fulton-Hayden Memorial Art
Wars)
Gallery
Amerind's 75th Anniversary Event
Sunday, October 21 9a.m. - 4 p.m.
November 26 - 29
Basketry Collectors Workshop
Winter 2013
$5.00/person
more...
Free
Changing Exhibits
Interwoven Traditions: The Cultural
Legacy of Southwestern Textiles
Photography Exhibit "Walls,
Windows, and Doors"
About Us
Mission
Established in 1937, the Amerind foundation and Museum seeks to foster and promote knowledge and
understanding of the Native Peoples of the Americas through research, education, and conservation.
History of the Amerind Foundation
The Amerind Foundation was founded in 1937 by William Shirley Fulton (1880-1964) as a private, nonprofit
archaeological research institution. A native of Connecticut, Fulton became interested in archaeology as a
young man. Several trips to Arizona between 1906 and 1917 permanently captured his attention in the
Southwest. Throughout the 1920s Fulton regularly traveled west from his New England home, heading into the
southwestern mountains, as well as the canyons and mesa country to explore for archaeological sites.
On one of his visits he heard of Texas Canyon with its rugged vistas and rumors of prehistoric agricultural
villages. Fulton purchased the property of his FF Ranch (later the Amerind Foundation) in 1930. After building
a home amid the boulder formations of Texas Canyon in 1931, Fulton soon found his annual trips to the
Southwest to be of ever longer duration. Possibly as early as 1929, Fulton began to excavate archaeological sites
on his ranch property. What began as an avocation became increasingly sophisticated as he published his first
scholarly articles in 1934, and 1938, based on his field work, entitled Archaeological Notes on Texas Canyon,
Arizona. With the incorporation of the Amerind Foundation in 1937, Fulton was fully committed to supporting
research into North America's prehistoric past.
Fulton believed that one of the few means of interpreting ancient cultures was through the collection and
preservation of their surviving material remains. He also believed that contemporary Indian cultures could help
to interpret the past, but that many native traditions were rapidly disappearing under the influences of the
modern world.
These beliefs were central to Fulton's own studies, to his active support of other archaeologists, and why he
created one of the finest private museum collections of ethnographic and archaeological materials anywhere.
The years from 1937 witnessed the expansion of the Amerind facility as the Museum, Library, Art Gallery
(primarily Mrs. Fulton’s contribution), laboratories, storage, workshops, and staff housing were constructed.
Throughout its history, Amerind has continued to pursue archaeological research that contributes significantly
to our knowledge of the American Southwest and Northern Mexican prehistory. Although the Amerind, at this
point, is no longer engaged in archaeological excavations, we contribute to the field by
W.S. Fulton, circa 1950.
hosting 3-5 advanced seminars each year, bringing together archaeologists, anthropologists and other scholars
to discuss, debate, and synthesize work on various topics. Seminar proceedings are regularly published in
Amerind's New World Studies Series through the University of Arizona Press.
Amerind Today
Amerind Museum exhibitions tell the story of America's first peoples from Alaska to South America and from
the last Ice Age to the present. Amerind's Fulton-Hayden Memorial Art Gallery features works on western
themes by such artists as, Carl Oscar Borg, William Leigh, Frederic Remington, and Andy Tsihnahjinnie. One
room in the Art Gallery is dedicated to the works of indigenous artists. Here, the exhibits, mostly by
contemporary artists, change every 6 months to a year. The museum store offers southwestern arts, crafts, and
books on prehistory, history, and Native American cultures.
The Amerind experience is more than art and artifacts. At times, Amerind visitors will find Indian artists
demonstrating their skills in the museum's main gallery, and special events and openings are a periodic feature
of the Amerind calendar. Our special events and programs seek to present a Native voice/perspective.
Amerind Setting
The Amerind also has a comprehensive hands-on education program for children of all ages.
Our location among the wonderful rock formations of Texas Canyon adds to our visitors’ experience. Many
people come to Amerind to experience the native plants, birds, and solitude of the high desert. A secluded
picnic area offers a quiet retreat amidst the massive granite boulders of Texas Canyon. Click here to download
a pdf of Amerind’s geology brochure.
The museum and art gallery are housed in Spanish Colonial Revival style buildings designed by noted Tucson
architect Merritt Starkweather.
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Staff Directory
Staff Directory
General business contact information:
Amerind Foundation, Inc.
P.O. Box 400
2100 North Amerind Road
Dragoon, AZ 85609
Phone: 520.586.3666 Fax: 520.586.4679
E-mail: amerind@amerind.org amerind@amerind.org
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Executive Director
John A. Ware, PhD
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Chief Curator
Eric Kaldahl, PhD
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Associate Curator of
Public Programs
Ron Bridgemon
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Development Director
Becky Rebenstorf
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Office Manager
Carol L. Breton
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Seminar House
Coordinator
Barbara Hanson
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Museum Store
General Information
Museum Store
Manager
Tammy Stansberry
Museum Store Staff
Pam Turnbull
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Museum Services
(Education, Volunteer, Deni Mitchell
Membership)
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Education Assistant
Casey Willingham
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Librarian
Sally Newland
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Facilities &
Maintenance
David Chambless,
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Tracy Gates, Ron
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Wendelin, Cody Waits
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Museum Registrar
Mark Cattanach
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Office Assistant
D Amy Collins
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Employment
Employment Opportunities
No Current Openings
If you are interested in volunteering, please click here.
Links
Links
Links to archaeology, museum, and Southwest tourism web sites which may be of interest:

Southwestern Archaeology
Tucson Association of Museums
 Archaeological Sites of the Southwest
 Kartchner Caverns
 Onroute Destination - Arizona
 Benson - Chamber of Commerce
 Museum Link
 Arizona Highways Magazine
 The Museum at Warm Springs
 Mexico Resources
 Total Phoenix
 Loveland Archaeological Society
Metropolitan Tucson Convention & Visitors Bureau
 Southern AZ Attractions Alliance
 Benson Visitor Center
 Cochise County Land of Legends
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Hours and Admission
Location
Useful Visitor Information
Hours
The Amerind Museum and FultonHayden Memorial Art Gallery:
Tuesday through Sunday year round,
10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., AZ Time.
(Closed Mondays and major holidays)
The Amerind is located in Cochise
County, one mile south of
Interstate 10, an hour east of
Tucson, between Benson and
Willcox. We’re easy to find - just
look for Dragoon Road exit #318,
and head south until you see mile
marker 1 on the right and the
Amerind entrance on the left.
Box Lunches
Admission
Adults:
$8.00
Seniors (60 and up):
$7.00
College Student (with ID): $5.00
Youth 12-18:
$5.00
Children under 12:
Free
Group Rate: Available for
tours and groups of 8 or
more, if pre-registered.
$5.00/person
Call 520.586.3666 to
register.
Blue Star Museum
program
Free
Advance notice of 10 days is required. Please call
520.586.3666
School Programs
The Amerind Foundation offers
educational programs for schools and
other youth groups, learn more...
Accessibility
The Amerind Museum is housed in a
historic building, constructed in stages
beginning in the 1930s. Modifications to
allow wheelchair access are difficult and
expensive, but we are making progress!
We recently added a new front entrance
ramp, and will be making more areas of
the museum and art gallery accessible in
the near future. We will do as much as
we can to accommodate the needs of
museum visitors with physical
disabilities; please check with a museum
staff member for assistance.
We have a wheelchair accessible rest
room in our picnic area, and are working
to update restroom facilities in the
museum.
Please call if you have additional
questions or comments about
accessibility
Facility Rentals
Facility Rentals
The Amerind Museum – long known as one of Arizona’s best-kept secrets – is now offering its historic
Fulton Seminar House for rental for weddings, retreats, meetings, & workshops.
Available beginning May 2012
Only one hour east of Tucson in the spectacular granite rock formations of Texas
Canyon, our 1600 acre campus is easily accessible yet peacefully secluded.
At 5000’ elevation above sea level our climate is pleasant year-round.
Designed by the same architect as the famed Arizona Inn of Tucson, the Fulton House was built in 1930
as the winter home of Amerind’s founding family. Now upgraded with comfortable, modern
conveniences while still offering the grand elegance of an historic home, it will be an unforgettable
setting for your stay.
For questions or to inquire about reservations, please contact Barbara Hanson,
bhanson@amerind.orgbhanson@amerind.org , 520-686-1448.
