CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF GROWTH AND IMPACT
2023 ANNUAL REPORT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
HONORING 40 YEARS
Message From President & Chair.............................................................3 History of Crow Canyon Archaeological Center.......................................5 Indigenous Archaeology...........................................................................7 Archaeology and Public Education.........................................................11 Community and Regional Studies..........................................................15 Human-Environment Relationship Research.........................................17 Mission Partners and Supporters..........................................................20. Investing In Crow Canyon’s Future......................................................... 33 . Board of Trustees and Pueblo Advisory Group...................................... 34. Financials ............................................................................................... 35 ABOUT CROW CANYON ARCHAEOLOGICAL CENTER Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is a nonprofit organization located near Mesa Verde National Park in southwest Colorado. Our mission is to make the human past accessible and relevant through archaeological research, experiential education, and American Indian knowledge. Crow Canyon celebrated 40 years of impact in 2023. Our vision is to expand the sphere in which we operate, both geographically and intellectually, and show how the knowledge gained through archaeology can help build a healthier society. Crow Canyon acknowledges the Pueblo, Ute, Diné (Navajo), Jicarilla Apache, and Paiute people on whose traditional homelands our institution sits. We are grateful to all Indigenous people who continue to preserve and protect cultural traditions, maintain ancestral relationships, and steward these lands. CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS REPORT Much of the content in this report consists of edited excerpts from our newly published book, Research, Education, and American Indian Partnerships at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Cente r. Book contributors referenced include: Karen R. Adams, R. Kyle Bocinsky, Grant D. Coffey, Paul Ermigiotti, M. Elaine Franklin, Rebecca Hammond, Timothy A. Kohler, Stewart B. Koyiyumptewa, Leigh Kuwanwisiwma, Ricky R. Lightfoot, William D. Lipe, Sarah E. Oas, Elizabeth Perry, Susan C. Ryan, Joseph H. Suina, and Mark D. Varien.
To celebrate Crow Canyon’s 40-year milestone in 2023, more than 40 authors came together to capture our long history and mission impact in a recently published book, Research, Education, and American Indian Partnerships at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center .
Edited by Dr. Susan C. Ryan, Executive Vice President of the Crow Canyon Research Institute, she explains the book’s purpose: “The primary goal of this volume is to celebrate Crow Canyon in the past, present, and future by providing a back - drop to our humble beginnings and highlighting key mission accomplish - ments in American Indian Initiatives, education, and research over the past four decades. It is our hope that future directions presented in the volume will guide southwestern archaeology and public education beyond current practices—particularly regarding Indig - enous archaeology and Indigenous partnerships—and provide strategic directions to guide Crow Canyon into the mid-twenty-first century and beyond. The authors know Crow Canyon and the central Mesa Verde region well; they are current and former Crow Canyon researchers, educators, cultural specialists, Indigenous scholars, and research associates. All have been inspired by the organization’s mission and have made it their life’s work to further and share knowledge of the human past for the betterment of societies today and the future.”
Throughout this annual report, we’ve captured brief highlights of the book. We selected 40 points of impact to represent 40 years of growth and achievement. Many of you reading this report have played significant roles in making that possible. Thank you for sharing this incredible journey with us. If you’re interested in reading this book or purchasing a hardbound copy, it’s available through Amazon.com and the University Press of Colorado’s website at UPColorado.com, where you can also download the eBook version.
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A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT & CHAIR
we are truly grateful for our many stakeholders— advisors, donors, partners, Trustees, program partici - pants, volunteers, teachers, students, neighbors, staff, and friends. The various perspectives among our stakeholders is a tremendous source of strength and responsibility as we continue to evolve to deliver our mission in the world. Every student in an Introduction to Archaeology class learns that when archaeologists excavate a site, the site is destroyed on some level. The effects of archaeology when not done in collaboration with our Indigenous partners can cause additional harm and disruption. Our commitment is to practice archaeology in a way that builds partnerships and strengthens community understanding and respect. The future direction of Crow Canyon is to build on our past and advance our practice of archaeology such that it heals, restores connection, and illu - minates understanding for our shared future. We will continue to bring these conversations to you—our supporters— and the wider public. What people know about the past influ - ences their decisions about the future. For the next 40 years, we will continue to expand, engage, and invite you to join us on our journey of learning, making connections, and building human knowledge and understanding. In gratitude, Liz and Leslie
This 2023 Annual Report marks 40 years since our founding on the spectacular landscape of southwestern Colorado’s central Mesa Verde region. We are here because this place is extraordinary—geographically, geologically, aesthetically, culturally, and spiritually.
