Past Events

The Center will be offering extended hours Sunday, May 28th from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM in celebration of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic. This is a great opportunity to catch our exhibits if you can't make it to the Center during the week and to see Looking Back, Racing Ahead: 50 Years of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic & Durango Cycling Culture before it closes next month!

Location:  Center of Southwest Studies Lyceum or via Zoom (see below)

Author and historian Bob Blair will discuss the work of William Henry Jackson, an American photographer, painter, and explorer famous for his images of the American West.

Location:  Center of Southwest Studies Lyceum

Dr. Andrew Gulliford and Davis Filfred will discuss debates surrounding the Bears Ears National Monument. Their presentations will be followed by a Q&A.

Location:  Center of Southwest Studies Lyceum

Join the Center of Southwest Studies at the closing celebration of As Seeds, We Grow: Student Reflections on Resilience, an exhibition curated by FLC alumna and Curatorial Fellow Elise Boulanger, citizen of the Osage Nation.

Location: Center of Southwest Studies Lyceum

The Center is partnering with faculty and students from FLC’s English Department and Native American and Indigenous Studies Program to host a lecture series focused on films documenting the Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition in Utah.

Location: Center of Southwest Studies Lyceum

Join us for an evening of conversation with ultra-endurance racer Alexandera Houchin.

Location: Student Union Ballroom

Classes and community members are invited to participate. Drop-in at your convenience between 10 a.m. - noon and 1 - 4 p.m.

Location: Native American Center and Cultural Kitchen

Classes and community members are invited to participate.

RSVP REQUIRED

Location: Native American Center

Join the Center of Southwest Studies and Native American Center for a Deepening Native Roots lunch with Jessa Rae Growing Thunder. This event is open to students only.

Hear about the experiences of Indigenous students attending Fort Lewis Indian School during its two decades of operation under the US federal policy of assimilation.