🎶A Celebration of Culture at Chaco🎵 We were honored to host Shawn Price and the Diné’Tah Dance Group for a powerful performance of traditional Navajo dance and song, along with a moving lecture, at Chaco Culture National Historical Park last weekend. These dances honor deep cultural roots, community strength, and shared heritage. Today we share a moment from their performance. Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to the dancers for sharing their artistry and traditions. #ChacoCulture #Dine

Culturally and historically, Chaco Canyon is New Mexico’s crown jewel. The emergence of the powerful society in Chaco Canyon represents the culmination of thousands of years of habitation. Chacoan culture and traditions spread like tendrils throughout the region. In fact, despite abandoning the canyon centuries ago, the influence of the Ancestral Puebloans continues to resonate today in New Mexico’s agricultural techniques, artistic traditions, architecture, and cuisine. | New Mexico Nomad

9.8K views · 259 reactions | Fajada Butte is a butte in Chaco Culture National Historical Park, in northwest New Mexico. Fajada Butte (Banded Butte) rises 135 meters above the canyon floor. Although there is no water source on the butte, there are ruins of small cliff dwellings in the higher regions of the butte. Analysis of fragments of pottery found on Fajada show that these structures were used between the 10th to 13th centuries. | New Mexico History/Albuquerque Reminiscing | Facebook