{"id":15086,"date":"2023-02-02T16:36:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T16:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicoriveradventures.com\/?post_type=trip&#038;p=15086"},"modified":"2025-10-28T20:16:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:16:58","slug":"native-perspectives-on-the-rio-chama-with-roxanne-swentzell","status":"publish","type":"trip","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicoriveradventures.com\/native-perspectives-on-the-rio-chama-with-roxanne-swentzell\/","title":{"rendered":"Native Perspectives On The Rio Chama With Roxanne Swentzell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; el_class=&#8221;bgForm insidebgForm insidebgFormToFix&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text][trip_acf_data][\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row el_class=&#8221;contentArea&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"no-autop\">[about_the_trip_title][about_the_trip_content]<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion active_section=&#8221;10&#8243; collapsible_all=&#8221;true&#8221;][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Trip Highlights&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;trip-highlights&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explore the iconic Rio Chama Wilderness<\/li>\n<li>Share in stories about the Rio Chama and its significance to the Tewa people<\/li>\n<li>Amazing meals prepared by your guides starting with lunch on day 1 through lunch day 3<\/li>\n<li>A variety of crafts available to suit you and your group<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Where to Meet&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;trip-details&#8221;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;trip-chama-widget&#8221;][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Frequently asked questions&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;frequently-asked-questions&#8221;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;trip-faq-multi-widget&#8221;][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;REVIEWS&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;reviews&#8221;][vc_raw_html]JTVCd3ByZXZwcm9fdXNldGVtcGxhdGUlMjB0aWQlM0QlMjIxJTIyJTVE[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text][what_to_expect_title][\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Join us for 3-days and 2-nights rafting the Rio Chama with Santa Clara Pueblo artist Roxanne Swentzell to learn and appreciate the significance to her Tewa people of water and the land it flows through. Join Roxanne on the river to share stories and reflect as we listen to the vo<a href=\"https:\/\/southwestseminars.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Chama-1-08.29.15-021-001-scaled.jpg\" data-featherlight=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2935 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/southwestseminars.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Chama-1-08.29.15-021-001-350x302.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southwestseminars.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Chama-1-08.29.15-021-001-350x302.jpg 350w, https:\/\/southwestseminars.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Chama-1-08.29.15-021-001-1024x884.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/southwestseminars.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Chama-1-08.29.15-021-001-250x216.jpg 250w, https:\/\/southwestseminars.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Chama-1-08.29.15-021-001-768x663.jpg 768w, https:\/\/southwestseminars.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Chama-1-08.29.15-021-001-1536x1326.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/southwestseminars.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Chama-1-08.29.15-021-001-2048x1768.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"302\" \/><\/a>ices within the landscape. Roxanne, is a renowned Tewa clay sculptor but also teaches permaculture from a Native American perspective and is Author,\u00a0<u>The Pueblo Food Experience Cookbook: Whole Food of Our Ancestors<\/u>. We follow the Rio Chama for a 33-mile mellow rafting adventure from Tierra Amarilla while floating through stunningly colorful sandstone and limestone walls and hidden canyons.\u00a0 Our trip ends near Christ in the Desert Monastery. Marvel at pectacular red, yellow, and purple cliffs captured by artists Georgia O\u2019Keeffe and Ansel Adams.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ROXANNE SWENTZELL<\/strong>\u00a0is renowned for her figurative expressions in clay and bronze. Her character studies mirror her own life and struggles within a multi-cultural family upbringing yet deeply rooted in indigenous history but exposed to Western thought. Her Santa Clara Pueblo community practices traditions which have contributed to continuance over many centuries yet is surrounded by outside cultural influences which have had major impacts on the lives of its native inhabitants. She is known as an indigenous seed saver and she helped pioneer a change in diet for those wanting to go back to pre-European foods and native sources of diet to strengthen the health of her family and community. Her sculpture reflects the impacts of outside dominant society on tribal mothers, youth, and children with humor, sensitivity, and respect for the Earth which is the mother of us all. 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