Tapestry Collection

Indigenous Heritage

Visit ancestral homes, cultural landscapes, rock art, and gathering places through stories shared by Indigenous people themselves. Explore cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde, places across Bears Ears, and cultural sites of the Pacific Northwest while hearing from Hopi, Zuni, Acoma, Diné, Chumash, Tlingit, Haida, and other community members about their histories and continuing connections to these places.

  • Butler Wash Developed Site — Experience a Home of Hopi Ancestors at Bears Ears — Explore the Butler Wash ancestral site alongside Hopi Tribal members and gain a deeper understanding of Hopi connections to the Bears Ears landscape.…
  • House on Fire — Exploring House on Fire and Ancestral Pueblo Ingenuity — Take a virtual tour of House on Fire at Bears Ears National Monument. Perched high in a sandstone alcove, this ancient granary earned its name from…
  • Mule Canyon Village — Explore A Living Landscape at Bears Ears National Monument — Take a virtual tour of Mule Canyon Village at Bears Ears National Monument. Once a thriving community, this village was home to families who lived,…
  • Monarch Cave — Movement and Migration at Monarch — Take a virtual tour of Bears Ears National Monument, guided by Pueblo of Acoma tribal members. Explore Monarch, an ancestral site along the 80-mile…
  • River House — Ancestral Pueblo Home Connected to Zuni People — River House, part of Bears Ears National Monument, is one of many ancestral sites vital to Zuni life in the past and today. Zuni people maintain this…
  • Balcony House: A Hopi Lens — Experience Mesa Verde through a Hopi Lens — Known to Hopi people as Tawtoykya—“A Place For Songs," visit Balcony House Cliff Dwelling at Mesa Verde National Park. Through the ancestral…
  • Balcony House: Ranger Tour — Discover Ancestral Pueblo Life at Balcony House — Step into Balcony House, an 800-year-old Ancestral Pueblo cliff village carved into a protective rock alcove where stone masonry, kivas, plazas, and…
  • Sites of Dinétah | Crow Canyon — Experience the Navajo Homeland, Where Living History is Carved into Stone — Crow Canyon, nestled in Dinétah, the ancestral Navajo homeland, houses an impressive array of petroglyphs that are deeply rooted in Navajo traditions…
  • Chumash Painted Cave — Coastal California's Best-Preserved Painted Cave — The brightly painted walls of Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park, known as Alaxuluxen to the Barbareño Chumash people, offer a vivid window…
  • Totem Bight State Historical Park — Experience Tlingit and Haida Living Traditions At Totem Bight — Step into Totem Bight State Historical Park and experience totem poles that carry Tlingit and Haida stories. In the experience, you will hear from…
  • Sloan Canyon Petroglyph Site — Follow an Indigenous Highway through the Mojave Desert — Explore the Sloan Canyon Petroglyph Trail, home to more than 300 rock art panels and nearly 1,700 designs. Just south of Las Vegas, this place…
  • ‘Ō roŋo & The Mata Ŋā Rahu Petroglyphs — Discover ‘Ō roŋo in the Rapanui language — Vist the ceremonial village of ‘Ō roŋo and hear from community members from the island of Rapa Nui. Travel to parts of the site inaccessible to…
  • Rapa Nui (Easter Island) — World Heritage Carved in Stone and Spirit — Journey to the island of Rapa Nui also known as Easter Island which was settled by Polynesian seafarers a millennium ago. Listen to local community…
  • Cliff Palace — Explore North America's Largest Cliff Dwelling — Take a virtual tour of Cliff Palace at Mesa Verde National Park. This spectacular site was constructed with sandstone, mortar and wood beams by the…

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