October 24, 2024

Protecting Indigenous Heritage in an Age of Climate Vulnerability

A preservation plan being developed by Weitzman researchers in consultation with local stewards conserves a millennium of human settlement.

Adobe structure in partial ruin in the desert at dusk
Wupatki Pueblo, north of Flagstaff, Arizona, is among the villages built by Native peoples in the desert Southwest centuries ago. “We look at those sites as still alive, as offering us the opportunity to connect with our ancestors and to continue the work, and legacy of that work, of communing with that place,” says Chas Robles, ALCC's executive director. (Photo Colin Cohan [MSHP'23])
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Wupatki Pueblo, north of Flagstaff, Arizona, is among the villages built by Native peoples in the desert Southwest centuries ago. “We look at those sites as still alive, as offering us the opportunity to connect with our ancestors and to continue the work, and legacy of that work, of communing with that place,” says Chas Robles, ALCC's executive director. (Photo Colin Cohan [MSHP'23])