Events
October11-14, 2012
CASAS GRANDES SEMINAR
October 12, 2012
BROWN BAG TALK
Recent Research in Northern Chihuahua (noon)
With Drs. Paul Minnis and Michael Whalen
October 13, 2012
PUBLIC LECTURE IN TUCSON ON CASAS
GRANDES
(7 p.m., DuVal Auditorium)
October 21, 2012
AMERIND 75TH ANNIVERSARY (9 a.m.—4 p.m.)
Free Admission.
October 27, 2012
BOTANY WALK with Barbara Hanson
An easy stroll around the museum grounds. Meet
outside Museum entrance at 11 a.m.
October 29-November 2, 2012
NAVAJO WEAVING WORKSHOP
Join Diné Master Weaver sisters Barbara Teller
Ornelas and Lynda Teller Pete for a five day workshop
on traditional Navajo weaving. Participants will be
housed in the Amerind Seminar House and miniature
November 26th—29th, 2012
BATTLEGROUND ARIZONA TOUR
Join Neil Mangum on this fascinating trek to some of
the pivotal sites in the Apache Wars, including
Cochise Stronghold, Fort Bowie, Camp Grant, Fort
Huachuca, Fort Lowell, and more. Neil is a historian,
author, and a former park superintendent at Little
Bighorn Battlefield National Monument and
Chiricahua National Monument. Participants will stay at
the historic Fulton Seminar House at the Amerind Foundation.
Lodging, transportation, and all meals are included in the price
of the tour.
Price: $1,200 (8 or fewer)
$1,050 (9 or more participants)
Double Occupancy
$300 single supplement
($200 deposit to reserve)
Call us today to reserve a space! 520.586.3666
November 29, 2012
BOTANY WALK with Barbara Hanson
Back roads of Amerind. Wear sturdy shoes or hiking
boots. Meet outside Museum entrance at 10 a.m.
looms will be provided. You will be able to complete a
placemat size weaving by the end of the workshop.
Lynda Teller Pete received “Best of Show” at the Santa
Fe Indian Market in 2011!
November 3, 2012
A celebration of the photographic exhibit Walls,
Windows, and Doors. Presentation by exhibit
photographer Joe Kozlowski with a light reception.
(1:30 p.m.)
November 14—18, 2012
SYMPOSIUM ON GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY
AND TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL
KNOWLEDGE Co-sponsored by the ASU
Department of Sustainability.
November 16, 2012
BROWN BAG TALK
Traditional Ecological Knowledge & Sustainability (noon)
With Dr. Dan Schilling and Dr. Melissa Nelson
November 18, 2012
CONVERSATION ON GLOBAL SUSTAINABILTY
(Tucson, venue TBA)
With Melissa Nelson PhD, Turtle Mountain
Chippewa, Director of the Cultural Conservancy &
professor of American Indian Studies at San Francisco
State University and Gary Paul Nabhan PhD, research
scientist, Southwest Center at University of Arizona,
and author of two dozen books on food, land &
culture.
GALLERY OPENINGS IN FALL 2012
Amerind’s ongoing Southwestern Textile exhibition,
Interwoven Traditions, will be replenished with 15
new textiles in the fall. A photo exhibition of ancient
Southwest ruins, Walls, Windows, and Doors, will be
up in the Amerind Art Gallery through the fall. In
October we open our Native American Doll exhibition
in the main entrance gallery (mounted at children’s
eye level). In the Spring we debut Rock Art:
Archaeoastronomy to Zoomorphs in the Amerind Art
Gallery.
January 11—January 13, 2013
WINTER COLLECTOR’S WORKSHOP
The Art of Southwestern Basketry and Textiles
Join legendary Southwest weaving expert Terry
DeWald for a three day intensive workshop on
Southwestern baskets and textiles. Participants will
stay in Amerind’s Fulton Seminar House and meet in
our research library for intensive study of Southwest
weaving traditions. The course will utilize the superb
basketry and textile collections of the Amerind
Foundation, but participants are encouraged to bring
elements of their own collections as well.
February 16, 2013
Botany HIKE with Barbara Hanson
Off-road at Amerind. Wear sturdy shoes or hiking
boots, bring water and a snack. Meet outside Museum
entrance at 10 a.m.
March 17—March 22, 2013
HOHOKAM WORLD TOUR
Visit some of the great Hohokam sites of the Gila, Salt,
and Santa Cruz River valleys in southern Arizona,
including Pueblo Grande, Casa Grande, University
Ruin, Los Morteros, and others. The tour will be
based out of the Amerind Foundation and led by Dr.
Doug Craig, Dr. Eric Kaldahl and joined by other
Hohokam archaeologists and tribal historians from
the O’odham communities of southern Arizona.
March 25—28, 2013
ANCIENT OCEANS & MODERN SKY ISLANDS:
The Geology of Southern Arizona
Dr. Scott Baldridge of Los Alamos National
Laboratory will lead a three day tour to explore the
geology of southeastern Arizona. The tour will be
based out of the Amerind Foundation, with field trips
to the Chiricahuas, Peloncillos, and other mountain
ranges and geological sites in the region. Dr. Baldridge
is author of The Geology of the Southwest
(Cambridge Press) and is one of our leading experts
on the Basin and Range province of southern and
western Arizona. Of course, we will also explore the
quartz monzonite uplift that forms spectacular Texas
Canyon!
Education
The Amerind Foundation & Museum offers
educational programs for schools, scouts, and other
youth groups. Educational activities have been
designed to interweave Arizona Department of
Education Based Teaching and Learning for grades 4,
5, and 6, in both Science and Social Studies with the
unique assets of the Amerind Foundation and
Museum.
School Group Visits
Homeschool Groups
Scouts
Outreach Program
Educator Resources
Request a Speaker for an adult group or
Organization
School Group Visits
-Must be scheduled in advance
-Programs are designed for grades 4-6, and can be modified for younger or older students
-Are available for groups of 10-30 students/children
-Are generally available Tuesday or Thursday, except major holidays
-Are two hours in length starting at 10:00 a.m.
-Includes a tour of the AMERIND Museum
-Includes an interactive archaeology exercise
-Includes hands on activities using Native American tools and technologies (older students)
-Includes story sessions and craft project (younger students)
-Is divided between indoor and outdoor activities (dress appropriately)
The outdoor activities take place among stimulating geological formations and a prehistoric archaeology
site. The interactive archaeology exercise reflects the stated objectives of the Arizona Department of
Education Science Standards: "Science is a dynamic process of gathering and evaluating information,
looking for patterns, and then revising and testing possible explanations."
Social Studies Standards are addressed through various activities. Using hands on participation, these
activities involve students with the tools of hunting, farmint and gathering cultures.
The Amerind Museum offers a special opportunity for students to explore an exceptional museum and to
participate in meaningful educational activities. Embedded in all their activities is the importance of
archaeological preservation.
Located close to the Museum, our picnic grounds offer a quiet and shady area for a picnic lunch following
the program. There are restrooms
Other Youth Groups
Mixed Age School Groups , Small Groups, and Home Schoolers – do you have a group of various
grades/ages of students, a small group (less than 10 students), or home schoolers? Come to the Amerind
for a private tour of the museum along with special hands on activities designed for the ages of your
students. We encourage you to bring a lunch and use our beautiful picnic ground set in Texas Canyon.
These groups must be scheduled in advance and are offered year round.
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Groups: The Amerind offers guided tours of the museum and art gallery, and we
can also include in your visit indoor and outdoor hands-on activities that fulfill some of the tasks
included in the Boy Scout merit badge for Archaeology. We are in the process of developing a longer
program focusing entirely on the Archaeology badge. The Amerind's unique facilites, collections,
scholarly expertise, and proximity to archealogical and historical sites are ideally suited for introducing
aspiring youth to Southwestern Native American cultures and potential careers in archaeology.
We always welcome educational groups of any age throughout the year. Reservations for a tour of the
museum must be scheduled in advance.
For more information or to schedule a program, please contact Deni Mitchell, Director of Museum
Services at 520-586-3666 ext. 17 or email deni@amerind.org deni@amerind.org . Hope to see you soon!
