FEBRUARY 2, 2011

"Comprehending our Past Life-ways and Thoughts about a Hopi Archaeology"

Arizona Archaeological Society Desert Foothills Chapter

CAVE CREEK – The next Arizona Archaeological Society Desert Foothills Chapter meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, February 9 in The Good Shepherd of the Hills Community Building, 6502 E. Cave Creek Rd. Micah Loma’omvaya, Second Mesa, will speak (made possible by the Arizona Humanities Council). "Comprehending our Past Life-ways and Thoughts about a Hopi Archaeology." will be the subject.

Loma’omvaya is a Hopi tribal member of the Bear Clan from Songoopavi Village on Second Mesa, Arizona. He earned a B.A. degree in Anthropology from the University of Arizona in 1997 and has worked in the field of anthropology since the age of seventeen. A long term goal he works toward is to establish a community-based Hopi Natural and Cultural Resource Center to promote the preservation and teaching of Hopi land stewardship and resource use through traditional knowledge, language and practices for Hopi and Tewa youth. Small steps toward that goal are his current experience with the Hopi Leadership and Mentorship Program of the Hopi Foundation by developing and teaching the cultural education component as well as developing a Hopi Farming for Youth curriculum and Hopi ethno-biological field guides for youth. He currently works as a consulting anthropologist based on the Hopi Indian reservation specializing in cultural and natural resources management projects.