"Cage the badger and he will try to break from his prison and regain his native hole. Chain the eagle to the ground - he will strive to gain his freedom, and though he fails, he will lift his head and look up at the sky which is home - and we want to return to our mountains and plains, where we used to plant corn, wheat and beans."


-- Written by a Navajo in 1865

Friday, May 27, 2011

Santa Fe Cultural Museums.

Today we went to the Santa Fe Governors' Palace museum. This museum showed a great deal of historic artifacts from Native American cultures dating back to pre-historic times. We also went to the museum of Native American art where we met Joyce Begay Foss, a passionate Navajo weaver. Here we learned about her beliefs as a Navajo tribe member and got to see a personal demonstration of how she weaves traditional Native American rugs. It was a greatly intriguing experience. I'm still getting used to the altitude change and feel a bit sick, but our travels north to the Taos Pueblo and being outside constantly should help with that.
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