• 24th Annual Mountain Man Trade Fair and Rendezvous

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Step into the past with mountain men and women. Barter and buy "foofaraw" of the fur trade era. Scrape a hide or watch a blacksmith work.In the Palace Courtyard.FREE entry through Blue Gate.

  • Knapping in New Mexico Flint Knapping demonstration

    Coronado Historic Site 485 Kuaua Road, Bernalillo, NM, United States

    Make arrowheads! Throw a few atlatls!   The Friends of Coronado State Monument are offering a Flint Knapping Demonstration to be held at Coronado State Monument Saturday, August 16, 2008.   Observe the art of flint knapping and how the Native Americans made arrowheads and spear points from obsidian.  “Knapping New Mexico” is a diverse group […]

  • 24th Annual Mountain Man Trade Fair and Rendezvous

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Step into the past with mountain men and women. Barter and buy "foofaraw" of the fur trade era. Scrape a hide or watch a blacksmith work.In the Palace Courtyard.FREE entry through Blue Gate.

  • Discovery Box

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Discover what trappers needed, how they trapped, what they caught–and why! Touch, feel and smell the wonders of the times at the education table.  Also, become a mountain man and look for your fellow friends in the courtyard with the “Find the Mountain Man” activity page.The Wildlife Center from Española, NM will have many animals […]

  • Law and Order in Territorial New Mexico: How Wild Was the Wild West? Sponsored by Friends of Coronado State Monument

    Coronado Historic Site 485 Kuaua Road, Bernalillo, NM, United States

    Mr. Don Bullis, a resident of Rio Rancho and a member of numerous writing societies will give us insight as to how the Old West was tamed, especially in territorial New Mexico!   Mr. Bullis is a retired deputy sheriff/criminal investigator who enjoys historical research and has become a prolific writer. He has earned many […]

  • Let’s Take a Look

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Solve the mysteries of your Native American artifacts.FREE!

  • Joy Harjo and the Arrow Dynamics Band Kick off Indian Market Weekend at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture’s Annual Native American Music Under the Stars.

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Joy Harjo is a vibrant multi-dimensional/multi-cultural talent. She’s a poet/songwriter, sax player, singer, and author. Her roots extend from her birthplace in the Mvskoke Creek Indian Nation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Santa Fe where she attended the Institute of American Indian Arts. After graduating from the University of New Mexico she began writing poetry that […]

  • Breakfast with the Curators, Comic Art Indigene Paired breakfasts featuring a MIAC curator and an artist on three sets of Thursdays and Fridays in August, on a theme related to a MIAC exhibit or upcoming exhibit.

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Thursday, August 21: Breakfast with MIAC Curator, Tony Chavarria, followed by a tour of the exhibit, Comic Art Indigene.$25 or $20 MNMF members. Reservations required, seating is limited, call 476-1271 or 476-1258.

  • Breakfast with the Curators, Comic Art Indigene Paired breakfasts featuring a MIAC curator and an artist on three sets of Thursdays and Fridays in August, on a theme related to a MIAC exhibit or upcoming exhibit.

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    Friday, August 22: Breakfast with ceramic artist Diego Romero of Cochiti Pueblo, followed by a talk about his work in the neo-Mimbres style of his own creation.$25 or $20 MNMF members. Reservations required, seating is limited, call 476-1271 or 476-1258.

  • Free Family Storytelling Program With well known storyteller and musician Steven Wounded Deer Alvarez

    Museum of Indian Arts and Culture 708-710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    2 pm in the MIAC  O’KeeffeTheater, a free family friendly program. Seating is limited. Tickets will be given out starting at 1pm.     Well known storyteller Steven Alvarez presents a program of short contemporary native tales and music. Steven Alvarez (Mescalero Apache, Yaqui, and Upper Tanana Athabascan) lives in Anchorage where he works for […]

  • Indian Market Celebration

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    The Annual Native American Artisans Program's Indian Market Celebration in the Courtyard takes place on Santa Fe's Indian Market Weekend on August 23 and 24, 2008. During this weekend the Palace of the Governors signature Native American Artisans Program moves inside the Palace's historic courtyard for the world-famous Southwest Indian Arts Festival weekend in downtown […]

  • Indian Market Celebration

    New Mexico History Museum 113 Lincoln Avenue, Santa Fe, NM, United States

    The Annual Native American Artisans Program's Indian Market Celebration in the Courtyard takes place on Santa Fe's Indian Market Weekend on August 23 and 24, 2008. During this weekend the Palace of the Governors signature Native American Artisans Program moves inside the Palace's historic courtyard for the world-famous Southwest Indian Arts Festival weekend in downtown […]