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Native American Art & Culture Student Fashion Show

Native American Art & Culture Student Fashion Show

Presented by the Department of Native American & Indigenous Studies at Fort Lewis College

Event date: 4/15/2025 4:30 PM Export event

Center of Southwest Studies Exhibition Gallery 

Free and open to the public (early arrival is suggested to secure a seat).

The Department of Native American & Indigenous Studies (NAIS) at Fort Lewis College will hold its inaugural fashion showcase in the Center of Southwest Studies Exhibition Gallery, highlighting wearable creations made by students in the semester-long course Native American Art & Culture, co-taught by Esther Belin (DinĂ©) and Dr. Majel Boxer (Sisseton and Wahpeton Dakota, Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux Reservation). 


Reclaiming Reclamation:  Public Power, Climate Change, and Glen Canyon's Resurrection

Reclaiming Reclamation: Public Power, Climate Change, and Glen Canyon's Resurrection

Event date: 9/9/2025 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Export event

Center of Southwest Studies Lyceum 

Free and open to the public

The Center of Southwest Studies welcomes award-winning author and journalist Zak Podmore, who will present on the history of the Bureau of Reclamation, a populist project that became central to the New Deal's public power programs in the 1930s. Drawing from his latest book, Life After Dead Pool: Lake Powell's Last Days and the Rebirth of the Colorado River, Podmore will cover the controversial construction of the Glen Canyon Dam in the early 1960s before bringing the historical narrative into the present.


Hours

Mon - Fri 10 am - 4 pm or by appointment

For an appointment, please call 970-247-7126 (Archives) or 970-247-7333 (Gallery/Museum)

Address

Center of Southwest Studies
Fort Lewis College
1000 Rim Drive Durango, CO 81301

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Parking: During the Fall and Spring terms, you can purchase parking passes online. Parking is free after 3:30 p.m. and during the summer, May to August.

Phone Numbers

Main Office: 970-247-7456
Library Reference Desk: 970-382-6982
Archives: 970-247-7126
College Records: 970-382-6951
Museum: 970-247-7333

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