Other Youth Groups
Mixed Age School Groups , Small Groups, and Home Schoolers – do you have a group of various
grades/ages of students, a small group (less than 10 students), or home schoolers? Come to the Amerind
for a private tour of the museum along with special hands on activities designed for the ages of your
students. We encourage you to bring a lunch and use our beautiful picnic ground set in Texas Canyon.
These groups must be scheduled in advance and are offered year round.
Boy Scout and Girl Scout Groups: The Amerind offers guided tours of the museum and art gallery, and we
can also include in your visit indoor and outdoor hands-on activities that fulfill some of the tasks
included in the Boy Scout merit badge for Archaeology. We are in the process of developing a longer
program focusing entirely on the Archaeology badge. The Amerind's unique facilites, collections,
scholarly expertise, and proximity to archealogical and historical sites are ideally suited for introducing
aspiring youth to Southwestern Native American cultures and potential careers in archaeology.
We always welcome educational groups of any age throughout the year. Reservations for a tour of the
museum must be scheduled in advance.
For more information or to schedule a program, please contact Deni Mitchell, Director of Museum
Services at 520-586-3666 ext. 17 or email deni@amerind.org deni@amerind.org . Hope to see you soon!
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Exhibits
An incredible basket in the main gallery! An Amerind Treasure
Found in 1910 by a 10 year old boy in southeast Arizona, close to the Mexican border, this basket was recently donated to the Am
Mary Magoffin (1927-2007). Although we will probably never know for sure, we think this basket was made by a Chiricahua Apac
rest of the story in the main downstairs gallery of the Amerind.
We are in the process of making changes to the exhibit "Images in Time and Place" in the main gallery of the Museum. We are pu
give more context to the cultural areas, and changing some of the material items on display.
Click here for details on all Amerind Exhibits...
Images in Time and Place Timeline Hallway
A permanent exhibition is installed in the principal gallery of the Museum, which displays objects
from the Amerind’s collection in some 1,600 square feet of display area. "Images" refers to
figurative (human, animal, and even plant motifs) expressions in the material culture of Native
Americans. "Time" includes objects from prehistoric, historic, and contemporary contexts, and also
suggests that the dynamics of history have a part to play in our understanding of different Native
cultures. "Place" encourages us to think about the landscape and the environment of the cultures
represented, along with the opportunities and constraints they may offer. The exhibition presents
the richness of figurative design in such diverse media as textiles, organic fibers, clay, stone, wood,
ivory, metal, beads, and leather. This exhibit takes the viewer from the Arctic down to the
southwest on the ethnographic side of the gallery and from the bottom of South America to the
American southwest on the archaeological side.
Timeline Hallway
Down the hallway, connecting the two galleries on the first floor, are exhibit cases showing a timeline of prehistoric human occupation in the southwest. Here visitors will see wonderful artifacts
from the time of the Paleo-Indians, the Archaic period, and up to the three primary cultural areas of
the early farmers: Hohokam, Mogollon, and Ancestral Pueblos (formerly referred to as "Anasazi").
Amerind Archaeology Room
Welcome to the room showcasing the archaeological work done by the Amerind over the years.
Here you’ll find information, interpretation, and artifacts from founder William Shirley Fulton’s
early explorations on the Amerind property, and his work at Painted Cave with noted southwest
archaeologist, Emil Haury. The excavations of Charles Di Peso (Amerind’s director from 1952 to
his passing in 1982) fill out most of the remainder of the room, including displays of his important
work at Casas Grandes (Paquimé) in Chiuhuahua, Mexico, 1958 -1961, and his excavations along
the San Pedro (Terranate) and the Santa Cruz rivers (Paloparado).
This room contains a wonderful diversity of material items from long ago. Most remarkable, are
the fragile objects made of organic materials between 800 to1600 years ago, such as baskets,
sandals, cordage of human hair, and cloth, which we have today only because they were left in a
dry cave with superior preservation properties.
Ethnology Room
The main gallery upstairs contains impressive ethnographic items from various areas of North
America. Part of the room is dedicated to the Apache culture, and on display are some wonderful
baskets, a bow made and signed by Geronimo, a set of Apache rawhide playing cards, plus many
other items, along with information and interpretation about the different Apache tribes and groups,
Geronimo’s surrender, and the resulting confinement of all the Chiricahua Apaches.
The Navajo (Diné) are closely related to the Apaches, and we have a small case with Diné items,
mostly jewelry. We will be bringing more Diné objects into the exhibit area in the future.
The Ethnology Room also contains some wonderful examples of beadwork by various Native
people, an exhibit of fetishes, cradle boards, Navajo concho belts, pipes, and various Santos and
other religious artifacts, mostly from northern New Mexico.
Interwoven Traditions: The Cultural Legacy Of Southwestern Textiles
Across from the Ethnology Room you will find our newest exhibit. This exhibit features some of
the beautiful rugs and other textiles in Amerind's collection. It is a feast for the eyes and in these
two rooms you will see some real treasures from Navajo, Hopi, Tarahumara, Rio Grande, and other
weavers. Diné masterweaver, Barbara Teller Ornelas, joined with Amerind's curator, Eric Kaldahl,
to choose the textiles to place on exhibit. The exhibit will be up for 2 years, but you'll need to come
back more often since most of the the textiles will be rotated out and replaced with other pieces
approximately every 6 months.
Upstairs in a small exhibit space you will find the new exhibit Hopi "Tithu" (or Katsina Dolls): A
Changing Art Form. This exhibit gave us the perfect opportunity to bring out two impressive
katsinas exquisitively carved by a master carver, Arthur Holmes, Jr. These katsinas were donated
to the Amerind by a long time friend in honor of her husband. Also on exhibit is a traditionally
carved katsina by Ramson Lomatewama as well as two additional carvings from Amerind's
collection.
Traditions in Clay
An exhibition of Pueblo pottery ranging from late prehistoric ancestral ceramics to modern pieces.
Pueblo pottery developed in prehistoric times from simple utility jars to intricately textured and
painted wares. The art form was revived with the advent of the railroad and the arrival of tourists in
the Southwest in the 1880s. Contemporary Pueblo potters still use centuries-old techniques of
construction and are inspired by pottery forms and designs a millennium or more old.
The Mata Ortiz Gallery
This room contains two exhibits: The Potters of Mata Ortiz: Inspired by the Past…Creating
Traditions for the Future, and A Pottery Competition!
The first exhibit explores the connection between the pottery of the prehistoric town of Casas
Grandes (Paquimé) in Chihuahua, Mexico, and the contemporary pottery tradition, often referred to
as a "pottery phenomenon," of the nearby village of Mata Ortiz.
The second exhibit illustrates Amerind’s early involvement with the community of Mata Ortiz. It
was 1978 when noted Mata Ortiz supporter, Spencer MacCallum, stopped by the Amerind to ask
Charles Di Peso, Amerind’s director, if the Foundation would be willing to support a competition
for the potters of Mata Ortiz. Production was booming in Mata Ortiz and Spencer saw the
competition as a way to encourage high quality work. Di Peso agreed and Spencer brought several
truck-loads of pots, while Di Peso selected the judges and made the arrangements. The judges
picked out the winners and Spencer returned with the pots, and with ribbons and prizes to award
the winners at a community festival. The exhibit features photographs from the judging and the
awards ceremony, along with pots by some of the winners and from other Mata Ortiz potters
working around the same time.
The Fulton-Hayden Memorial Art Gallery
The Fulton-Hayden Memorial Art Gallery was built in the mid 1950s to house the Fulton family’s
art collection. Rose Hayden Fulton, the wife of Amerind’s founder, William Shirley Fulton, played
an important part in collecting the fine art that now fills the gallery.
One gallery space is dedicated to changing exhibits of Native art. Shows are usually displayed for
six months to one year. In the past, we have mounted exhibits by Harrison Begay, Beatien Yazz
and other Navajo artists associated with the "Studio Style" of painting; Mike Chiago and the late
Leonard Chana, both Tohono O’odham artists; Melanie Yazzie (Diné); Mike Zillioux (Akimel
O’odham); Terrol Dew Johnson (Tohono O’odham); Bunky Echo-Hawk (Pawnee/Yakima) and
more recently, "Our People, Our Land, Our Images," an exhibit of work by 26 International
Indigenous Photographers.
In the Changing Gallery
Photography exhibit - “Walls, Windows, and Doors” A photographic exhibition of the
Southwest’s ancient places, by photographer Joe Kozlowski who sees architectural elements as
metaphors for human relationships.
