Join us in the Makerspace to create your own heritage scrapbook. Bring family photos and ephemera to fill in the pages as a creative way to memorialize your family history. Computers will be available to search Ancestry.com to learn more about your family tree.

Scrapbook, a variety of paper and accessories will be provided.

An Estes Valley Library One Book One Valley program. View and register for all of the 2023 One Book One Valley programs here.

Join us in the Makerspace to create your own heritage scrapbook. Bring family photos and ephemera to fill in the pages as a creative way to memorialize your family history. Computers will be available to search Ancestry.com to learn more about your family tree.

Scrapbook, a variety of paper and accessories will be provided.

In this illustrated presentation, CSU Professor Jason LaBelle will discuss how archaeologists have painstakingly reconstructed the ancient Native American history of northern Colorado over the past 100 years using artifacts such as broken hide scrapers, Folsom spear points, and soapstone pots. Unbeknownst to many, much of this work was aided by artifact collectors, whose interest and discoveries were readily welcomed by archaeologists eager to learn more about the area. However, as the archaeological discipline grew and professionalized over the past fifty years, acrimony began to grow between these groups, as collectors became labeled as more a problem than an ally in archaeological interpretation and cultural preservation. Yet are archaeologists and artifact collectors really opposites of one another, in terms of integrity, ethics, and goals? To many Native Americans, they are one and the same -- thieves of the past. Professor LaBelle will explore these complex issues, looking for pathways forward in advancing our understanding of the ancient human history of northern Colorado, as viewed from a number of cultural perspectives.

Jason LaBelle is a Professor of Anthropology within the Department of Anthropology and Geography at Colorado State University (since 2005), Director of the Center for Mountain and Plains Archaeology, and Curator of CSU’s Archaeological Repository. As a past president of the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists and the Colorado Archaeological Society, he enjoys working with the greater archaeological community and sharing his knowledge with the general public. He obtained his BA degree in Anthropology from Colorado State University and his MA and PhD in Anthropology from Southern Methodist University. His research lab, the Center for Mountain and Plains Archaeology, is a research-learning lab grant-sponsored by federal agencies and supported by the James and Audrey Benedict Endowment for Mountain Archaeology. His research specializes in the subsistence, mobility, seasonal aggregation, and camp layout of Native American hunter-gatherers inhabiting the American West over the past 13,000 years, with primary emphasis in Colorado. He has active research projects underway in Rocky Mountain National Park and within several Wilderness Study Areas in the deep canyons of northwestern Colorado.

An Estes Valley Library One Book One Valley program. View and register for all of the 2023 One Book One Valley programs here.

In this illustrated presentation, CSU Professor Jason LaBelle will discuss how archaeologists have painstakingly reconstructed the ancient Native American history of northern Colorado over the past 100 years using artifacts such as broken hide scrapers, Folsom spear points, and soapstone pots. Unbeknownst to many, much of this work was aided by artifact collectors, whose interest and discoveries were readily welcomed by archaeologists eager to learn more about the area. However, as the archaeological discipline grew and professionalized over the past fifty years, acrimony began to grow between these groups, as collectors became labeled as more a problem than an ally in archaeological interpretation and cultural preservation. Yet are archaeologists and artifact collectors really opposites of one another, in terms of integrity, ethics, and goals? To many Native Americans, they are one and the same -- thieves of the past. Professor LaBelle will explore these complex issues, looking for pathways forward in advancing our understanding of the ancient human history of northern Colorado, as viewed from a number of cultural perspectives.

Jason LaBelle is a Professor of Anthropology within the Department of Anthropology and Geography at Colorado State University (since 2005), Director of the Center for Mountain and Plains Archaeology, and Curator of CSU’s Archaeological Repository. As a past president of the Colorado Council of Professional Archaeologists and the Colorado Archaeological Society, he enjoys working with the greater archaeological community and sharing his knowledge with the general public. He obtained his BA degree in Anthropology from Colorado State University and his MA and PhD in Anthropology from Southern Methodist University. His research lab, the Center for Mountain and Plains Archaeology, is a research-learning lab grant-sponsored by federal agencies and supported by the James and Audrey Benedict Endowment for Mountain Archaeology. His research specializes in the subsistence, mobility, seasonal aggregation, and camp layout of Native American hunter-gatherers inhabiting the American West over the past 13,000 years, with primary emphasis in Colorado. He has active research projects underway in Rocky Mountain National Park and within several Wilderness Study Areas in the deep canyons of northwestern Colorado.

