Where: The Santa Fe Art Institute

1600 St Michaels Drive, Santa Fe, NM, 87505

Above Artwork (details), clockwise from top left: Clouds 3, Alex Kinney, 2018; Earth Mysteries, Danila Rumold, 2010; Initiation, Harriette Tsosie, 2011; La Rosa Blanca, Valerie Rangel, 2018; Thyme with Dragonflies, Danielle Rae Miller, 2018; Elk, Carl Anthony ‘Cat’ Tsosie, 2018; Bisti Wilderness, Susan Crocker, date unknown; Great Horned Owl, Emily Gonzalez, 2012; Untitled, Shannon Weber, 2017; Traveling Souls, Cristy R Mendez, 2018; Iron Type, Cannupa Hanska Luger, 2017.

New Mexico Story Power and the Greater Chaco Coalition Present: a silent auction of artworks by local and national artists – as well as gift packages by local businesses – to raise awareness and resources critical to the protection of the Greater Chaco communities and landscapes.

The Greater Chaco Coalition Project Fund will underwrite several critical efforts including:

• Citizen science monitoring
• Community health impact assessments &
• Indigenous-led media projects

Please join us for an amazing evening of incredible artworks, performances, local refreshments, and inspiring community!

Thank you to Marion Wasserman and all of those involved for the use of this video to help spread awareness and to promote the Greater Chaco Benefit Auction.

This video is a trailer for a project of resistance and healing around the multitude of oil drills/energy extraction sites all around this country and especially on native reservation lands and national parks including Chaco Canyon. This was shot at an undisclosed site near to Chaco Canyon, with women who wanted to offer healing to the waters, the land, the sky and the people of this earth. More information about the video: http://bit.ly/2HR4MOv

Frack Off Greater Chaco is a collaborative effort between Indigenous community leaders, Native groups, nonprofits, and public lands and water protectors across the southwest and the country working to stop fracking in Greater Chaco.

Chaco Canyon and the Greater Chaco Area (25 million square miles) are among the world’s most treasured sacred and archaeological sites, but the region is threatened by fossil fuel extraction. In this 2-part Paradigms we will learn from Native people involved in resisting the expansion of drilling and fracking in the Greater Chaco Area.

In Part 1 we hear from Emily Bowie of the San Juan Citizens Alliance, Daniel Tso, and Beata Tsosie-Pena who works for Environmental Justice.

Part 2, we will hear from a New Mexico State Legislator Derrick Lente, Executive Director of Salmon Ruins Museum Larry Baker, Eric Blinman Director of the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies, and Preservation Archaeologist Paul Reed.