Permanent Exhibits in the Art Gallery
The remaining rooms in the art gallery are filled with important works of art. Paintings in the
largest gallery space have a western or southwestern theme, and include works by such artists as
William Leigh, Carl Oscar Borg, and Frederic Remington. There is a portrait room with paintings
of the founder, his wife and other Fulton family members. A variety of other paintings and
sculptures by nineteenth and twentieth-century American artists are displayed, as well as
furnishings spanning the seventeenth through twentieth centuries, along with a collection of
exquisite scrimshaw and ivory carvings.
Thanks to the help of Tucson's Friends of Western Art some our pieces in the large gallery have
been taken down for restoration work. The largest painting you see in the photo above, In a Bad
Fix by William R. Leigh is one of the paintings that is currently undergoing restoration. Thanks to
a private lender the empty space has been handsomely filled with Rainbow Plateau by American
artist, Wilson Hurley.
Previously in the Art Gallery, Conserving Amerind's Fine Arts, was an exhibit about the recent
conservation work undertaken by the Linda Morris Studio in Tucson and made possible by the
"Friends of Western Art", a Tucson-based organization of Western Art enthusiasts.
Get Involved
There are many ways to be involved in the Amerind.
We hope you will join us as a member so you can be a
frequent visitor with your yearly pass, and take
advantage of your 10% members' discount. Perhaps
you'd be interested in being a volunteer. We have a
wonderful cadre of interesting volunteers, so, if you
Become a Member
Volunteer
live close by, or even not so close (we have volunteers
coming from Green Valley, Oro Valley, Tucson, and
Sierra Vista, so there might be carpooling
opportunities available), please think about joining us.
Internships
Membership
Becoming a member is a great way to get involved.
Your membership will give you opportunities to get to
know us – you’ll receive our quarterly newsletters as
well as invitations to all our events, workshops, and
tours during the year. Your support, as a member is
invaluable to us – not only are you the audience for
our program and our exhibits, your membership fees
enable us to do this.
Support Amerind
Become an Amerind Volunteer
The gift of time a volunteer gives is an enormous and
valuable donation. It is the volunteers who make it
possible for the Amerind to open its doors each day,
and who help with the numerous other tasks
throughout the year. Learn more to find out if you can
offer a gift of time.
Annual Fund
Capital Campaign
Legacy Gifts
Curator's Endowment Fund Challenge
Adopt an Artifact
Internships
The Amerind Foundation is seeking graduate student
interns to assist in a variety of museum areas. The
Amerind Foundation professional staff will work with
the interns and their host institutions to develop
individually tailored programs of work. Intern projects
may include collections management (rehousing,
inventory, cataloging, etc.), grant writing, exhibition
development and installation, archival management,
digitization projects, and educational programs.
Membership
Membership Levels
Membership Benefits
 Individual · $40
 Unlimited free admission
Includes all benefits listed to the right.
 Family (two adults and their children under 18) ·
 Two guest passes
$50
Includes all benefits listed to the right.
 10% Museum Store discount
 Grandparents (two adults and four youth under
18) · $60
Includes all benefits listed to the right..
 Cochise Club · $100
Includes all benefits of the previous level, plus 4
additional guest passes (6 total), recognition in the
annual report, and a special behind the scenes tour of
the Amerind collections.
 San Pedro Club · $500
Includes all benefits of the previous level, plus 4
additional guest passes (10 total), a complimentary
subscription to Native Peoples Magazine, Annual Texas
Canyon Calendar, and an invitation to a special
members' event.
 Casas Grandes Club · $1,000
Includes all benefits of the previous level, plus
recognition on the Donor Wall, a complimentary gift
membership at the Family Level, advance notice of
and registration for all Amerind cultural tours, 25%
off sale in the Museum Store during Member's
Quarterly Shopping Weekends, free behind the scenes
tour for ten people, and curatorial consults for private
collections.
 Dragoon Circle · $2,500
Includes all benefits of the previous level, plus a
private dinner for two with the Executive Director,
20% discount on all Amerind publications, and an
overnight stay for 2 at Amerind's Fulton House (space
to be reserved upon availability).
 Texas Canyon Circle · $5,000
Includes all benefits of the previous level, plus a
complimentary one time use (per membership year) of
Amerind's Fulton House and meeting rooms
(reservations based on availability), annual
recognition as a co-sponsor for an education or
exhibition program of choice, a subscription to
American Indian Art magazine and a special gift from the
 Invitations to museum programs, exhibition
previews, and special membership tours
 Quarterly newsletter
 Window decal and magnet
Yes, I want to become a member!
To print out a mail-in application form in PDF format,
click here.
Contact Deni Mitchell deni@amerind.org,
520.586.3666 ext. 17) for more information and to request
an application form by mail.
Board of Directors.
 Fulton Society · $10,000 and above
Includes all benefits of the previous level, plus a
complimentary reservation for one person for any
Amerind offered tour during the year of membership.
Become an Amerind Volunteer
Are you interested in Native American cultures, archaeology, Southwestern art and history? If so, become
a member of an exciting team of volunteers at Amerind where you will:
 Expand your knowledge through classes, lectures, and field trips.
 Work with friendly, enthusiastic people who share your interests.
 Contribute to public education and stewardship of Native American art and material culture.
Volunteer opportunities range from greeting Amerind visitors at the Museum front desk or in the Art
Gallery, leading guided tours through the Museum and Art Gallery, working with our school program,
helping with special events and exhibit openings, and helping staff members (including the curator and
librarian) with various projects.
Contact Volunteer Coordinator, Deni Mitchell deni@amerind.org, 520.586.3666 ext. 17), for more
information on the Amerind volunteer program
Internships
The Amerind Foundation is seeking graduate student interns to assist in a variety of
museum areas. The Amerind Foundation professional staff will work with the interns and
their host institutions to develop individually tailored programs of work. Intern projects
may include collections management (rehousing, inventory, cataloging, etc.), grant
writing, exhibition development and installation, archival management, digitization
projects, and educational programs.
Compensation: At this time, the Amerind Foundation is unable to offer a stipend to
interns. The Amerind Foundation offers free, furnished apartments to qualified interns on
our 1,600 acre campus. Kitchen and laundry facilities are available. Students have access to
our anthropological library and high speed internet connection with Jstor access.
Students should be advised that Texas Canyon is a 20-minute drive from the nearest town
of Benson, Arizona, and a 1-hour drive from Tucson.
For further information about developing an internship with the Amerind Foundation,
please contact Chief Curator Dr. Eric Kaldahl, Amerind Foundation, PO Box 400,
Dragoon, AZ 85609, 520.586.3666, or ekaldahl@amerind.orgekaldahl@amerind.org
Amerind Annual Fund
Annual giving to the Amerind Foundation is another way to show your support. The Amerind is a 501(c)(3) tax
exempt operating foundation, and donations may offer tax advantages. Annual funds help support Amerind
research, programming, education, and conservation efforts. Your help in supporting our mission of fostering
and promoting knowledge and understanding of America’s first peoples is greatly appreciated. Please contact
the Amerind for more information or donate online by clicking the donate button.
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Legacy Gifts
Dear Friends of the Amerind,
The Amerind Foundation has been pursuing its mission of promoting knowledge and
understanding of the indigenous peoples of the Americas for over 70 years.
Recently, the Amerind has expanded its mission to support the work of Native artists and
scholars, enhance and expand its award-winning publication, seminar, and resident scholar
programs, and reach an expanded audience of students, members, and museum visitors from
around the world.
We value your support of the Amerind Foundation and our goal is to make your involvement
with the Foundation rewarding for you as well. That’s why we want you to know about the
financial tools you can use to plan your gift to us so that it can return benefits to you. Among
several opportunities, you can:
Make a gift using appreciated securities and realize larger tax savings than if you had donated
cash.
Make a gift that costs you nothing during your lifetime.
Make a gift that pays you income for life.
Preserve your estate for your children and deliver years of income to the Amerind Foundation.
Donate your house, take a tax deduction, and continue to live in it rent-free.
Turn surplus life insurance coverage into a gift.
Please review the information below to learn how a gift can increase your income, provide cash
to help you move into a retirement facility, or a tax deduction for items that you can no longer
use or maintain. A planned gift can also provide benefits to your family, and we would love to
have the opportunity to show you how.
