Category: Indigenous Connections Project

We Are Still Here: The Endurance of Native Jewels

by admin | Aug 17, 2024 | Collections and Exhibits, Golden History Museum, Indigenous Connections Project

We Are Still Here: The Endurance of Native Jewels By Stephanie Gilmore Continuing our Indigenous Connections initiative, Golden History Museum & Park is hosting its first-ever exhibit co-curated by members of the local Native community. We Are Still Here: The...

Indigenous Connections Project Update

by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Golden History Museum, Indigenous Connections Project

Indigenous Connections Project Update By Nathan Richie Project Beginnings Golden and all of Colorado has and continues to be Indigenous peoples’ homeland. Presently, the State of Colorado maintains a list of 48 federally recognized tribes with historic ties to...

Summer 2024 Discover Magazine

by admin | Jul 13, 2024 | Collections and Exhibits, Discover Magazine, Indigenous Connections Project

Top Stories in Summer 2024 Discover The current issue of Discover magazine features an update on two exciting new exhibitions which will open in August. The Clear Creek Room is the museum’s newest exhibition and program space that explores the unique history of...

Spring 2023 Discover Magazine

by Doug Skiba | Apr 14, 2023 | Collections and Exhibits, Discover Magazine, Indigenous Connections Project

Top Stories in Spring 2023 Discover The current issue of Discover magazine features articles on a surprising theft-deterrent device in the 1902 Diebold safe, brand-new exhibit updates featuring one of Golden’s early dentists, as well as our Indigenous...

Fall 2022 Discover Magazine

by Doug Skiba | Oct 6, 2022 | Collections and Exhibits, Discover Magazine, Indigenous Connections Project

The current issue of Discover magazine features articles on an extinct amusement park in Golden, the celebrated East Tincup, as well as our Indigenous Connections Project. We’ve published a short excerpt in the magazine, but you can get the entire report at no...

New GHM&P Publication: Indigenous Connections: Native American Ethnographic Study of Golden, Colorado and the Clear Creek Valley

by Nathan Richie | Jul 26, 2022 | City of Golden, Indigenous Connections Project

Native American history and connections to the Clear Creek Valley and table lands of the central Colorado Front Range extend back more than 12,000 years. Contemporary Native American communities still view this place as an aboriginal homeland. However, today’s typical...