Book Club
Pueblo Book Club: Rock-Art of the Southwest: A Visitor’s Companion – By Liz and Peter Welsh
OnlineThis month's Pueblo Book Club is on 'Rock-Art of the Southwest: A Visitor’s Companion' By Liz and Peter Welsh
Pueblo Book Club: Pueblos of the Rio Grande – By Daniel Gibson
OnlineThis month's Pueblo Book Club is on 'Pueblo Book Club: Pueblos of the Rio Grande' - By Daniel Gibson
Pueblo Book Club: Engendered Encounters
OnlineThis month's Pueblo Book Club is on 'Pueblo Book Club: Pueblos of the Rio Grande' - By Daniel Gibson
Pueblo Book Club: Report on the Department of the Interior: Poems (Mary Burritt Christiansen Poetry Series)
OnlineReports of children forcibly being removed from their homelands is news even today. However, this is nothing new as it relates to United States federal policy. Poems in this book are constructed as reports to the Department of the Interior and highlight the experiences of those in Indian boarding schools and the fight to maintain traditional ways of life.
Pueblo Book Club: Last Hunters, First Farmers: New Perspectives on the Prehistoric Transition to Agriculture (SAR Series)
OnlineReports of children forcibly being removed from their homelands is news even today. However, this is nothing new as it relates to United States federal policy. Poems in this book are constructed as reports to the Department of the Interior and highlight the experiences of those in Indian boarding schools and the fight to maintain traditional ways of life.
Pueblo Book Club: “The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians”
VirtualThis month’s Pueblo Book Club will open a discussion over “The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians: The Impact of the Atchison, Topeka, and the Santa Fe on the Pueblos of the Rio Grande, 1880-1930” by Richard H. Frost. In becoming a United States territory, New Mexico underwent a rapid transition ignited by Manifest Destiny.
Pueblo Book Club: “A Most Splendid Company: The Coronado Expedition In Global Perspective”
Virtual482 years ago the lives of the Pueblos peoples was forever changed by Spanish encroachment. A re-examination of the facts of the Coronado expedition is the focus of this month’s reading.
Pueblo Book Club: “Uprising”
In-person and VirtualJoin this month’s book club as we discuss "Uprising: The pueblo Indians and the First American War for Religious Freedom" by Jake Page.
Pueblo Book Club: “Southwestern Pottery”
In-person and VirtualJoin this month’s book club as we discuss "Southwestern Pottery: Anasazi to Zuni"
Pueblo Book Club: The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
In-person and VirtualJoin this month’s book club as we discuss "The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America" By Andres Resendez.
Termination And Re-Location: Federal Indian Policy, 1945-1960
In-person and VirtualJoin this month’s book club as we discuss "Termination And Re-Location: Federal Indian Policy, 1945 - 1960" By Donald L. Fixaco (Shawnee, Sac, Fox, Muscogee Creek, Seminole).
Pueblo Book Club: The Zunis: Self Portrayals By The Zuni People
In-person and VirtualJoin this month’s book club as we discuss "The Zunis: Self Portrayals", one of the first efforts to take collective ownership of Pueblo people’s narrative—their heritage, their culture and who they are as Zunis.
Pueblo Book Club: Acoma: Pueblo in the Sky by Ward Allen Minge, with foreword by Acoma author and poet Simon Ortiz
In-person and VirtualJoin this month’s book club as we discuss "Acoma: Pueblo in the Sky" by Ward Allen Minge, with foreword by Acoma author and poet Simon Ortiz, providing an in-depth and multifaceted perspective of this celestial community.
Pueblo Book Club: This month’s meeting is cancelled.
In-person and VirtualWe’ve made the decision to cancel the Feb. 8, 2022 Pueblo Book Club. Please visit https://indianpueblo.org/pueblo-book-club/ to see a Book Club archive video featuring author and U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (Mvskoke Nation, Oce Vpofv), as well as a list of books for the remainder of 2022. Thanks for your understanding.
Pueblo Book Club: Acoma: Song of the Lion: A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel by Anne Hillerman
In-person and VirtualMarch is designated Women’s History Month acknowledging the contributions of women in our Native communities. This month’s book introduces us to a Dine policewoman.
Pueblo Book Club: Without Reservations: The Cartoons by Ricardo Caté (Invited Guest)
In-person and VirtualOur April book selection asks, “Why take life so seriously?” This past year, perhaps many of us have had to do so – or have asked this of ourselves. Coronavirus has certainly thrown us a curveball, spitball, and inside pitch all at once, and what we all need is a good belly-laugh.
Pueblo Book Club: Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations Native American Recipes By Gloria Chavez-Sampson Lois Ellen Frank (Kiowa) (Invited Guest)
In-person and VirtualOur May book selection is Foods of the Southwest Indian Nations Native American Recipes By Lois Ellen Frank (Kiowa) who is also our invited guest.
Pueblo Book Club: “In Search of Chaco: New Approaches to an Archaeological Enigma (A School for Advanced Research Popular Archaeology)” edited by David Grant Noble
In-person and VirtualOur June book selection is In Search of Chaco: New Approaches to an Archaeological Enigma (A School for Advanced Research Popular Archaeology)” edited by David Grant Noble
Pueblo Book Club: “The Last Conquistador: Juan de Oñate and the Settling of the Far Southwest” by Marc Simmons
In-person and VirtualOur June book selection is In Search of Chaco: New Approaches to an Archaeological Enigma (A School for Advanced Research Popular Archaeology)” edited by David Grant Noble
Pueblo Book Club: “The Pueblo Indian Revolt of 1696 and the Franciscan Mission in New Mexico: Letters of the Missionaries and Related Documents” by J. Manuel Espinosa (1988)
In-person and VirtualOur August book selection is “The Pueblo Indian Revolt of 1696 and the Franciscan Mission in New Mexico: Letters of the Missionaries and Related Documents” by J. Manuel Espinosa (1988)
Pueblo Book Club: “Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies” by Jared Diamond
In-person and VirtualOur September book selection is “Pueblo Book Club: “Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies” by Jared Diamond
Pueblo Book Club: “Nee Hemish: A History of Jemez Pueblo” by Joe Sando (Jemez)
OnlineOur September book selection is “Nee Hemish: A History of Jemez Pueblo” by Joe Sando (Jemez). Joe S. Sando, well-known Pueblo academic, historian, author, and inspiration for the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center took on the task of putting into writing the history of the Jemez people.
Pueblo Book Club (Rescheduled Zoom): “American Indians in World War I: At War and at Home”
OnlineOur November book selection is “American Indians in World War I: At War and at Home” by Thomas A. Britten (1998)
Pueblo Book Club: “The Night Watchman: A Novel” by Louise Erdich (Turtle Mountain Chippewa)
OnlineOur December book selection is “The Night Watchman: A Novel” by Louise Erdich (Turtle Mountain Chippewa)
Pueblo Book Club: “Eva Mirabal: Three Generations of Tradition and Modernity at Taos Pueblo”
In-person and VirtualOur February book selection is “Eva Mirabal: Three Generations of Tradition and Modernity at Taos Pueblo"
Pueblo Book Club: “Poet Warrior: A Memoir” by Joy Harjo (Muskogee Creek)
In-person and VirtualOur April book selection is “Poet Warrior: A Memoir" by Joy Harjo (Muskogee Creek)
Pueblo Book Club: There There: A Novel by Tommy Orange (Cheyenne and Arapaho)
In-person and VirtualOur August book selection is "There There: A Novel by Tommy Orange (Cheyenne and Arapaho)"
