Featuring Kevin Fedarko, author of The New York Times bestseller, The Emerald Mile. About the same number of people have continuously thru-hiked the entire length of the Grand Canyon as have walked on the moon. A few dozen more have hiked it in sections. On September 21, 2017, one of them — bestselling author Kevin […]
Alan Petersen, MNA Curator of Fine Art, has been exploring the sources of uranium in the Grand Canyon region.
America's Best Idea - the national parks - is even better when it's free! Mark your calendar for these entrance fee-free* dates in 2017: • September 30: National Public Lands Day • November 11-12: Veterans Day Weekend The fee waiver includes entrance fees, commercial tour fees, and transportation entrance fees. Other fees such as reservation, […]
Free Screening with The Mayors of Shiprock
The Heard Museum community invites you to join us in commemorating Indigenous Peoples’ Day with a day of programming dedicated to the Indigenous communities and voices of Arizona. As we celebrate the first full year of recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ Day in the City of Phoenix, we are honored to share with you the cultural richness of Indigenous peoples throughout Indian Country – this year focusing on the power and prominence of Indigenous voices and the preservation of tribal language. Join us and celebrate through dance, music, dialogue, video games, food, art and film.
Kids can earn their Junior Ranger Paleontology Badge, dig for fossils and decorate a Jurassic landscape.
The disturbing legacy of uranium mining on the Navajo Nation is well known to people who live near abandoned mines and mills.