The Journal

Leigh Kuwanwisiwma, director of the Hopi Tribe Cultural Preservation Office, will present “The Hopi Connection to the Four Corners,” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 13, at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center.

Kuwanwisiwma will discuss the history of the Hopi across the Four Corners region as well as his involvement in Crow Canyon’s Pueblo Farming Project – a collaborative effort that helps Crow Canyon researchers learn more about ancient farming techniques while helping pueblo leaders preserve the ancient knowledge and pass it on to younger generations.

As director of the Cultural Preservation Office, Kuwanwisiwma has worked to obtain grants and contracts for cultural resource work both on and off the Hopi reservation. A member of the Greasewood Clan from Bacavi on Third Mesa, Kuwanwisiwma holds a bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University and has spent the past 27 years addressing the cultural concerns of the Hopi people, including representing Hopi interests in national and international legal issues, governmental consultations, academic inquiries and requests from the general public about Hopi culture.

The presentation, sponsored by Crow Canyon as part of the Four Corners Lecture Series, is free to the public. Crow Canyon is at 23390 Road K, Cortez.

The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to understanding and teaching the rich history of the ancestral Pueblo Indians who inhabited the canyons and mesas of the Mesa Verde region more than 700 years ago.