Stories of Place: Wupatki National Monument Centennial Commemoration

Museum of Northern Arizona
November 3, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The land and resources now known as Wupatki National Monument became a National Park site on Dec. 9, 1924, but have a history much older. Indigenous peoples have been protecting and caring for these lands for time immemorial. Join the National Park Service as it highlights the significance of the people, cultures, plants, animals, rocks, fossils, and historic buildings within the monument. The symposium will include cultural demonstrations, artwork, and science information. Two sessions of talks and discussions will focus on Indigenous perspectives and the monument’s history.  We gratefully acknowledge those on whose ancestral homelands we gather, as well as the diverse and vibrant Native communities who continue to make their home here today.

12:00 Welcome

Session 1 – Significance and History of Wupatki

Lyle Balenquah, Independent Hopi Archaeologist

Ang’Kuktota: Journeys across the Wupatki Landscape

Gwenn M. Gallenstein, National Park Service

One Hundred Years Later: Wupatki National Monument Revisted

Richard Begay, Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department

Navajos of Wupatki

David E. Purcell, Museum of Northern Arizona

Then and Now: Archaeological Research by the Museum of Northern Arizona at Wupatki

Mark Szydlo, National Park Service

Wupatki- Naturally Unique

2:00 Break

2:30 Session 2 – Indigenous Perspectives of a National Monument Panel Discussion

Closing Remarks

This is event is free for Museum of Northern Arizona members. Museum entrance fee applies for non-members. Learn more about MNA membership.