Education

Crow Canyon's educational philosophy is grounded in the belief that everyone's history matters.

Our particular historical focus is on the Pueblo people who inhabited the Mesa Verde region of southwestern Colorado hundreds of years ago. Also called the Anasazi, these ancient farmers are the ancestors of Pueblo Indians who today live in Arizona and New Mexico (see Southwest Archaeology Basics).

Crow Canyon's award-winning experiential education programs actively engage students in real archaeological research and introduce them to the cultural perspectives of contemporary native peoples who are descended from those we study. This approach, based on close collaboration with our American Indian partners, makes clear that history is not a finished story to be read from a textbook but, rather, a process for understanding both the past and the present.

In addition to offering campus-based education programs, Crow Canyon also engages in distance-learning and public-outreach initiatives, provides essential resources for both students and teachers, and shares its educational philosophy, methods, and materials through a variety of print and online publications.