Current Projects
Archaeological consultations with indigenous communities in southern Belize
Project Lead: Keith Prufer, Professor, Department of Anthropology, UNM Affiliations: Collaborating Partner: Beth Dorgay, Scientific Director, Ya’axche’ Conservation Trust Punta Gorda, Belize Project Description: This Ortiz funded project... read more
Establishing a local Indigenous advisory council for the Orang Asli Health and Lifeways
Project Lead: Ian Wallace, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, UNM Affiliations: Collaborating Partner: Colin Nicholas, Ph.D., Founder and Coordinator, Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC), 29 Jalan USJ 1/28, 47600 Subang Jaya, S... read more
Indigenous Land Histories and Technology: Internships in Archaeological Survey Methods
Project Lead: GRIIT Board Member Clarence Cruz (Ohkay Owingeh), Jemez geologist Kevin Madalena, Acoma knapper Daniel Vallo, Jemez THPO Chis Toya, Pojoaque THPO Fermin Lopez, Former Acoma TPHO and UNM Public Archaeology student, ... read more
Indigenous Pedagogies: A Case Study of a Ute Mountain Ute School
Project Lead: Erika Alvero Koski, UNM Department of Anthropology, Graduate Student Affiliations: Catherine Rhodes - Assistant professor in the UNM Department of Anthropology, advisor and committee chair; Dan Porter - Principal at the Kwiyagat C... read more
Language Revitalization Platform
Project Lead: Andrew Gorvetzian, Department of Anthropology, UNM, PhD candidate Affiliations: Names and affiliations of collaborating partners: Vernan Ramos, Executive Secretary, Asociación Afro-Garifuna en Nicaragua (AAGANIC) Project Desc... read more
Oaxacan Art and Politics: The Ungovernable Aesthetics of Colectivo Subterráneos
Project Lead: Toni Gentilli, Curator of Exhibits, Maxwell Museum of Anthropology Affiliations: Collaborating Partners: Gustavo García and Natalia MarÍa Toscano, PhD candidates in Chicana/o Studies; Irene E. Vásquez, Professor an... read more
Reimagining the US/Mexican Border through Multimodal Storytelling
Project Lead: Frances Hayashida, Latin American and Iberian Institute Affiliations: Geralyn Yu (UNM Art Education), Heather Kaplan (Univ. of Texas, El Paso), Emmy Tither (former LAII K-12 coordinator), and Rosa Prada Vivas (LAII Communications ... read more
Smith Family Totem Pole
Over the course of nine months in 2017 through a collaboration among the Tlowitsis Nation, the Maxwell Museum, the Department of Anthropology, and the Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies, the Smith Family Totem Pole "collected" by Frank H... read more
Understanding the relationship between learning Diné Bizaad and holistic wellbeing of young Diné learners, their families and communities
Project Lead: Tiffany Lee, Melvatha Chee, and Wendy Greyeyes Affiliations: Native American Studies and Linguistic, UNM Project Description: Our research consists of a longitudinal study that will contribute to Diné language revitalization... read more
Visiting Traditional Clay Sources in Northwest New Mexico: A Proposed Collaboration between Potters & Archaeologists
Project Lead: Hannah Mattson, Clarence Cruz, Nicholas Poister, Todd Scissons, and Genevieve Woodhead Affiliations: Names and affiliations of collaborating partners: Martha Romero, Nambé Pueblo (official community partner) Project Description: T... read more
Wicazo Sa Review Lecture Series
Project Lead: Lloyd Lee and Madeline Rose Mendoza Affiliations: Native American Studies, UNM... read more
“Passing the Fire”: Diné C.A.R.E. Founding Member Interviews
Project Lead: Robyn Jackson - Executive Director, Diné C.A.R.E. Affiliations: Diné Citizens Against Ruining our Environment (Diné C.A.R.E.), UNM (Cameron Zarrabzadeh, PhD student SCALA, project volunteer/assistant) Project Description... read more
