Chimney Rock Interpretive Association Lecture Series to feature museum cultural educator

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The Chimney Rock Interpretive Association (CRIA) invites the public to a free lecture given by Jon Ghahate on Tuesday, Jan. 21. 

The lecture will take place at 3 p.m. at the Ruby M. Sisson Memorial Library located at 811 San Juan St.

Join us as Ghahate discusses “Ancestral Puebloans to Contemporary SW Pueblos: Science, Community, Languages and Cultures”.

The lecture is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m., with a Q-and-A period following the lecture.

Ghahate is a museum cultural educator at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, of the Pueblos of Laguna and Zuni in New Mexico, Turkey and Badger clans.

CRIA’s free lecture series offer the opportunity each year for the public and CRIA volunteers to enjoy a speaker whose topic typically relates to southwest archaeology, archaeoastronomy and/or Chacoan culture. Donations will be accepted.

CRIA is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that offers interpretive programs at Chimney Rock National Monument in partnership with the USDA Forest Service and the San Juan National Forest. 

For more information, see the CRIA website, www.chimneyrockco.org, or call (970) 731-7133.