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Celebrating roots: Check out the events, places that honor Native American culture

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Water Strider Dance Group singers Leo Mitchell, from left, McKeffe Chapella, Ethan Laweka and Chant Life perform at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque on Monday, April 24, 2023.

Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

A museum and exhibition galleries tell the story of Pueblo culture from ancient times to the present. The Indian Pueblo Kitchen, introduces Indigenous food while the Indian Pueblo Store offers jewelry, pottery, rugs and more.

At 2401 12th St. NW, Albuquerque.

indianpueblo.org

Museum of Contemporary Native Arts

The Institute of American Indian Arts Museum of Contemporary Native Arts focuses on exhibiting, collecting and interpreting the most progressive work of contemporary Native artists.

108 Cathedral Place, Santa Fe

iaia.edu/museum

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An Allan Houser piece entitled "Earth Mother" is photographed at the Allan Houser Sculpture Gardens in Santa Fe.

Allan Houser Sculpture Garden

The sculpture garden displays more than 70 monumental works — both representational and abstract — while the indoor gallery exhibits hundreds of smaller sculptures, paintings and drawings.

26 Haozous Road, Santa Fe

allanhouser.com/contact/sculpture-garden

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Calela Lamy, left, and Alexandra Nastacio performs the pottery dance at the Pueblo Cultural Center in 2019. They are members of the Cellicion Traditional Dancers of Zuni Pueblo. Dances are performed each weekend in February at 12 noon Saturdays and Sundays at the Center. The Cellicion dancers have performed in 40 different countries around the globe.

Pueblo of Zuni

Zuni is the largest of the 19 New Mexican pueblos, covering more than 700 square miles in northwestern McKinley County. Visitors can experience the pueblo’s deep cultural heritage, special history, exquisite arts and awesome scenic beauty. Well-known for inlay silverwork, stone “fetish” carving and pottery.

zunitourism.com

SWAIA Indian Market

A week of events culminates in one of the most prestigious Native American arts show in the world. The market enters its 101st year in 2023. Meet and buy directly from the nearly 1,200 artists presenting their works.

Aug. 17-18 at Santa Fe Plaza

swaia.org

Salmon Ruins

This 22-acre site in northwestern New Mexico dates back to the 11th century and has been extensively excavated. Includes a Chacoan great house, a heritage park and 19th century homestead, as well as an extensive research library of the American Southwest.

salmonruins.com

Gallup Inter-tribal Indian Ceremonial

The 102nd annual celebration includes tribal processions and performances, rodeo, pageants, art show and artisan market, powwow, film screenings and more. Various citywide events are also planned.

Aug. 2-11

gallupceremonial.com

Free Indian Market

The show is next to the Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse in Santa Fe, and features nearly 600 Indigenous artists from Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, Pacific Islands and New Zealand.

Aug. 17-18

Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse, 106 S. Federal Place, Santa Fe

freeindianmarket.org

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A metate rests near the only entrance to the West Ruin plaza at Aztec Ruins National Monument.

Aztec Ruins National Monument

Pueblo people describe this site as part of their migration journey. The Chaco-era ruins date back about 900 years and feature a reconstructed Great Kiva that visitors can enter. An ancestral Pueblo Great House has over 400 masonry rooms. In the northwestern corner of the state.

nps.gov/azru

Poeh Cultural Center & Museum

Described as a gathering place for the respectful sustaining of Tewa traditions through being, doing and sharing. At 78 Cities of Gold Road, Santa Fe.

poehcenter.org

Museum of Indian Arts & Culture

The mission of MIAC/Laboratory of Anthropology is to serve as a center of stewardship, knowledge and understanding of the artistic, cultural and intellectual achievements of the diverse peoples of the Native Southwest.

710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe

indianartsandculture.org

Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian

Founded in 1937, the Wheelwright is New Mexico’s oldest nonprofit, independent museum. It offers unique exhibitions of contemporary and historic Native American art, with a focus on little-known genres and solo shows by living Native American artists.

704 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe

wheelwright.org

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