If you have questions about Amerind’s long-term endowment needs, please call our Executive
Director, Dr. John Ware, on Amerind’s toll-free number: 866.535.0471.
If you have already named the Amerind in your estate plans, please let us know so we can
thank you!
Sincerely,
Michael W. Hard, Chairman
Propelled by the vision and dedication of its founder William Shirley Fulton, the Amerind
Foundation has been a quiet but influential voice in Native American archaeology and
anthropology for more than seventy years. Known originally for its pioneering archaeological
research in the Southwestern Borderlands, the Amerind houses one of the finest private
collections of Native American art and artifacts in the country. Its renowned academic
seminars and its rapidly expanding educational programs and membership tours attract
participants from all over the world.
The Amerind faces demands for programs and services that are far beyond the dreams,
aspirations, and funding capability of its founder. Its unique but aging facilities must now catch
up with its expanded mission, including renovations allowing year-round use of its conference
facilities, the creation of a 150-seat public auditorium, and additional classrooms, meeting
rooms, and housing for resident scholars.
In 2008 the Amerind Foundation earned about 46 percent of its operating revenue from an
endowment established by its founder and enhanced over the years by generous individual
donors. Eight percent of our operating revenue came from earned income (admissions,
museum store sales, etc.) and another eight percent from grants. Thirty-seven percent of our
income in 2008 came from donations from individuals. Clearly, the Amerind Foundation could
not survive without the generosity of people like you!
There are many ways you can leave a legacy to sustain Amerind’s mission while, at the same
time, provide yourself and your family with significant benefits. In addition to outright taxdeductible cash gifts, other creative ways to give include:
A Bequest in Your Will: When you revise your will you might consider including a provision for
the Amerind Foundation. Your gift could be a specific dollar amount; a percentage of your
estate or residuary estate; or a gift that is contingent upon an heir predeceasing you. Benefit:
Full control of your assets during your lifetime and a donation that is fully exempt from estate
tax.
Beneficiary Designation: It is possible to name the Amerind Foundation as one of the
beneficiaries of either a life insurance policy or a retirement plan, such as an IRA. Like the
bequest provision, this is a revocable arrangement that can be changed by you at any time.
Benefit: Current and potential future charitable income tax deductions and immediate impact to
the Amerind.
Savings and Brokerage Accounts: Consider renaming one of your bank or stock accounts so
that whatever remains in the account at your passing transfers to the Amerind Foundation, to
create a fund or endowment in your name. This, too, is a revocable arrangement. Benefit: Full
control of your assets and a tax deductible contribution.
Gift Plans that Pay You Income for Life: The Amerind Foundation offers its supporters the ease
and convenience of establishing charitable gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts.
These relatively simple gift plans provide the satisfaction of seeing the impact of your donation
during your lifetime. They also provide the donor, or someone named by the donor, with a fixed
income for life. Benefit: Guaranteed income for life, current and future savings on income
taxes, and possible reduction or elimination of capital gains tax.
Gift of a Residence or Long-Term Appreciated Securities: A bequest of a residence to the
Amerind Foundation is always welcome. One option is to instruct your executor to sell the
property and distribute part of the proceeds from the sale to the Foundation to create a named
fund. You might also consider giving the residence now, and retaining for yourself the right to
live in it for life. Both options have significant tax benefits. Benefit: A charitable income tax
deduction, no capital gains tax on the sale of assets, and an immediate impact on the Amerind.
Charitable Lead Trust: This is a way to provide current or future gifts to the Amerind
Foundation and eventually pass assets along to your heirs. Benefit: Substantial tax savings and
immediate impact on Amerind operations.
As with any important financial or estate planning, decisions about long-term charitable giving
should be discussed with a trusted legal or financial professional.
Curator's Endowment Challenge
We made it! Our $250,000 Challenge Grant Has Been Met!
In 2007 an anonymous donor provided the Amerind with a $250 thousand challenge grant to establish a Curator
Endowment fund at the Amerind Foundation.
In October 2009, we met the challenge! Thanks to the foresight of a generous donor and the generosity of
Amerind's friends and supporters, Amerind's Curator Endowment has now topped the half million dollar mark.
The Amerind Board was so impressed with our progress that they established another $100 thousand challenge
grant. From now until the new challenge is met, every dollar donated to Amerind's Curator Fund will be
matched one-to-one, dollar-for-dollar, up to $100,000.00!
The Amerind’s world class collection deserves a full-time Curator. The creation of the Curator Endowment
fund will guarantee this position now and for the future. Thanks to our new challenge grant, every dollar
donated for this important position will be doubled. Please join us in protecting the Amerind’s treasures for the
future. Donations to the Curator’s Endowment can be made with a check payable to the Amerind Foundation.
Please put on the memo line "Curator Endowment."
Or donate online by clicking the donate button.
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Adopt an Artifact
The Amerind Museum invites visitors to explore the wonders of history, culture, and art of civilizations
throughout the Western Hemisphere through an extensive collection. A small percentage of the
Amerind's collection is on display, but the rest still need proper housing and care.
You can help the Amering preserve the wonderful items from the collections by adopting your favorite.
All funds raised from adoptions will support the preservation, storage, and management of our art and
artifacts.
Levels of adoption begin at $35.
When you “adopt” an artifact at the Amerind Museum, your contribution entitles you or your gift
recipient to the following benefits:
$35 - $49
Certificate of adoption
Photo of your artifact
Description of its significance
School groups – artifact activity worksheets for the whole class
$50 - $99
All of the above, plus:
Complimentary admission for one to Adopt an Artifact Day
$100 - $199
All of the above, plus:
One complimentary admission pass to visit your artifact on any day
$200 - $399
All of the above, plus
One additional complimentary admission pass to visit your artifact on any day (two total)
$500
All of the above, plus:
Invitation for two to a private talk and demonstration by the Museum’s conservator
Adopt an artifact by calling (520) 586-3666
Research and Collections
Since 1937 the Amerind Foundation has
played an important role in the archaeology of
the American Southwest and northern Mexico.
The Amerind Foundation's archaeological and
ethnographic collections, research library, and
archives are important resources for scholars
conducting research on southwestern
anthropology, archaeology, history, and Native
American studies.
Scope of Collections
The Amerind is committed to advancing new
research in the fields of anthropology,
archaeology, history, and art history. Visiting
scholars are encouraged to use the Amerind’s
collections to gain new understandings.
Visiting Scholars
The Amerind now has an On-Line library
catalog! It's in its beginning stages, but will be
growing quickly. Please click the "library" tab
on the bar to the right for more details.
Collections Policies
Library
Publications
Seminar Programs
Internships
Request a Speaker for an adult group or
Organization
Scope of Collections & Collections Policies
Scope
The Amerind Foundation’s 21,000 piece collection includes a cross-section of Native American
ethnographic objects from the Western Hemisphere dating to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
The object collection includes materials from Amerind Foundation archaeological projects. The collection
also contains the archival resources from Amerind archaeological projects. The Amerind holds a
collection of fine art from both Euro-American and Native American artists. A synopsis of the collection
can be downloadedhere.
Policies
The Collections Policy outlines the Amerind’s acquisition and use policies. This policy may be of interest
to scholars seeking to utilize Amerind collections, institutions seeking to borrow Amerind objects, or for
individuals seeking to donate to the collection. You can download Amerind's Collections Policy here.
The Amerind makes loans to other museums and institutions that will use Amerind objects or
documentary resources for exhibitions or research. The Amerind’s out going loan policy can be
downloaded here.
The Amerind may grant permission to use Amerind documentary images and object images for research
or publication. Our photographic reproduction permission form with the Amerind’s permission
conditions can be downloaded here.
Library
The Fulton-Hayden Memorial Art Gallery & Library is home to a 22,000 volume
collection including books and professional journals. The library's strength is in
anthropological and archaeological literature, as well as titles that provide information on
the Amerind's ethnographic object collection. Library materials are non-circulating.
Amerind Foundation members and visiting researchers are welcome to make an
appointment to use the library's resources. The library does have a wireless internet
connection for scholars with their own laptops. The library has access to journals available
through Jstor.
Please call the Amerind Foundation to make an appointment at 520.586.3666 and ask to
speak with the Librarian or the Chief Curator. Amerind Librarian Sally Newland may also
be emailed at libros@amerind.orglibros@amerind.org .