Liz Perry, President and CEO
by our staff and partners, and the impact that work has had, including: • The inclusion of Indigenous voices in the study and teaching of Ancestral Pueblo culture and archaeology. • A dedication to public engagement and programming that has helped hundreds of thousands of people expand their understanding of cultures, histories, and humanity. •Unique long-term regional research projects that made unparalleled contributions to knowledge of the human past for the benefit of future generations. We have experienced tremendous growth over the past 40 years and
Our founders chose to study and learn here because of the substantial early occupation of these lands by Indige - nous ancestors, the material culture of the communities they created, and the means and methods available to study, learn, and teach about them. Forty years later, we are still here, still learning, and still teaching. We celebrated our anniversary in 2023 by publishing the book Research, Education, and American Indian Partnerships at the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center , memorializing our organizational history, the practice of Indigenous Archaeology, Public Education, Community and Regional Studies, and Human-Environ - ment Relationship research. This Annual Report draws from these themes to provide a glimpse into decades of work
Leslie Masson, Board of Trustees Chair
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HISTORY OF CROW CANYON
1 By 1985, the Crow Canyon campus was changing into a fully functioning learning center with the construction of several buildings, including the “Lodge” with kitchen, dining hall, and dormitory, as well as 10 “hogan” cabins for student housing. These improvements provided the facilities to teach and house hundreds of citizen scientists of all ages. 2 In 1985, we built the first replica structure on campus: the Basket - maker III period (A.D. 500–750) Pithouse Learning Center, which has been used by thousands of student groups since. Immersive environments like it are powerful teaching tools because of their ability to make multisensory impressions. 3 “The fact that the earliest programs were designed and conducted by educators who were committed to experience-based, immersive programs that truly engage learners has had a lasting impact on the Center’s mission and has helped shape it for the last 40 years.” —Elaine Franklin, former Crow Canyon Director of Education 4 To ensure Crow Canyon’s future as a world-class educational and research institution, we constructed the Gates Building in 1987, a 15,360 sq. ft. research and office building featuring artifact processing, curation space, teaching and research labs, darkroom, archives, simulated archaeological site, research library, seminar rooms, and office space.
5 In 1988, we welcomed the first interns. Since then, more than 375 individuals have gone through what has become a renowned internship program. Former interns regularly refer to their experience as a turning point in their academic development, and many have become university professors, archaeologists, museum directors, and professionals in other fields of science and resource management. 6 More than two decades ago, we launched what would become one of the largest publicly available archae - ological datasets in North America. Populated with field and lab data from hundreds of different archaeological sites in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah, the interactive data - base is available to both professionals and the public. 7 In 2014, we established the Research Institute at Crow Canyon as an interdisciplinary network of scholars—archaeologists, economists, geographers, sociologists, educators, and Indigenous culture specialists, among others—whose collaborative approach to research is especially suited to addressing big questions with large and complex datasets.
While we celebrate 1983 as the founding of Crow Canyon, our organization’s roots go back much further to educational and research work that began in the 1960s. That is when classroom teacher Dr. Edward F. Berger began creating supplemental programs for his Denver-area students. Experiential curricula that engaged students in authentic community-based projects were central to the programs he designed. By 1968 his project evolved into a summer program in southwestern Colorado. Archaeology and the study of past cultures became the core of these programs. In 1972 he founded a nonprofit organization to formalize this work, and in 1974 he purchased 70 acres of land in Crow Canyon, near Cortez, Colorado, to give the program a home. Locals began calling it the Crow Canyon School. At the same time, Stuart Struever*, who was also highly committed to involving the public in archaeo - logical research, started and was growing his own nonprofit organization in Illinois. Eventually the two organizations merged and then the merger dissolved, giving way to the incorporation of Crow Canyon Archaeological Center as an independent non - profit organization in 1983. Ray Duncan* was recruited to chair a new board for the organization and Stuart served as president. The two served together from 1986 to 1993, when they both retired. Stuart remained on the board after retirement. Many milestones mark our organization’s progress toward becoming an award- winning research and learning institution.
