Indianz.Com > News > Native America Calling: Authenticity over interpretation

Native America Calling
Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.
Native America Calling: Authenticity over interpretation
Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Authenticity over interpretation
There was never a significant Indigenous settlement near Manitou Springs, Colorado. But the Manitou Cliff Dwellings site is drawing 100,000 paying tourists a year with the promise of seeing “ancestral Puebloan ruins that date back 800 to 1000 years.”
The structures are really non-Native interpretations of a once-thriving pueblo that organizers built nearly a century ago using materials stolen from their original site. Those original organizers looted and destroyed the pueblo ruins under the guise of protecting them from being looted and destroyed.
Native America Calling will hear about the importance of encouraging tourism and other experiences that originate from Native sources.

Search
Filed Under
Tags
More Headlines
House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations holds hearing on cartels in Indian Country
Native America Calling: Tribal broadcasters scramble; Native higher ed leaders fight to keep funding
‘We’re frustrated’: Lawmakers press Indian affairs nominee on key issues
Cronkite News: Fires cause problems for Grand Canyon’s tourist economy
Press Release: Oklahoma City Indian Clinic receives health awards
AUDIO: Confirmation hearing for William “Billy” Kirkland to be Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
VIDEO: Confirmation hearing for William “Billy” Kirkland to be Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (July 21, 2025)
Press Release: National Congress of American Indians continues to oppose racist imagery in sports
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation prepares for the future of public safety
Native America Calling: Tribes confront resource-intensive drive of Artificial Intelligence
Statement: Corporation for Public Broadcasting on elimination of federal funding
Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with Tanya Talaga
Native America Calling: Where Donald Trump finds support among Native Americans
AUDIO: Subcommittee Markup of Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill
More Headlines
Native America Calling: Tribal broadcasters scramble; Native higher ed leaders fight to keep funding
‘We’re frustrated’: Lawmakers press Indian affairs nominee on key issues
Cronkite News: Fires cause problems for Grand Canyon’s tourist economy
Press Release: Oklahoma City Indian Clinic receives health awards
AUDIO: Confirmation hearing for William “Billy” Kirkland to be Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
VIDEO: Confirmation hearing for William “Billy” Kirkland to be Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs
NAFOA: 5 Things You Need to Know this Week (July 21, 2025)
Press Release: National Congress of American Indians continues to oppose racist imagery in sports
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation prepares for the future of public safety
Native America Calling: Tribes confront resource-intensive drive of Artificial Intelligence
Statement: Corporation for Public Broadcasting on elimination of federal funding
Native America Calling: Native Bookshelf with Tanya Talaga
Native America Calling: Where Donald Trump finds support among Native Americans
AUDIO: Subcommittee Markup of Fiscal Year 2026 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill
More Headlines