The Amerind Library was awarded a grant from the Arizona State Library, Archives and
Public Records Agency, a division of the Arizona Secretary of State, under the Library
Services and Technology Act, which is administered by the Institute of Museum and
Library Services.
Their support has been used to create an on-line library catalog. To search the Library's
on-line catalog, please click on the open book icon. We are adding new titles all the time!
— click on the book to search Amerind's on-line catalog —
On-line Library Catalog Users, we want your feedback! Please participate in a short
survey about the library's on-line catalog. To participate in this survey, click here.
Welcome Cochise College Users! We'd be happy to have you visit our library. Please call
or email for an appointment. To return to the Cochise College Library Home Page, follow
this link: http://libraryims.cochise.edu
Publications
Amerind Technical Reports
Amerind Technical Reports
During much of the time of Amerind’s existence, the
foundation was actively engaged in archaeological
excavations. Reports of these investigations were
published, and although all are out of print, they can
be found in libraries and through used booksellers.
Learn more...
New World Studies Series
(UNM Press)
New World Studies Series, (UNM Press)
Amerind Newsletter
In the late 1980s, Amerind established the Amerind
New World Studies Seminar Series to bring together
scholars to discuss topical issues in New World
anthropology and related subjects, and to make the
subsequent results available in a new publication
series. Learn more...
Permissions
Amerind Studies in Archaeology Series,
(UA Press)
This series brings the synthetic results of professional
seminars at the Amerind to a wider audience. The
seminars are organized as a collaboration of the
Amerind with the Society for American Archaeology,
the major archaeological organization in North
America, bringing together scholars focusing on
timely issues with the potential to contribute
significantly to the field or anthropological
archaeology. Learn more...
Amerind Newsletter
A newsletter for members. Read the current issue, or
see a list of all issues.
Permissions
The Amerind may grant permission to use Amerind
documentary images and object images for research or
publication. Our photographic reproduction
permission form with the Amerind’s permission
Amerind Studies in Archaeology Series (UA
Press)
conditions can be downloaded here.
Amerind Technical Reports
All of the publications in this series are out of print; however, many can be found in public and university
libraries, as well as in used bookstores and through online booksellers.
Archaeological Notes on Texas Canyon, Arizona, by William Shirley Fulton. Museum of the
Contr.
American Indian, Heye Foundation, Vols. 1-3. 1934-1938. New York. (out of print)
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No. 1
An Archaeological Site Near Gleeson, Arizona, by William Shirley Fulton and Carr Tuthill. 1940. (out
of print)
No. 2
A Ceremonial Cave in the Winchester Mountains, Arizona, by William Shirley Fulton. 1941. (out of
print)
No. 3
Painted Cave in Northeastern Arizona, by Emil W. Haury. 1945. (out of print)
No. 4
The Tres Alamos Site on the San Pedro River, Southeastern Arizona, by Carr Tuthill. 1947. (out of
print)
No. 5
The Babocomari Village Site on the Babocomari River, Southeastern Arizona, by Charles C. Di Peso.
1951. (out of print)
No. 6
The Sobaipuri Indians of the Upper San Pedro Valley, Southeastern Arizona, by Charles C. Di Peso.
1953. (out of print)
No. 7
No. 8
The Upper Pima of San Cayetano del Tumacacori, by Charles C. Di Peso. 1956. (out of print)
The Reeve Ruin of Southeastern Arizona, by Charles C. Di Peso. 1958. (out of print)
No. 9
Casas Grandes: A Fallen Trading Center of the Gran Chichimeca, by Charles C. Di Peso, John B.
Rinaldo, and Gloria J. Fenner. Vols. 1-8. 1974. (out of print)
No. 10
Mimbres Mogollon Archaeology, by Anne I. Woosley and Allan J. McIntyre. 1996. (out of print)
New World Studies Series, (UNM Press)
In the late 1980s, Amerind established the Amerind New World Studies Seminar Series to bring together
scholars to discuss topical issues in New World anthropology and related subjects, and to make the
subsequent results available in a new publication series.
Vol.
Exploring the Hohokam: Prehistoric Desert Peoples of the American Southwest, edited by George J.
Gumerman. 1991. $47.50.
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Culture and Contact: Charles C. Di Peso's Gran Chichimeca, edited by Anne I. Woosley and John C.
Ravesloot. 1993. Special discounted price $20.00.
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Vol. Great Towns and Regional Polities: Cultural Evolution in the U.S. Southwest and Southeast, edited by Jill
E. Neitzel. 1999. $50.00 (Very limited quantities-call for availability).
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Vol. Salado, edited by Jeffrey S. Dean. 2000. $50.00 (Very limited quantities-call for availability).
4
Anthropological Perspectives on Technology, edited by Michael B. Schiffer. 2001. $50.00 (Very limited
Vol.
quantities-call for availability).
5
Embedded Symmetries: Natural and Cultural, edited by Dorothy K. Washburn. 2004. $69.95 (Very limited
Vol.
quantities-call for availability).
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Press)
Amerind Studies in Archaeology Series, (UA Press)
Trincheras Sites In Time, Space, and Society, edited by Suzanne K. Fish, Paul R. Fish, M. Elisa
Villalpando. 2008. $55.00.
Vol.
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Collaboration at the Trowel's Edge, edited by Stephen W. Silliman. 2008. $40.00 (soft cover).
Vol.
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Warfare in Cultural Context: Practice, Agency, and the Archaeology of Violence, edited by Axel Neilsen,
William H. Walker. 2009. $60.00 (cloth cover).
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Across A Great Divide: Continuity and Change in Native American Societies, 1400-1900, edited by Laura
L. Scheiber, Mark D. Mitchell. 2009. $60.00 (cloth cover).
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Leaving Mesa Verde: Peril and Change in the Thirteenth-Century Southwest, edited by Timothy A.
Kohler, Mark D. Varien, Aaron M. Wright. 2010. $65.00 (cloth cover).
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Vol. Becoming Villagers: Comparing Early Village Societies, edited by Matthew S. Bandy, Jake R. Fox. 2010.
$60.00 (cloth cover).
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Hunter-Gatherer Archaeology As Historical Process, edited by Kenneth E. Sassaman and Donald H.
Vol. Holly Jr. 2011. $60.00 (cloth cover).
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Amerind Newsletter
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 7, No. 3 & 4 (Summer & Fall 2010)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 7, No. 1 & 2 (Winter & Spring 2010)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 6, No. 4 (fall 2009)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 6, No. 3 (Summer 2009)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 6, No. 2 (Spring 2009)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 5, No. 4 & Vol. 6, No. 1 (Fall 2008 & Winter 2009)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 5, Nos. 2 & 3 (Spring & Summer 2008)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 5, No. 1 (Winter 2007-08)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 4, No. 4 ( Fall 2007)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 4, No. 3 (Summer 2007)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 4, Nos. 1 & 2 (Winter-Spring 2006-7)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 3, No. 4 (Fall 2006)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 3, No. 3 (Summer 2006)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 3, Nos. 1 & 2 (Winter & Spring 2006)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 2, No. 4 (Fall 2005)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 2, No. 3 (Summer 2005)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring 2005)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 2, No. 1 (Winter 2005)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 1, No. 4 (Fall 2004)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 1, No. 3 (Summer 2004)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 1, No. 2 (Spring 2004)
Amerind Quarterly Vol. 1, No. 1 (Winter 2004)
Seminar Program
In the late 1980s, Amerind established the Amerind
New World Studies Seminar Series to bring together
scholars to discuss topical issues in New World
anthropology and related subjects, and to make the
subsequent results available in a new publication
series.
Scholars: To apply for an Amerind New World
Studies Series Seminar, see the guidelines (please
click here: Application Process).
In December 2002, the Amerind Foundation entered
into partnership with the Society for American
Archaeology, the major professional organization of
American archaeologists, to establish the Amerind
Seminars, annual seminars at the Amerind that
recognize the outstanding symposium at the SAA's
annual meeting. The program is summarized in an
Amerind Seminars
Previous Seminars
Application
article written for the March 2003 Archaeological
Record, the SAA's quarterly newsletter and is
reproduced below in its entirety (please click here:
Amerind Seminars).