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INDIGENOUS ARCHAEOLOGY
8 “Working together as equal part- ners has been key to establishing trust, along with recognizing and respecting the limits of social boundar- ies. Equal partnership is key for Tribal sovereignty, which is so important for Native people today. Inviting Native scholars to teach the public about contemporary Pueblo culture is another example of a respectful relationship. Crow Canyon provides this multivocal approach to education in their Cultural Explorations programs, College Field School, webinars, and camps.” —Joseph Suina, member of Crow Canyon’s Pueblo Advisory Group and former member of the Board of Trustees
10 “When teaching Indigenous kids, I talk about the importance of becoming an archaeologist. I tell our kids if we become archaeologists, we can write the past the way we want people to read about us and that it is really important to include our Native perspective.” —Rebecca Hammond, Crow Canyon Educator and American Indian Outreach Manager
Crow Canyon has been at the forefront of integrating Indigenous voices into archaeological interpretations, educational products, and experimental research for decades. “Almost from the beginning we identified working with American Indians as an important part of our mission. I think it’s changed the way we do archaeology. It’s changed the way we design our education curriculum. And all of that change has been for the better,” shared Ricky Lightfoot, former President and Board Chair. Our first Executive Director, Sandy Thompson*, believed that Crow Canyon had a moral responsibility to engage in dialogue with American Indians living in the Four Corners region, and particularly the Pueblo people, who were descendants of those whose settlements were being studied archaeologically. In 1995, Crow Canyon was among the first to establish a Native American Advisory Group (now the Pueblo Advisory Group). Founding members were Marie Reyna*, Jane Polingyouma, Rena Martin, Rebecca Hammond, Peter Pino*, and Ernest Vallo. “These were individuals from different tribal backgrounds who agreed to meet with us twice a year and give us their perspective on how to work in the field of archae - ology in a way that’s respectful for contemporary Indian people,” said Lightfoot. “The relationship has progressed to where we’re actively engaging them from the point of research design asking, ‘What are the issues that are in your society today that we might be able to address either through archaeology or education programs?’ It’s evolved into collaboration rather than just consultation.”
9 In 1995, Peter Pino*, Pueblo of Zia Governor, Tribal councilmember, war captain, and member of Crow Canyon’s Pueblo Advisory Group, became the first Native American to serve on Crow Canyon’s Board of Trustees, providing Indigenous repre - sentation, leadership, and guidance to the organization.
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INDIGENOUS ARCHAEOLOGY
12 In 2007, we contributed to the award-winning video “Visit with Respect” to share Pueblo perspec - tives about visiting archaeological sites. The important concept of visiting with respect is taught in all of Crow Canyon’s programs.
15 “The modern Pueblo farmers we’re working with include 4,000 years of cultural knowledge in how they’ve learned to farm in such a difficult environment. They’re interested in whether the methods they use today would work in this area where their ancestors farmed 1,000 years ago.” —Mark Varien, former Executive Vice President, Crow Canyon Research Institute 16 In 2017, we started the Indig - enous Scholars in Residence Program, with 18 positions filled since then. Scholars reside on campus and help facilitate the development of a more holistic understanding of modern and past Indigenous cultures, trust relations, Indigenous perspectives and interpreta - tions in the disciplines of archaeology, anthropology, education, and American Indian studies.
17 We have prioritized greater Indigenous participation in our programs, fostering deeper cultural understanding, along with expanding opportunities for career development and mentorship.
13 “Having a Native American Advisory Group sets Crow Canyon apart from other archaeological institutions; they work with our concerns and have respect for our knowledge.” —Marie Reyna*, Pueblo Advisory Group Member 14 The Pueblo Farming Project began in 2006 and continues today. Together with the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office, we have worked to understand ancient maize (corn) agriculture in the Mesa Verde region through documenting traditional ecological knowledge, experimental gardens, and genetic analysis. The project demonstrated that traditional varieties of Hopi corn, when planted using Hopi cultivation methods, grow well in the Mesa Verde region.
11 “The Pueblo Advisory Group and American Indian Partners’ advice on educational content has helped shape the Center’s curricula. Perhaps even more significant has been their actual presence as co-instructors. This multivocal approach adds diversity and dimension to the stories of the past and encourages learners to engage in critical thought about culture, history, and what it means to be human across
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space and time.” —Elaine Franklin
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ARCHAEOLOGY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION
18 “Since 1983, Crow Canyon has unarguably been a national forerunner in the practice of citizen science (the practice of public partic- ipation and collaboration in scientific research to increase scientific know- ledge). Tens of thousands of individuals, from middle-school-age students to senior citizens, have contributed to the Center’s ongoing research into the Ancestral Pueblo history of the Mesa Verde region. They have contributed through participation in excavation and survey as well as through artifact analy- sis and classification. Lessons learned in these authentic research experiences are vast, some simple and others more complex.” —Elaine Franklin 19 Dr. Bill Lipe, award-winning archaeologist who served as Crow Canyon’s Director of Research from 1985 to 1993 and is a current Trustee, implemented the practice of conservation archaeology at Crow Canyon. This practice focuses on the preservation and stabilization of archaeological sites and continues to be a mission focus.