Please include your email address when registering. On registering with an email address, you'll receive an email with the Zoom meeting link and other information. If you have trouble connecting to the Zoom meeting, please call the Library at 970-586-8116 and someone will assist you.

An Estes Valley Library One Book One Valley program. View and register for all of the 2023 One Book One Valley programs here.

Using our Fossil Digging Kits, we will excavate fossils that you get to keep at the end!

Fred Mosqueda is a Southern Arapaho tribal historian and elder, and the Arapaho Coordinator for the Language and Culture Program of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. Mr. Mosqueda works to preserve the history, language, and culture of his people, and through his speaking and writing, educate others about those same things. His pursuit of these goals has led him to visit Estes Park, where he has worked with local organizations. He was most recently a co-creator and designated tribal representative for the newly opened Sand Creek Massacre exhibit at History Colorado in Denver.

Join us in the Makerspace to create your own heritage scrapbook. Bring family photos and ephemera to fill in the pages as a creative way to memorialize your family history. Computers will be available to search Ancestry.com to learn more about your family tree.

Scrapbook, a variety of paper and accessories will be provided.

Kelly Dick, Cultural Resources Program Manager at Rocky Mountain National Park, will discuss some of the challenges and opportunities federal archaeologists encounter in the stewardship of artifacts. She'll talk about: 

She’ll be bringing a set of artifacts she uses to train Park staff, and most importantly, she’ll take your questions, so bring your curiosity!

Kelly Dick is the Cultural Resources Program Manager at Rocky Mountain National Park, where she provides stewardship for the Park’s archaeological resources, ethnographic resources, historic buildings and structures, cultural landscapes, and tribal relationships. Kelly is a lifetime learner and enjoys hiking, camping, and skiing with her husband and dogs.

An Estes Valley Library One Book One Valley program. View and register for all of the 2023 One Book One Valley programs here.

Join us in the Makerspace to create your own heritage scrapbook. Bring family photos and ephemera to fill in the pages as a creative way to memorialize your family history. Computers will be available to search Ancestry.com to learn more about your family tree.

Scrapbook, a variety of paper and accessories will be provided.

WARNING: YOU MAY GET PAINT ON YOUR CLOTHS AND ON YOU.
This month we will be making our own petroglyphs using paint and our giant butcher paper! these will be displayed down in the children's computer room when dry!

Join us in the Makerspace to make your own magnifying glass. 

Magnifying glasses help us to stop and take a closer look - whether it be in a book, photo, or with a found object.

Learn how to make your own with this simple craft that will also test your hand sewing skills.

All supplies will be provided.

Avocational archaeologist Tom Westfall will discuss why people search for and collect Indigenous artifacts. There are, of course, thieves of time: those collectors who loot sites, dig burials, violate laws regarding collecting, and in general are a bane to responsible collectors. But many collectors are “stewards of the past” who work alongside professional archaeologists in field exploration, and make their collections available to students and the professional community for research purposes.

Westfall will trace his humble roots as a collector from his very first artifact found at a birthday party in southern Indiana when he was five years old, through his move to Colorado where he began a lifelong pursuit of understanding the high plains and their Indigenous peoples through the study of the stone and bone reminders they left scattered across the region. Family time with children and grandchildren away from the noisy din, walking in nature, and un-layering the past are all part of the experience.

Westfall will bring some significant finds from his collection to share with the audience, including several large frames of artifacts that he and his family have recovered from the gravels of the South Platte River on the family farm in Logan County, Colorado. He will also bring some examples of the work he and his wife do on casting important artifacts for professional study.

An Estes Valley Library One Book One Valley program. View and register for all of the 2023 One Book One Valley programs here.

Please include your email address when registering. On registering with an email address, you'll receive an email with the Zoom meeting link and other information. If you have trouble connecting to the Zoom meeting, please call the Library at 970-586-8116 and someone will assist you.