To apply for an Amerind Seminar, session organizers
need to check the appropriate box on the Session
Abstract Form (Form E) when they submit a
symposium proposal to SAA.
The Amerind Foundation and the Society for American Archaeology Initiates Annual
Amerind Seminars
From the March 2003 Archaeological Record, Society for American Archaeology newsletter:
John A. Ware
Executive Director
Amerind Foundation, Inc.
The Amerind Foundation and the Society for American Archaeology are pleased to announce a new program
entitled the Amerind Seminars. The Amerind Seminars will provide the opportunity for an outstanding symposium
at the annual Society for American Archaeology meeting to reconvene six months later at the Amerind
Foundation in Dragoon, Arizona, for an intensive five day seminar, the proceedings of which will be published
in a new SAA-Amerind sponsored series through the University of Arizona Press.
The Amerind Seminars address an important need within the SAA. How many of us have joined a symposium and
presented a paper at the annual meetings and were frustrated by the lack of opportunity for the entire panel to
get together to exchange ideas, debate issues of mutual concern, and explore new avenues of interest and
research? Except for casual discussions at the meetings and occasional follow up correspondence among panel
members, there are few opportunities for such exchanges. Time constraints for sessions at the SAAs simply do
not allow the kind of sustained interaction that occurs in a seminar over several days, and very few SAA
symposia papers are assembled and edited for publication after the meetings. Beginning in 2004, the Amerind
Seminars will provide just such an opportunity for a select SAA symposium. Here is how it will work.
When symposium organizers apply for a slot on the annual meeting agenda they will have the opportunity to
check a box indicating their desire to be considered for an Amerind Seminar. All participating proposals will be
forwarded to the Amerind Foundation where a review panel will evaluate symposia abstracts and participant
lists and select five to ten finalists on the basis of the quality of individual and collective papers, timeliness of
seminar topic, and potential contribution to the field of anthropological archaeology, irrespective of time
period and geographic area of study. At the annual meeting members of the panel will attend all of the finalist
symposia and at the end of the meeting select the outstanding symposium, which will receive an invitation to
meet at the Amerind the following October. At the Amerind, seminar participants will meet for five days,
present updated versions of their SAA papers, and engage in discussion and debate on a wide range of subjects
relating to the symposium topic. Final drafts of papers and discussion narratives will be assembled in an edited
volume that will be published by the University of Arizona Press in a new series dedicated to the Amerind
Seminars. The Amerind Foundation will underwrite participant travel, food, and lodging costs, and will subvent
the cost of publishing the final proceedings volume.
The Amerind Foundation is an ideal venue for seminars in anthropology and archaeology. Founded by William
Shirley Fulton in 1937, the Amerind Foundation is a private, nonprofit (501(c)3) anthropology museum and
research institute located 60 miles southeast of Tucson, Arizona, in the Little Dragoon Mountains. Amerind’s
1600 acre campus, located in the spectacular rock formations of Texas Canyon, is home to a museum, fine art
gallery, curatorial facility, a 25,000 volume research library, facilities for visiting scholars, and a seminar house
for advanced seminars in anthropology, archaeology, and Native American Studies that can accommodate up to
fifteen scholars.
In its early years the Amerind was an active archaeological research center and its first professional director,
Charlie Di Peso, conducted important surveys and excavations in southern Arizona and northern Mexico,
culminating in the four-year Joint Casas Grandes Project in northern Chihuahua (Di Peso 1974). In recent years
the Amerind has reexamined its mission and shifted emphasis from field research to synthesis. Since 1989 the
Amerind has hosted nearly a dozen seminars on topics ranging from Hohokam prehistory (Gumerman 1991) to
the analysis of prehistoric technology (Schiffer 2001) to analyzing the role that archaeology and anthropology
have played in the development of nation states in the Western Hemisphere (Hinsley, Kohl, and Podgorny, in
preparation). The Amerind Seminars will add a new and important dimension to Amerind’s professional seminar
program, and Amerind’s partnership with the SAA will creatively combine the resources of a nonprofit
archaeological organization and museum with the major archaeological professional organization in North
America.
For more information, please contact the Amerind, amerind@amerind.orgamerind@amerind.org or
520.586.3666. To apply for an Amerind Seminar, session organizers need to check the appropriate box on the
Session Abstract Form (Form E) when they submit a symposium proposal to SAA.
References Cited
Di Peso, C. C.
1974 Casas Grandes: A Fallen Trading Center of the Gran Chichimeca, Vol. 1-3. Amerind Foundation Publications 9.
Dragoon, Arizona.
Gumerman, G. J. (editor)
1991 Exploring the Hohokam: Prehistoric Desert Peoples of the American Southwest. Amerind Foundation New World
Studies Seminar Series, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.
Hinsley, C., P. Kohl, and I. Podgorny (editors)
In Preparation The Naturalization of the Past: Nation-Building and the Development of Anthropology and Natural History in
the Americas. Amerind Foundation New World Studies Seminar Series, University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Schiffer, M. B. (editor)
2001 Anthropological Perspectives on Technology. Amerind Foundation New World Studies Seminar Series,
University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.
Previous Seminars
"Settlement, Economy, and Power in Deep History: Towards a New Comparative Synthesis,"
March 3-7, 2008. Michael Smith, Chair.
"New Light on the Thirteenth-Century Depopulation of the Northern Southwest,"
February 23-27, 2008. Mark Varien, Aaron Wright, Tim Kohler, Chairs.
"Foundations of Southwestern Communities: Variation and Change in First Millenium A.D. Pithouse
Sites,"
November 10-11, 2007. Lisa C. Young and Sarah Herr, Chairs.
"Across the Great Divide: Continuity and Change in Native North American Societies, A.D. 1400-1900,"
October 26-30, 2007. Laura Scheiber and Mark Mitchell, Chairs.
"The Choices and Fates of Human Societies,"
October 10-14, 2007. Norman Yoffee and Patricia McAnany, Chairs.
"Early Village in Global Perspective,"
November 29-December 3, 2006. Matt Bandy and Jake Fox, Chairs.
"Indigenous Archaeology at the Trowel's Edge: Exploring Methods of Collaboration and Education,"
October 13-16, 2005. Stephen W. Silliman, Chair. (Publication pending)
"War in Cultural Context: Practice, Agency and the Archaeology of Conflict,"
October 16-20, 2004. Axel Nielsen and William Walker, Chairs. (Publication pending)
"Hohokam Trajectories in World Perspective,"
January 27 - February 1, 2004. Paul and Suzanne Fish, Chairs. (Publication pending)
"Colonialism and Culture Change at Zuni Pueblo, 1300 - Present,"
May 18-23, 2003. Barbara Mills, Chair. (Publication pending)
"The Naturalization of the Past: Nation-Building and the Development of Anthropology and Natural
History in the Americas,"
May 20-26, 2002. Curtis M. Hinsley, Philip L. Kohl, and Irina Podgorny, Chairs. (No publication)
"Enduring Borderlands Traditions: Trincheras Sites in Time, Space, and Society,"
January 9-10, 2002. Suzanne K. Fish, Paul R. Fish, and Elisa Villalpando, Chairs. (Publication in 2006)
"Embedded Symmetries: Natural and Cultural,"
April 13-17, 2000. Dorothy K. Washburn, Chair.
"The Anthropology of Technology,"
October 10-16, 1998. Michael B. Schiffer, Chair.
"The Archaeology of a Land Between: Regional Dynamics in the Prehistory and History of Southeastern
Arizona,"
October 12-17, 1997. Henry D. Wallace, Chair. (Publication pending)
"Prehistoric Salado Culture of the American Southwest,"
May 14-19, 1995. Jeffrey S. Dean, Chair.
"Great Towns and Regional Polities: Cultural Evolution in the United States Southwest and Southeast,"
March 5-12, 1994. Jill E. Neitzel, Chair.
"Culture and Contact: Charles C. DiPeso's Gran Chichimeca,"
October 3-7, 1988. Anne I. Woosley and John C. Ravesloot, Chairs.
"Changing Views on Hohokam Archaeology,"
February 14-19, 1988. George J. Gumerman, Chair.
