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Thank you to every student, parent, and teacher we worked with for making the 2025/2026 school year so much fun!

We had a great time at Fort Lowell Museum today for the Road to 250 event! Thank you for inviting us!
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We are so excited to participate in this event! Come visit us!

Join the Tucson Presidio Trust and the Arizona Historical Society on Sunday March 8, 2026 from 10am-4pm (museum will be open 10am-3pm with free admission) for this free family friendly event.
See the Road to 250 Traveling Exhibit that includes a replica of the Liberty Bell and meet some of our community partners including: Sons of the American Revolution, Southwest Chapter of the Buffalo Soldiers, Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center , Friends of Fort Lowell Park, and more!
Check our website for more information and a schedule of events.
We look forward to seeing you all!

Sunday March 8, 2026, Schedule:
10am Opening Ceremony: Flag raising followed by musket drills by the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR)

Speakers
10:30am Amy Hartmann-Gordon Executive Director of the Tucson Presidio Trust

10:40am Jessica Graham-CFO of Banner Health

1:00pm Changing of the flag followed by musket drills by the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR)

3:00pm Musket drills by the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR)

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The staff and volunteers of Old Pueblo Archaeology Center share the archaeology of Tucson with children and adults through children's educational field trips, tours, and classes for adults. If you can, please remember us on this

“Park of Four Waters, S’eḏav Va’aki, and South Mountain Park Hohokam Canals, Platform Mound, Museum and Petroglyphs Tour”
November 2 @ 10:00 am - 3:30 pm

TOUR FILLED – WAITING LIST On Sunday, November 2, 2025, join Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Park of Four Waters, S’eḏav Va’aki, and South Mountain Park Hohokam Canals, Platform Mound, Museum and Petroglyphs Tour” with archaeologists Christopher Schwartz, Ph.D and Aaron Wright, Ph.D, starting at S’eḏav Va’aki Museum, 4619 E. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ. The tour will be from 10:00 am to 3:30 pm, with a $75 requested donation per person ($60 for Old Pueblo Archaeology Center members), which covers the per-person S’eḏav Va’aki Museum and Park entry fees and supports Old Pueblo’s education programs about archaeology and traditional cultures.

This tour targets archetypal sites, artifacts, petroglyphs, and interpretations of southern Arizona’s ancient Hohokam/Ancestral Sonoran Desert People. In the morning, City of Phoenix Archaeologist Dr. Christopher Schwartz will lead us into the Park of Four Waters, where remnants of the largest precontact Hohokam canals still lie dormant and mostly undisturbed. Next, Chris will lead us through S’edav Va’aki Archaeological Park where we will view a preserved Hohokam ballcourt and replica Hohokam pithouses.

Participants are responsible providing their own transportation, lodging, picnic lunches, and water. Registration and donation prepayment are due 10 days after reservation request or by 5 pm Wednesday October 29, whichever is earlier. To register or for more information contact Old Pueblo at [email protected] or 520-798-1201.

Caption: Top, Park of Four Waters sign at S’eḏav Va’aki Museum; left, a portion of the S’edav Va’aki Hohokam pyramid; right, petroglyphs in Pima Canyon, South Mountain Park (Photos by Allen Dart, National Park Service, and Aaron Wright, respectively)

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Third Thursday Food for Thought presents “Reconstructing the Biographies of Culture and Power in Conquest Mexico: Malinche, Hernán Cortés, and the Origins of Indigenous-Spanish Relations”
October 16 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

On Thursday, October 16, 2025, Old Pueblo Archaeology Center’s “Third Thursday Food for Thought” online presentation will feature “Reconstructing the Biographies of Culture and Power in Conquest Mexico: Malinche, Hernán Cortés, and the Origins of Indigenous-Spanish Relations” by historian Michael M. Brescia, Ph.D. This free Zoom presentation will be held from 7:00-8:30 pm (ARIZONA/Mountain Standard Time [same as Pacific Daylight Time]).

Dr. Michael Brescia establishes the nature and scope of biography as a tool to uncover the historical experiences of Indigenous peoples and Spaniards in the early days of cross-cultural contact and exchange, followed by the violence of conquest, demographic collapse of Native communities due to Old World diseases, and the racial and cultural mixing (mestizaje) that took place in its aftermath. As an exemplar, he will examine the lives of Malintzin – often called La Malinche in history textbooks – the Indigenous woman who served as an interpreter and was the mistress of the Spanish conquistador, Hernán Cortés, and how their relationship revealed the complexities of Mesoamerica and early modern Spain.

This presentation will not be recorded. To register for the Zoom webinar go to https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iy89B7ekS9yxQKh2_YSu-A. For more information contact Old Pueblo at [email protected] or 520-798-1201.

Caption: Malinche and Cortés, Codex Durán, 16th century, Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid (Image courtesy of Michael Brescia)