20 Crow Canyon founder Stuart Struever* created the idea of public archaeology which became one of Crow Canyon’s founding principles. “My idea was to get youngsters to come here from all over the U.S. to do genuine archaeology. And it has a huge impact on youngsters when someone respects them enough to let them… contribute to the scientific mission. You can’t do that in nuclear physics, can’t do that in medicine, but you can do it in archaeology. That’s the whole educational dimension, experiential edu- cation, hands-on for people really young all the way through senior citizens.” —Stuart Struever*, Ph.D., Founder, past President, and former Trustee 21 1986 marked the first Cultural Explorations program (formerly Four Corners Seminars). These custom- ized, multi-day travel programs have connected hundreds of citizens to archaeology experts, Indigenous scholars, and ancestral landscapes, opening minds, broadening perspec - tives, forging friendships, and often changing lives.
Public engagement has always been a fundamental aspect of our mission. Essential aspects of educational practice that have characterized Crow Canyon’s public education programs for four decades include experiential education and inquiry pedagogy, situated learning, multivocality, and the inclusion of descendant communities.
Our experiential education programs not only provide instruction in archae - ology, but also involve citizen scientists in the actual research process. This approach increases awareness of, and appreciation for, our rich cultural heritage, while providing broad-based support for archaeological research and preservation. Through our programs, students of all ages gain an understanding of culture, American Indian history, archaeological research, human interaction with the environment, and the importance of cultural continuity.
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ARCHAEOLOGY AND PUBLIC EDUCATION
25 More than 1,000 educators have participated in Crow Canyon’s Summer Institute for Teachers, funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. This program provides educators with an intensive place-based study of Pueblo cultural history and guides them in the development of new classroom curricula. “The program brings a diverse set of educators together at Crow Canyon to learn from a collaborative mix of Indigenous scholars. From this collaboration new ideas for curricula are produced for the benefit of students all over the country.” —Theresa Pasqual, Crow Canyon Executive Vice President of Indigenous Affairs 26 From the very beginning, we have been welcoming fourth graders and their teachers to our campus to augment history lessons. Educators teach accurate, inclusive history of the area through immersive, hands-on lessons that help students connect past histories and cultures to present-day descendants. Especially important is a focus on making these learning opportunities available to rural, tribal, and underserved schools. “Just looking at what Crow Canyon has been able to tell our community about the people who used to live here is really important.” —Moqui Mustain-Fury, Mentor Teacher, Battle Rock Charter School, Cortez, CO
27 Based on studies demon - strating that Crow Canyon students were retaining more through experiential, immersive experiences, we constructed additional, authentic learn - ing environments, including the Pueblo Learning Center (2004), Wikiups (2014), and an outdoor tipi classroom (2022). 28 In response to requests from teachers for lesson plans and ways to take Crow Canyon’s curriculum back to their students, Crow Canyon staff, together with Education Director at the time, Elaine Franklin, developed and published Windows into the Past: Crow Canyon Archaeological Center’s Guide for Teachers in 2000. 29 We launched the free, weekly Discover Archaeology Webinar Series in March 2020, bringing diverse archaeological perspectives into homes and classrooms throughout the country and world. Since then, we have hosted more than 170 webinars, welcomed more than 33,000 unique viewers, and experienced more than 340,000 views through our YouTube and Facebook channels. “Crow Canyon puts on some of the best webinars in the country!” —Webinar viewer
23 We began hosting College Field School programs for students in 2015 and more than 100 students have participated since. This seven-week program is one of the only comprehensive field schools in the southwest and equips students with fundamental skills and techniques essential for beginning, and continuing, careers in archaeology or anthropology. Especially unique is the program’s focus on reaching underserved students through scholarship funding from the National Science Foundation. 24 Awarded to a single enrolled Ph.D. student, The Lister Fellowship helps develop highly skilled archaeologists by financially supporting students, allowing them to focus on dis - sertation research. The program’s name recognizes the lifelong achievements of the late Florence and Robert Lister— archaeologists, educators, friends, and supporters of Crow Canyon.
