As some followers know, I spent a month last winter solstice season as a writer in residence at #WupatkiNationalMonument. C & I stayed in the house where my family lived when I was a young kid, & it was a truly incredible opportunity to reconnect with this special place.
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Yesterday, Dec. 9, 2024, marked the 100th anniversary of the designation of the land surrounding Wupatki Pueblo as a national monument. It is, of course, an arbitrary administrative marker in millennia of history, & I've appreciated how NPS has approached the centennial as a reflection rather than celebration.
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Last month, at a panel discussion between Tribes and the NPS, Stewart Koyiyumptewa, director of the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office, said, "We have never waived our right to that place."
You can listen to or read a short report on that panel here:
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https://www.nativenews.net/friday-november-15-2024/
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The first piece of writing to come from my residency was published in the spring, by #AboutPlaceJournal:
https://aboutplacejournal.org/issues/strange-wests/myth-making-the-archive/erica-watson/
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I revisited some of those thoughts with more focus on the centennial for Friends of Flagstaff Monuments (scroll down to 2nd story; the 1st is cool too tho).
Somehow, I couldn't keep myself from thinking about bombs.
I'm so privileged to have this place in my life.
May the next century bring needed healing & decolonization.
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https://flagstaffmonuments.org/wupatki-centennial/
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