Your Gifts at Work

In 2005, Crow Canyon received approximately $1.5 million in gifts and grants from supporters who care about archaeology, education, and the inclusion of American Indians in the study of their own past. Throughout our history, the generosity of donors has made it possible for us to conduct innovative research with—and offer quality educational programs to—thousands of people.

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If a particular facet of Crow Canyon’s mission is especially important to you, you can direct your gift. Explore the variety of operating funds and endowment funds that put your support to work where you would like to see it used.

Grants, too, have a huge impact on Crow Canyon’s ability to pursue long-term research projects, to create innovative educational and outreach programs, and to make major capital improvements to the campus. In 2004 and 2005, Crow Canyon received a total of $1.2 million in grants, a validation of the Center’s excellence.

Everywhere you look across the spectrum of Crow Canyon’s recent accomplishments, donors’ belief in the Center’s mission and their philanthropic dollars are helping us advance knowledge of the human past. Here are just a few examples of how your gifts made a difference in 2005:

Crow Canyon Reaches Thousands of Students and Teachers

• 2,640 students and teachers from across the country participated in our campus-based education programs.
• Educational resources and research reports on Crow Canyon’s Web site received more than 1 million “hits” from a worldwide audience.

Our Research is Widely Disseminated

• Eleven research staff members presented papers and/or served as session chairs or panelists at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
• An article in the July issue of Scientific American highlighted Crow Canyon’s involvement in a National Science Foundation project that examined human interaction with the environment.
• The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center Laboratory Manual was published online, where it is being used by archaeologists, university professors and students, and Crow Canyon researchers and educators in the Center’s programs.
• Research staff members authored or coauthored 19 book chapters and professional journal articles (in production or in press).

Our Reputation for Excellence is Recognized

• For the second time, the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded Crow Canyon a grant to conduct a four-week summer institute for teachers.
• The National Park Service granted Crow Canyon a permit to conduct excavations at Goodman Point Pueblo, one of the best-preserved ancestral Pueblo villages in the Mesa Verde region.

Our Outreach Expands Urban Students’ Horizons

• Crow Canyon continued its partnership with Art Resources in Teaching, reaching more than 1,000 inner-city students in an innovative outreach program that brings our experiential teaching methods to Chicago public schools.
• A successful experiential archaeology program, initiated in 1996 and conducted in collaboration with the Milwaukee Boys and Girls Clubs and Camp Whitcomb-Mason, continued to serve thousands of disadvantaged youth.

• Crow Canyon underwrote program tuition and fees for 938 students and teachers from schools serving American Indian, rural, and other students in the Four Corners area.
• Through their participation in Crow Canyon programs, American Indian students from Isleta Public Elementary School, Chinle Elementary School, Ignacio Intermediate School, Naaba Ani Elementary School, and Cochiti Elementary School gained a greater appreciation for their own rich histories and heritage.

American Indians Contribute Valuable Counsel and Perspective

• Tribal members from four pueblos and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe participated in cultural consultations, and more than 30 American Indians served as scholars in the Center’s education and travel adventure programs.
• Members of the Native American advisory group continued to provide essential input, enhancing the content and quality of our research projects and education programs.