The Chimney Rock Interpretive Association invites the public to a free lecture on Tuesday, January 21st at 3PM at the Ruby M. Sisson Library in Pagosa Springs. The talk is titled “Ancestral Puebloans to Contemporary South West Pueblos: Science, Community, Languages & Cultures.” A Question & Answer period will follow.

Jon Ghahate is of the Pueblos of Laguna and Zuni of the State of New Mexico, and of the Turkey and Badger Clans. Jon is currently a Staff Educator at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in Cortez, Colorado. Prior to that he was the Museum Cultural Educator at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, NM.

CRIA’s free Lecture Series offer the opportunity for the public and CRIA volunteers to enjoy a speaker whose topic typically relates to southwest archaeology, archeoastronomy and/or Chacoan culture.