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Visitor Etiquette - Some ceremonies on tribal lands, especially those located along major highways, are intended for tourists. Tribal communities, on the other hand, are home to living Indian cultures and people and should be respected as such. It is important understand and practice etiquette when visiting.

History & Timeline of Indigenous New Mexicans - The Native Americans have left evidence of their existence in New Mexico since 25000 B.C.

Kivas - A kiva is a room used by modern Puebloans for religious rituals, many of them associated with the kachina belief system. Among the modern Hopi and most other Pueblo peoples, kivas are square-walled and above-ground, and are used for spiritual ceremonies.

Horno - Horno is a mud adobe built outdoor oven used by Native Americans and early settlers of North America. It was used to cook corn and bread.

Arts & Crafts:

Weaving - Whether produced on upright looms used by Pueblo and Navajo weavers or European treadle looms brought by Spanish colonists from Mexico in the early 1600s, the region’s textiles have long cast a spell on collectors and admirers of the craft.

Pueblo Indian Pottery - Several factors contribute to the diversity of Pueblo Indian pottery. These can be lumped into three basic categories: materials, traditions, and innovations.

Jewelry - Silversmithing was introduced to the Navajo people in the early 19th century by a Mexican silversmith who taught the craft to Atsidi Chon, one of the first Navajo silversmiths.

Kachinas - Kachinas (also spelled Katsina, the plural "katsinam") exist in Hopi and in Pueblo cosmology and religious practices.

Museums/Centers:

A:Shiwi A:Wan Museum & Heritage Center -The A:shiwi A:wan Museum is located in the historic Hebadina Building south of Highway 53 at the intersection of Pia Mesa Road and Ojo Caliente Road in Zuni Pueblo.

Acoma Tourist & Visitation Center - This beautiful new visitor center is the gateway to the Sky City.

Chaco Culture National Historical Park - The Chacoan sites near Nageezi are part of the homeland of Pueblo Indian peoples of New Mexico, the Hopi Indians of Arizona, and the Navajo Indians of the Southwest.

Deming-Luna Mimbres Museum - This museum is located in an armory completed two months after the famous Pancho Villa Raid (March 9, 1916) at Columbus. The Armory later served both as a community social center and a USO activity center.

Geronimo Springs Museum - Geronimo Springs Museum contains the history of Sierra County. From the mammoth and mastodon skulls and the world-class collection of prehistoric Mimbres pottery to the Apache, Hispanic, military, mining, ranching, and cultural exhibits, the museum is a fascinating complex of historical artifacts.

Gila Visitor Center - Located near Silver City, the Gila Cliff Dwellings have a small museum that houses Mogollón artifacts from the Gila Cliff Dwellings and surrounding area and an exhibit on the Chiricahua Apache, who consider the wilderness to be their homeland.

Indian Arts Research Center at the School of American Research - The Indian Arts Research Center is a working laboratory that houses one of the world's finest collections of Indian pottery, textiles, paintings and basketry. The center is open to scholars and Native American artist by appointment. Public tours are conducted on Fridays.

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center - The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque provides valuable insight into Pueblo culture, art and history.

Mescalero Apache Cultural Center Museum - Located in Mescalero, 20 miles west of Ruidoso on U.S. 70, the Mescalero Apache museum features photo exhibits, basketry and clothing of the three Apache tribes indigenous to this area.

Museum of the Institute of American Indian Arts -The IAIA Museum, located in downtown Santa Fe, is the nation's foremost exhibition facility for contemporary art made by Indigenous peoples across the globe, and its exhibitions are reviewed in leading international art journals.

Navajo National Museum (Window Rock, AZ) - The Navajo Nation covers both Arizona and the far west, northern edge of New Mexico. Just 26 miles from Gallup, New Mexico, the Navajo Nation Museum has extensive holdings of art, ethnographic, archaeological and archival materials.

Palace of the Governors - The Palace of the Governors' four-foot thick walls, long galleries, small rooms and secure courtyard mirror its original purpose as a seat of government on a remote frontier.

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology - The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture in Santa Fe tells the stories of the Native American people of the Southwest from pre-historic through contemporary times.

Poeh Cultural Center - An arts and crafts complex celebrating the Tewa-speaking pueblos of Pojoaque, Tesuque, Nambé, San Juan, San Ildefonso, and Santa Clara, Poeh features adobe construction and an excellent museum.

Red Rock Museum - Displays the material culture of the Anasazi as well as modern arts and crafts of the Zuni, Hopi and Navajo tribes. The museum houses permanent displays of Kachinas, pottery, rugs, silver, and turquoise as well as traveling art exhibits.

San Ildefonso Pueblo Museum - Located between Pojoaque and Los Alamos off NM 502, the museum exhibits contemporary and traditional pottery, paintings and other artifacts, emphasizing San Ildefonso artifacts and historic items.

Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian - The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, located on Museum Hill in Santa Fe, is devoted to Native American arts.

Walatowa Visitor Center - The Walatowa Visitor Center in the Pueblo of Jemez teaches visitors about the Towa culture and arts.


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