'Nothing Left For Me' focuses on the trauma brought by the Navajo Livestock Reduction Program

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'Nothing Left For Me' focuses on the trauma brought by the Navajo Livestock Reduction Program

By Megan Kamerick

Published May 13, 2024 at 3:54 PM MDT

Buddy Smith and his family on the Navajo Nation

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. examines the brutal impact of the Navajo Livestock Reduction program imposed upon 顿颈苍茅 communities and homelands by U.S. Indian Commissioner John Collier starting in the 1930s.

Guests:
, chair of American Studies at UNM, co-curator
, museum anthropologist, co-curator.
, 顿颈苍茅 contemporary artist who created the traveling show

The Maxwell Museum exhibit is on display through May 3rd 2025.

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