Pueblo of Acoma Ethnographic Study of the Greater Chaco Landscape

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2019: General Sessions" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Over the last 4 years, Archaeology Southwest has been working to protect the Greater Chaco Landscape from the damaging effects of oil-gas development. We have partnered with a number of environmental and preservation organizations, engaged the NM Congressional delegation on numerous occasions, and attended many, many meetings with the New Mexico Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). None of efforts have been more important than engagement with Native American Tribes, with the primary goal of helping to get Native voices out in front on this critical issue. Together with the Pueblo of Acoma, Archaeology Southwest is completing preservation work in specific areas of the Greater Chaco Landscape (GCL) that are threatened by oil-gas development. Goals of the project include: 1) having Acoma cultural leaders visit the landscapes of Greater Chaco to make connections; 2) collecting appropriate data and creating an Acoma-approved report to help inform Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Indian Affairs as they manage oil-gas development across the GCL; 3) compiling data and producing a confidential report for the Pueblo of Acoma.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25698