albuquerque, nm

Once 19 great tribes ruled a nation that stretched from new Mexico to Colorado and Arizona. This was the people we know today as the Pueblo Indians.  This museum is a testament to their culture and an important part of their fight to preserve it.  

We had a fantastic time at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center seeing their art, learning about their customs, even eating indigenous nations food in the museum café. A real highlight was seeing almost an hour of live performances of traditional native dances by the Oak Canyon Dance Group from the pueblo of Jemez in New Mexico. We hope you enjoy these pictures of their art including their dance.

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After our time at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Diane and I went to the Albuquerque Old Town arts district. We visited several shops.  This is not "Indian style" knock offs made in China. The galleries here carry the work of current artists and buy new pieces each week.  Many of the things you see are award winning and museum quality.  We've included pictures of some of the really impressive pieces we saw.  We hope you enjoy them as much as we did.  Thanks for riding with us!

Ancient peoples didn't do blog posts to communicate their ideas. Instead they scratched images onto the face of rocks. Petroglyph National Monument in Albuquerque, NM is one of the best places to see examples of this ancient art form. We went there on our second day in Albuquerque.  We hope you enjoy these pictures. 

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