New World Studies Seminar Series Application Guidelines
The Amerind Foundation accepts applications for advanced seminars on a variety of anthropological and
archaeological topics. Scholars wishing to organize a symposium should submit eight copies of a proposal
by the application deadline of October 1 that addresses the following issues:
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The main topic(s) to be addressed in the seminar
The purpose that a seminar would serve and why it is important to address the topics at this time
How the results of the seminar would be disseminated to the scholarly community
The names and affiliations of scholars actively working on the topic who might participate in the seminar
Each proposal should be typed (double-spaced) and include a 100 word abstract, a bibliography of
relevant literature on the topic (not to exceed two pages, double-spaced), and the applicant’s curriculum
vitae (not to exceed four pages). The body of the proposal should not exceed six double-spaced pages.
We encourage proposals that address issues and topics of broad anthropological interest; that attempt to
synthesize large and complex projects; that seek to bring together specialists from multiple disciplines to
address topics of mutual concern; or that integrate the work of applied and academic scholars. Topics
that relate in some way to the historical research interests and collections of the Amerind Foundation
(e.g., Southwestern archaeology and anthropology, Native American studies, etc.) are encouraged but not
required.
Proposals are accepted throughout the year. Those received after October 1 will be considered in the next
review cycle. Decisions will be made by November 15 for programs scheduled for the following academic
year, giving organizers a year to formulate their participant list and for participants to prepare and
circulate their papers. Seminars are normally of five days duration, but may vary depending on the
number of participants. The Amerind Foundation provides room, board, and meeting space for the
seminars, and will assist in the publication and dissemination of the results.
Please address applications and questions to: Executive Director, Amerind Foundation Inc., P.O. Box 400,
Dragoon, Arizona 85609; E-mail: jware@amerind.orgjware@amerind.org
Visiting Scolars
Visiting scholars are an important part of the Amerind Foundation mission to promote new scholarship
in anthropology, archaeology, history, and art history. The Amerind Foundation is located in scenic
Texas Canyon, 60 miles east of Tucson. Amerind on-campus housing is available at no cost to qualified
researchers. Kitchen and laundry facilities are available. The scholar must provide their own food and
transportation.
Visiting scholars are welcome to utilize our collections or to work on their own writing for proposed
publications. Scholars have access to our 22,000 volume anthropological library of books and periodicals,
and a wireless internet connection with Jstor access.
To become an Amerind visiting scholar, please send a letter of application to the Amerind’s Executive
Director Dr. John Ware, Amerind Foundation, PO Box 400, Dragoon, AZ 85609. Letters of application
should outline what kind of research or writing project will be accomplished during the scholar’s stay at
the Amerind Foundation. Please include a brief résumé. If you are a graduate student, please include a
letter of support from your major professor or academic department chair.
Internships
The Amerind Foundation is seeking graduate student interns to assist in a variety of
museum areas. The Amerind Foundation professional staff will work with the interns and
their host institutions to develop individually tailored programs of work. Intern projects
may include collections management (rehousing, inventory, cataloging, etc.), grant
writing, exhibition development and installation, archival management, digitization
projects, and educational programs.
Compensation: At this time, the Amerind Foundation is unable to offer a stipend to
interns. The Amerind Foundation offers free, furnished apartments to qualified interns on
our 1,600 acre campus. Kitchen and laundry facilities are available. Students have access to
our anthropological library and high speed internet connection with Jstor access.
Students should be advised that Texas Canyon is a 20-minute drive from the nearest town
of Benson, Arizona, and a 1-hour drive from Tucson.
For further information about developing an internship with the Amerind Foundation,
please contact Chief Curator Dr. Eric Kaldahl, Amerind Foundation, PO Box 400,
Dragoon, AZ 85609, 520.586.3666, or ekaldahl@amerind.orgekaldahl@amerind.org
Request a Speaker
Amerind's Director and Chief Curator are available to speak to your organization. Following is
information about both, and depending on the date, one of them will be pleased to offer a
presentation.
Dr. John Ware is a fourth-generation Arizonan. He is an anthropologist and archaeologist whose research
and teaching focus on the prehistory and ethnohistory of the northern Southwest, where he has worked
for nearly 40 years. Ware earned his PhD in anthropology from the University of Colorado in 1983 and
has taught anthropology at Southern Illinois University, the College of Santa Fe, and Colgate University
in New York. In addition to teaching, Ware has held research positions at the Museum of Northern
Arizona, Arizona State Museum, and the School of American Research, and he was director of the
Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe. Since 2001 Ware has served as executive director of the
Amerind Foundation.
Dr. Eric J. Kaldahl is a Registed Professional Archaeologist who has participated in archaeological
projects in east-central and southern Arizona, Nebraska, Missouri, and Illinois. He has worked for Old
Pueblo Archaeology Center of Tucson and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of
Anthropology & Geography. Most recently he worked for the Tohono O'odham Nation government as a
curator for the tribe's new Cultural Center & Museum. He became Amerind Foundation's Chief Curator
in October 2007.
These are just some of the topics the speakers can address:
Southeast Arizona archaeology including Native American and Spanish archaeological sites from ancient
Clovis times (11,000 B.C.) through Spanish Colonial period (AD 100s-1800s).
Southwest Migrations through the Centuries from earliest times up to today.
History of the Amerind Foundation - the development of the foundation (established 1937) and it's
contribution to understanding the history of Native people in Arizona, New Mexico, and Chihuahua
Mexico.
We would be glad to talk with you about other topics that might work well with your particular group just put a note in the comments box below.
Museum Store
SUMMER INVENTORY REDUCTION SALE: Up to 40% off selected items in the Museum Store!
Some of the items on sale include a large selection of brooches, pins and pendants as well as a limited selection
of matted photographs by Joe Koszlowski of artifacts in the AMERIND's collections.
The Amerind Museum Store has been an important extension of the museum since its conception. We pride
ourselves on having only authentic, museum-quality American Indian made arts and crafts.
Come in to see our selection of Native American art and fine handcrafted items including Navajo and Zuni
jewelry, Tohono O'odham and Tarahumara baskets, Navajo weavings, and Pueblo and Mata Ortiz pottery. We
carry books on Native American culture, archaeology, and the Southwest, fine art posters, and music CDs from
Native American artists. We also have Amerind T-shirts, sweatshirts, caps, mugs and tiles featuring our great
logo and images from the collections.
Amerind members get a 10% discount on everything in the store.
Click here for information on becoming a member.
Museum Store is open during museum hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Arizona
Time.
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Amerind Logo Mugs
$6.00
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OUR PEOPLE, OUR LAND, OUR IMAGES: INTERNATIONAL INDIGENOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS
This publication accompanied the recent exhibit of the same name in Amerind's Art
Gallery. Edited by Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie and Veronica Passalacqua. Each
photograph in the exhibit is reproduced in this book, as well as additional ones by
several of the artists. The text, written by the 26 photographers in the exhibit, is
included, making it an important resource separate from the exhibit. Paperback, 8" x
10", 96 pages, with 89 color and b&w photos. Published by Heyday Press.
$27.95
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NATIVE AMERICAN PORTRAITS by Gary Auerbach
This small publication was produced to accompany Tucson photographer Gary
Auerbach's exhibit of the same name, on display in the Fulton-Hayden Memorial Art
Gallery in 2002. The exhibit represented ten years of Mr. Auerbach work
photographing Native Americans and using a platinum printmaking process. The
gallery guide contains 13 photographs, most of which are 6"x 7.5". Portraits of
Harrison Begay, Ofelia Zepeda, and Ruth Benally are included.
$3.00
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Navajo Bus Stop by Malcolm Watt
(1927-2002), 30" x 24".
Originally from Kentucky, Mr. Watt graduated from the University of Arizona with a
Bachelor of Fine Art degree in 1952. He worked as a cowboy, professional movie
actor, and was a local (Tucson) t.v. celebrity, along with pursuing his art career. He
completed many paintings depicting Indians of the Southwest, retaining a deep interest
in Native American cultures through much of his life.
$25.00
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Healing Ceremony by Navajo artist Andy Tsihnahjinnie
(1916-2000), 16" x 20".
Andrew Van Tsihnahjinnie was one of the Native artists who attended the Santa Fe
Indian School and worked under Dorothy Dunn in what became known as the "Studio
Style" of art. Tsihnahjinnie was one of the most versatile Native artists in the
Southwest during this time. The Healing Ceremony shows a returning Navajo World
War II veteran engaged in this important ceremony, perhaps a self-portrait of his own
return from the Pacific.
$15.00
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