KINGMAN – Sounds of Kingman with the Museum of History & Arts, Arizona Humanities and sponsored by The Barthlow Family presents the first of 2020 “Our Time, Our History” event, “For the Love of Turquoise” presented by Carrie Cannon for Arizona Speaks.
The program will be held Saturday, Jan. 11 at 2 p.m., at the Mohave Museum of History & Arts, 400 W. Beale St. Admission is free.
“Our Time, Our History, starts 2020 with a memorable presentation strongly linked to Kingman. Mined extensively in our area, turquoise has a longstanding tradition with Southwest Native cultures; special significance and meanings vary with specific tribes. Native Americans have used turquoise in many items of personal adornment, as well as utility articles.
Turquoise forms in arid regions through the process of water seeping through rock and interacting with minerals such as copper. In the southwest, this iconic art form has a compelling story all its own. Speaker Carrie Cannon will explore a long tradition of distinctive cultural styles, history, and transition of this stone.
Cannon is a member of the Kiowa tribe and is also of Oglala Lakota descent. She has degrees in wildlife biology and resource management, and is employed by the Hualapai Tribe’s Department of Cultural Resources. As such, she administers a number of projects promoting the intergenerational preservation and revitalization of Hualapai ethnobotanical knowledge as a living practice and tradition.
