Saturday, June 1, 2024, 1:00PM-3:00PM, Mimbres Culture Heritage Site in Mimbres, NM:  The 2024 Ancestral Gila Homelands Events and Zoom Lecture Series features Juan Rojelio and Ruben Leyva discussing The Gila Wilderness and Indigenous Ancestral Homelands. Check here for details of this and other lectures in the series that continues during the 2024 celebration of the Gila Wilderness Centennial.

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The Gila Wilderness holds a special place in the hearts of us out here in the territories. It was the world's first designated wilderness and it's right here in our own back yard. Find out about centennial events throughout 2024 here on the US Forest Service Wilderness Ranger District's web pages. Learn more about the Gila Wilderness's history and culture here.

Save a very special date: Saturday, June 1, 2024, 12:00PM noon-4:00PM, to visit Gough Park in Silver City: join the fun as the GCAS shifts our usual "first Sunday of the month" field trip one day earlier to the first Saturday of June to celebrate the main event of the 2024 centennial of the Gila Wilderness. The US Forest Service Wilderness Ranger District is our host, commemorating the vital partnerships throughout the community that have contributed to the preservation of the Gila Wilderness over the past century. The GCAS is one among many such community organizations that will have a booth in Gough Park to showcase how we local people working together have preserved the Gila Wilderness for us all to love and enjoy.

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The GCAS is saddened to report that anthropologist, professor, and author J.J. Brody, PhD, passed away at age 95 on May 5, 2024.

Among Dr. Brody's many accomplishments in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and ethnography, he was curator of Albuquerque's Maxwell Museum for 23 years. He wrote a number of books our GCAS members may be familiar with, including Mimbres Pottery: Ancient Art of the American Southwest (1983), and Mimbres Painted Pottery (rev. 2005). The University of New Mexico, his professional home, has more on his life and contributions to science, here.

The University of New Mexico is planning a memorial service for Dr. Brody on Friday, May 17, 2024, from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM, at a campus location to be determined. Remembrances and condolences to his family can be left on Legacy's page for Dr. Brody.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 6:00PM: the GCAS monthly meeting shifts to the Roundup Lodge in San Lorenzo (Mimbres Valley) for the summer months. Doors open at 6PM for a potluck dinner so bring your own plates, utensils, and a dish for yourself or to share with the group. Brief GCAS business meeting begins at 6:30 PM followed immediately by our evening's Featured Speaker, Preservation Anthropologist Aaron Wright PhD, who will present Indigenous Rock Imagery of the Sonoran Desert. He explains,