Member Preview: “Makowa: Native Skywatching in the Southwest”

Makowa explores the significance of the sky and celestial bodies in the lives of ancestral and contemporary Indigenous cultures of the American Southwest. The interdisciplinary exhibition illuminates the connection between humanity and the cosmos across cultures and time, combining knowledge from anthropology, archaeology, history, art history, philosophy, astronomy, and Native American and Indigenous studies.

Showcased will be the astronomical practices and rituals of the New Mexico Pueblos, the Hopi, Diné (Navajo), Jicarilla Apache Nation, N’de (Mescalero Apache) and Tohono O’odham tribes.