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.
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’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).
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...
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)...
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...
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...
The New Mexico Pueblo Fiber Arts Guild, in collaboration with the Poeh Cultural Center and School for Advanced Research (SAR), is pleased to announce the Twelfth Annual Pueblo Fiber Arts Show on Saturday, May 27, 2023, from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. The show will take place at...
By Melinda Sue Robbins, Grants Manager, School for Advanced Research On the morning of May 3, 20-plus SAR members began a guided excursion to Glorieta Pass and Pecos National Historical Park. The day began at SAR’s Dobkin Boardroom with a presentation by historian...
