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REMOTE REGIONS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE EXPLORED AT 2005 MUSES LECTURE SERIES

Plan now for the 2005 Muses Lecture Series, Knowing the Land and Its People, presented by the Sedona Muses and the Museum of Northern Arizona. The lectures feature regional authors and photographers who share images and lore gathered from their adventures. In 2005, the series seeks to develop a deeper understanding of outlying areas and indigenous people from the Colorado Plateau to Mongolia and back. Also new this year, lectures will be held at two sites—in Sedona at the Church of the Red Rocks and in Flagstaff at the Museum of Northern Arizona’s Branigar Hall from January through April.

The Sedona Muses and the Museum of Northern Arizona present
2005 Muses Lecture Series: “Knowing the Land and Its People”

“The People of the Grand Canyon,” by Stephen Hirst
January 10 Church of the Red Rocks, Sedona • 7 p.m.
January 11 Museum of Northern Arizona, Branigar Hall, Flagstaff • 7 p.m.
Stephen Hirst, a docent-in-training at MNA, spent 11 years living and working with the Havasupai people. Once ranging over much of the Coconino Plateau, the Havasupai are regarded as the guardians of the Grand Canyon by the Hopi. Learn about their origins and traditional life, as well as the historic Havasupai land restoration that Congress enacted in 1975.

“Gentle Horizons: Coming to Know the Land and People of the Colorado Plateau” by Bruce Hucko
February 14 Church of the Red Rocks, Sedona • 7 p.m.
February 15 Museum of Northern Arizona, Branigar Hall, Flagstaff • 7 p.m.
Photographer, author and art coach Bruce Hucko gives a slide show and talk about his work creating National Park Service slide shows and books on the Native people of the Colorado Plateau. Hucko leads an entertaining, personal odyssey of self-discovery. Learn about his new project on returning to the Navajo reservation to conduct extensive interviews and photograph former students.

“The Land of Genghis Khan” by David Edwards
March 14 Church of the Red Rocks, Sedona • 7 p.m.
March 15 Museum of Northern Arizona, Branigar Hall, Flagstaff • 7 p.m.
David Edwards is a published freelance photographer as well as a river guide in the Grand Canyon and on rivers around the world. Drawing from these experiences, his presentation focuses on Mongolia. The Flagstaff International Relief Effort was formed in 1996 to bring international aid to the orphans and poverty stricken in Mongolia. Bring clean winter clothes (no boots or shoes) for babies, children, and male and female adults to support the effort.

“Running Around the West” by Raechel M. Running
April 11 Church of the Red Rocks, Sedona • 7 p.m.
Raechel M. Running, photographer and artist, shares her creative process through excerpts from her personal journals about experiences as a Grand Canyon River guide and the people and places she has photographed. In the words of Helen Keller, “Life is a daring adventure or nothing.”

Proceeds from the Sedona Lecture Series benefit the Museum of Northern Arizona. Tickets are $6 Members/$7 Nonmembers per lecture or $20 Members/$25 Nonmembers for the entire series. They are available at 6:45 p.m. at the lectures or in advance at the Museum’s front desk, 3101 N. Fort Valley Road in Flagstaff, daily from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Advance tickets are also available in Sedona at 928/282-4786. If a lecture sells out, late arrivals with tickets may not be able to be seated and will receive a refund.