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
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
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”... 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
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
