Saluting Kindness in the World
About eighteen minutes outside of Gallup on the first day of SAR’s recent field trip to Canyon de Chelly, our luxury coach bus glided gracefully to the shoulder of Highway 264 and then proceeded to power down. None of the attempted ministrations could coax it back to life. The diagnosis of a faulty fuse didn’t come until later, but it was clear the vehicle was going nowhere.
SAR Receives Major Grant from National Park Service for Initiatives to Repatriate Cultural Items
The School for Advanced Research (SAR) has been awarded a grant in the amount of $88,799 from the National Park Service (NPS) for a project that will have the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) collaborating with consultants from the Pueblo of Acoma and Pueblo of Tesuque to identify items in SAR’s Acoma and Tesuque Pueblo collections that are subject to compliance with the North American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The two-year project will result in the return of the identified items to the source communities, and the culturally appropriate housing, handling, documentation, and access for the items that remain at the IARC.
Over Thirty Past SAR Artist Fellows Show Work at the 2023 Santa Fe Indian Market
Max Early at the 2019 Santa Fe Indian Market. It’s been 101 years since the School of American Research (SAR) coordinated the first Santa Fe Indian Market, then called the Southwest Indian Fair. SAR encourages you to attend the Southwestern Association for...
SAR Awarded Over $225,000 by Institute for Museum and Library Services
SAR’s Indian Arts Research Center Receives Funding for Projects That Support Indigenous Collections Care. August 3, 2023, Santa Fe, New Mexico—The School for Advanced Research has been awarded two grants by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) for initiatives by SAR’s Indian Arts Research Center (IARC).
New Standards for Museums with Native American Collections (SMNAC) Now Available
Image: SMNAC Core Group meeting in 2019. Photo by Elysia Poon, courtesy School for Advanced Research New Document Calls for Equitable Partnership Between Museums and Native Communities Today, the School for Advanced Research (SAR) and the American Alliance of Museums...
Indigenous Collections Care (ICC) Guide
By Laura Elliff Cruz, Collections Manager Historically, museums and academic institutions have acquired and amassed Indigenous cultural items for their own use and benefit with minimal consideration from descendant communities. The Indigenous Collections Care (ICC)...
SAR welcomes 2023 William Y. and Nettie K. Adams Fellow Christopher Nelson
The School for Advanced Research is delighted to welcome our first post-pandemic Adams Fellow in the History of Anthropology, University of North Carolina Professor of Anthropology Christopher T. Nelson. While at SAR, Dr. Nelson will prepare an annotated translation...
SAR Honored for Architectural Stewardship by the Historic Santa Fe Foundation
In a public award event held at San Miguel Chapel on May 18, the School for Advanced Research received the Historic Santa Fe Foundation’s 2023 Preservation Award for the extensive renovation work on its historic El Delirio campus completed over the past three...
SAR Announces 2023-2024 Native Artist Fellows
SAR Announces 2023-2024 Native American Artist Fellows: Heidi Brandow, Michael Namingha, and Carly Feddersen.
Upcoming Events
Dec
1
Fri
2023
10:00 am
Walking History Tour of the SAR ...
@ School for Advanced Research
Walking History Tour of the SAR ...
@ School for Advanced Research
Dec 1 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Map of El Delirio (1927), now SAR’s campus Explore the fascinating history, stunning architecture, and beautiful outdoor gardens—including the famous pet cemetery—of the 1920s home of Amelia Elizabeth White and Martha Root White. The secluded[...]
Dec
6
Wed
2023
5:30 pm
President’s Circle Winter Party:...
@ Dobkin Boardroom
President’s Circle Winter Party:...
@ Dobkin Boardroom
Dec 6 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
President’s Circle Winter Party “A Night Under the Stars” Join President Michael F. Brown for a Fireside Chat Special Guest 2023-2024 Katrin H. Lamon fellow Philip Deloria Music by 2009 Rollin and Mary Ella King[...]
Dec
8
Fri
2023
10:00 am
Walking History Tour of the SAR ...
@ School for Advanced Research
Walking History Tour of the SAR ...
@ School for Advanced Research
Dec 8 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Map of El Delirio (1927), now SAR’s campus Explore the fascinating history, stunning architecture, and beautiful outdoor gardens—including the famous pet cemetery—of the 1920s home of Amelia Elizabeth White and Martha Root White. The secluded[...]
Dec
13
Wed
2023
1:00 pm
Scholar Colloquium: Degradation
@ Zoom
Scholar Colloquium: Degradation
@ Zoom
Dec 13 @ 1:00 pm
Carl Elliott Weatherhead Fellow Professor, Department of Philosophy University of Minnesota Degradation and its variants are unseen forces that shape the modern world, yet degradation is hard to think clearly about. Carl Elliott combines philosophical[...]
Dec
15
Fri
2023
10:00 am
Walking History Tour of the SAR ...
@ School for Advanced Research
Walking History Tour of the SAR ...
@ School for Advanced Research
Dec 15 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Map of El Delirio (1927), now SAR’s campus Explore the fascinating history, stunning architecture, and beautiful outdoor gardens—including the famous pet cemetery—of the 1920s home of Amelia Elizabeth White and Martha Root White. The secluded[...]
Dec
22
Fri
2023
10:00 am
Walking History Tour of the SAR ...
@ School for Advanced Research
Walking History Tour of the SAR ...
@ School for Advanced Research
Dec 22 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Map of El Delirio (1927), now SAR’s campus Explore the fascinating history, stunning architecture, and beautiful outdoor gardens—including the famous pet cemetery—of the 1920s home of Amelia Elizabeth White and Martha Root White. The secluded[...]
Jan
24
Wed
2024
7:30 pm
“The Aunties: Women of the White...
@ Lensic Performing Arts Center
“The Aunties: Women of the White...
@ Lensic Performing Arts Center
Jan 24 @ 7:30 pm
SAR partners with Performance Santa Fe— The Aunties: Women of the White Shell Water Place Post-performance talkback with the featured performers presented by SAR and hosted by Tara Gatewood The Aunties: Women of the White[...]