Expanses of blood-orange canyons and luscious green shrubs line a small dirt road near the Texas Canyon exit off Interstate 10 in Cochise County and continue to a picnic area with boulders and grass fields resembling a barnyard. Here is the Amerind Museum, established in 1937, as a home to a collection of Native American…
On the outside, fry bread is merely what its title says it is. A golden-brown fried piece of dough the size of a Styrofoam plate that can be sweetened with honey and powdered sugar or treated like a taco shell. However, this fried piece of dough symbolizes much more than the total amount of calories…
Even in October, the desert southwest of Sells is a hot one. On this clear Friday afternoon, rains from days ago have made the air cool and marginally humid, the plants lush and green. But the unforgiving sun deceives anyone standing underneath, making the 80-degree temperatures feel closer to the triple-digit threshold. Richard Pablo…
Basketball has become a thriving sport on Native American reservations spawning a national tournament and two of the largest high school gyms in the U.S. “Rez ball” as it is called on the reservations, is a focal point not just in Arizona, but across the country as well. An HBO documentary titled “Rez Ball” spotlights…
Louis David Valenzuela is not your average gem show vendor. His display at the American Indian Exhibition features handcrafted masks, paintings, and statues: a far cry from the smooth, shiny stones and sparkling purple amathysts spread across Tucson at the 41 different locations of the Gem and Mineral Showcase. Although Valenzuela’s booth is squeezed…
