PRE-PANDEMIC GRIEF, ANCESTRAL MEMORY, MOURNING THE WORLD IN 2020 AND HEALING IN THE PRESENT

By Venaya Yazzie
“I now find myself dwelling upon ancestral homelands of my Diné (Navajo) matriarchs and male patriarchs in the San Juan Valley and at Huerfano, N.M.”

MUSINGS OF A LOCKED OUT WIFE

By Elaine Montague
“You cannot come back. We are on lockdown. No visitors are allowed.”

NOW WHAT? CIVIL RIGHTS AND THE POST-PANDEMIC ICONOGRAPHY OF KING’S DREAM

By Cathryn McGill
“Every year since 1983 people turn their attention to the commemoration of the MLK (Martin Luther King Jr.) national holiday celebration annually on the third Monday in January.”

HOW HAS THE PANDEMIC AFFECTED MUSEUMS? EXAMPLES FROM THE BLACKWATER DRAW MUSEUM AT EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY

By Samantha Bokamp
“The Blackwater Draw Museum (BWDM) was among the many museums in the country whose daily operations were disrupted during the pandemic.”