University Showcase, (Encore show) 11/26 8:30a: In this episode, originally aired in May 2024, we talk to the curators of an exhibit at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology on the University of New Mexico campus uses photography to explore a traumatic time for the Navajo people. “Nothing Left For Me: Federal Policy and the Photography of Milton Snow in Diné Bikéyah” examines the brutal impact of the Navajo Livestock Reduction program imposed upon Diné communities and homelands by U.S. Indian Commissioner John Collier starting in the 1930s.
Guests:
Professor Jennifer Denetdale, chair of American Studies at UNM, co-curator
Lillia McEnaney, museum anthropologist, co-curator.
Rapheal Begay, Diné contemporary artist who created the traveling show "All Rez"
The Maxwell Museum exhibit is on display through May 3rd 2025.