An Estes Valley Library One Book One Valley program. View and register for all of the 2023 One Book One Valley programs here.

Join us in the Makerspace to make your own magnifying glass. 

Magnifying glasses help us to stop and take a closer look - whether it be in a book, photo, or with a found object.

Learn how to make your own with this simple craft that will also test your hand sewing skills.

All supplies will be provided.

Join us at the Library for a screening of the documentary, What Was Ours, followed by a virtual Q&A with co-producer Jordan Dresser.

From the film's PBS page:

We'll watch the film, and afterwards, Mr. Dresser will join us via Zoom to discuss the film and answer your questions. You can also find a discussion guide here.

Jordan Dresser is a documentarian who makes films that showcase long-overlooked tribal communities and issues. His films have aired on PBS and other outlets. He co-produced What Was Ours, and was the associate producer for the award-winning 2021 documentary, Home from School: The Children of Carlisle, which follows a delegation of Northern Arapaho tribal members traveling from Wyoming to Pennsylvania to retrieve remains of three children who died at Carlisle Indian Industrial school in the 1880s. Mr. Dresser holds a master's degree in Museum Studies from the University of San Francisco, served as Chairman of the Northern Arapaho Business Council from 2020 to 2022, and was named to the 2021 class of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development's 40 Under 40 list, which recognizes up-and-coming Native American community and business leaders. He lives on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. 

This month we will be doing potato science where we will use potatoes and lemons to light a light bulb and turn on a mini fan! Harness the power of food! 

What do we see, and what might we be missing, when we look at an object or a place?

What makes an object or place important to the people connected to it?

Can the way one "approaches" an object help dictate how it can be used?

Betsy Chapoose, Cultural Rights and Protection Director for the Ute Indian Tribe, will join us via Zoom to discuss these questions and more in the context of her community’s traditional beliefs. She’ll also talk about the cultural resource protection and repatriation work she's done on behalf of that community for the past three decades. And we'll leave plenty of time for questions!

Ms. Chapoose is a member of the Ute Indian Tribe (of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Utah), and currently serves as Director of Cultural Rights and Protection for the tribe. She has worked in the cultural rights and protection field for 33 years. Her mentor in the field was museum director, lay archaeologist, and spiritual leader Clifford Duncan, and she has worked closely with Ute cultural protection pioneers Alden Naranjo and Terry Knight.

Photo borrowed from History Colorado's "Written on the Land" exhibit page.

This month we will be doing potato science where we will use potatoes and lemons to light a light bulb and turn on a clock! Harness the power of food! 

Join us in the Makerspace to make your own magnifying glass. 

Magnifying glasses help us to stop and take a closer look - whether it be in a book, photo, or with a found object.

Learn how to make your own with this simple craft that will also test your hand sewing skills.

All supplies will be provided.

Join us at the Library for a two-part presentation by staff members of the Rocky Mountain National Park education and interpretation team that will deepen your understanding of Indigenous perspectives, and show how we can apply that understanding to educate future generations.

Ranger RisingBuffalo Maybee (Northern Arapaho / Seneca Nations) will lay the foundation by discussing Indigenous identity, cultural conflicts between Western and Indigenous peoples, how the past and the future intersect in the present for tribes, and how we can protect the story of Native communities by honoring all cultures.

Ranger Kurt Baze will then demonstrate how we can put these ideas into practice for the next generation using an educational tool that teaches grade school students about Indigenous history. The Ute Knowledge History Take-Out, created by History Colorado, uses artifacts and lesson plans based on primary source analysis, photos, and other resources, to teach the history of the Ute tribes. The Library will soon be offering programming that utilizes the Take-Out tool–see our calendar or ask a librarian for more information.

Ranger Jeremiah RisingBuffalo Maybee (Northern Arapaho / Seneca Nations) is the District Supervisory Park Ranger for Interpretation with the National Park Service at Rocky Mountain National Park.

Ranger Kurt Baze is the Outreach Program Coordinator and Junior Ranger Headquarters Manager at Rocky Mountain National Park.

At this we'll design an American Indian teepee using low temperature hot glue and fabric pastels. 

2022 One Book One Valley Program