San Juan Pueblo-Ohkay Owingeh, means “Village of the Strong People”. The language spoken by the San Juan Pueblo is Tewa. The first contact they had with the Spanish was in 1598, when Juan de Onate arrived on a survey exploration. The Spanish were impressed by the friendly people of the San Juan Pueblo. Onate named […]
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Visit from a Friend
Last Monday Jeanne Brako the Curator of Collections from the Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College in Durango stopped by to visit the Luther Bean Museum. I meet Jeanne when I went on my first museum trip. Since her area of expertise is textiles her visit turned into a work session. Jeannie showed […]
