Moapa Valley Progress
The Lost City Museum will present a special program by Navajo Elder, Alice Turquois and her daughter, Lula Mae Whiterock. The two will spend a day together sharing their Native American artwork and traditions.
The event will take place on Saturday, February 23, from 11:30 a.m. TO 3:30 p.m. in the museum’s large excavation room which houses an authentic Anasazi archaeological site. “Perhaps this gathering will replicate activities of many moons ago likened to those of Anasazi women,” said museum attendant, Terri Wade.
Nearly 22 years ago, the mother/daughter pair began participating in the Native American Day program held each November on the grounds of the Lost City Museum. The family works together, learning and carrying on their Navajo traditions. Collectively they are able to produce a wide variety of articles including pottery, jewelry, weaving, dream catchers and many more Native American artworks, desired in today’s marketplace.
This family has passed their native skills and trades down from generation to generation. Visitors are invited to the Lost City Museum to see how the hand-made traditions are carried on, why they were important yesterday, today and worthy of preserving for the future. “The Native American arts are becoming more difficult to teach as the world seemingly shrinks and automation takes over,” Wade said.
The Lost City Museum is open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $3 for adults ages 18-64; $2 for age 65 and up. Children and members enter free. For more information please call the museum at 702-397-2193.