22 For many years, we welcomed hundreds of middle and high school students for Archaeology Camps and a High School Field School pro - gram, providing students from across the country the opportunity to stay on campus and participate in hands-on archaeological research activities alongside professional archaeologists. These experiences made lasting impressions on students, led to lifelong friendships, and often influenced future paths and careers. “Because of the experience we had at Crow Canyon’s Field School, we were hired by the University of New Mexico in the Office of Contract Archaeology. We spent the next year in Dinétah preserving ancient Pueblo communities faced by an oil and gas pipeline project. We were 20 years old then, and it led to a multitude of other opportunities that truly changed our lives.” —Jim O’Donnell and Colby Bartlett, High School Field School participants, 1987 & 1988
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COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL STUDIES
region. It measured how long families occupied their small homes and how this changed over time. “We demonstrated that while house- holds moved relatively frequently, they moved in a social landscape that consisted of communities that persisted for centuries and that these communities had central sites we call community centers that were occu- pied for much longer than the smaller residential sites.” —Mark Varien 32 Excavations by Crow Canyon at Castle Rock Pueblo (1990– 1994) focused on the conditions that contributed to the depopulation of the Mesa Verde region by the end of the 13th century. Castle Rock Pueblo was constructed during the late Pueblo III period, and the village was home to 75 to 150 people from A.D. 1260s until sometime during A.D. 1280s. 33 Crow Canyon archaeologists designed the Village Testing Project (1994–1997) to complement our earlier research in the nearby Sand Canyon locality. Research in Sand Canyon suggested that large villages had formed rapidly in the mid-1200s as people moved from small upland settlements to large villages in canyon environments. 34 Communities Through Time: Migration, Cooperation, and Conflict (1997–2004) was a regional research project that examined the
development and depopulation of Ancestral Pueblo communities in the Mesa Verde archaeological region from A.D. 900 to 1300. This project emerged out of extensive consultations with Crow Canyon’s Native American Advisory Group, who wanted to investigate the longer histories of communities and the mesa top community centers that pre - ceded the final canyon rim community centers, including Shields Pueblo from the Goodman Point community and Albert Porter Pueblo from the Woods Canyon community. 35 The Basketmaker Communities Project (2011–2020) was our first multi-year research project to focus primarily on the earliest permanent Pueblo occupation in the Mesa Verde region—the Basketmaker III period (A.D. 500–750). The Native American Advisory Group was involved in developing research questions and discussions with group members that contributed to interpretations of Pueblo history viewed through the archaeological evidence collected. 36 Crow Canyon and The Archae- ological Conservancy received History Colorado’s 2022 Stephen H. Hart People’s Choice Award for Historic Preservation for collaborative work to preserve the Haynie site, a Chacoan village in the central Mesa Verde region that was occupied from A.D. 500s until regional depopulation in late A.D. 1200s.
For the past four decades, the focus of our mission-based initiatives has been the Indigenous occupation of the central Mesa Verde region in southwestern Colorado, a region with one of the densest concentrations of archaeological sites in North America. This region provides endless opportunities to study the past to better serve present and future generations. Since our inception, Crow Canyon has conducted archaeological research throughout the region in dialogue with American Indian partners and in conjunction with public educational programming. Here we share a few key examples of our archaeological research projects focused on community and regional studies over the decades.
30 Our first excavation project, beginning in 1983, was at the Duckfoot site, a well-preserved Pueblo I period hamlet located a mile northwest of our campus. Crow Canyon archae - ologists spent five years supervising groups of students and adult volunteers in excavating this small habitation. The site provided an ideal opportunity to study household organization because Crow Canyon archaeologists excavated all 20 surface rooms, four pit structures,
and the entire midden. With this project, we became committed to conducting long-term archaeological research proj - ects, designed and managed by resident professional staff, with campus-based education programs closely integrated with the research. 31 The Sand Canyon Archaeo- logical Project (1984–1993) focused on understanding population movement in the central Mesa Verde
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HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONSHIP RESEARCH
37 The Village Ecodynamics Project (2001—2014) was an award-winning multidisciplinary collaboration among researchers at several institutions to study the interac - tion between Ancestral Pueblo people and their environment over more than 1,000 years, beginning in A.D. 600. The project analyzed more than 5,000 sites in the American Southwest and was selected as one of 10 top projects in the world for its major archaeological research findings by the Shanghai Archaeology Forum. “We furthered understanding of why the Mesa Verde region was depopulated in the A.D. 1280s, the migration of most of these people to the northern Rio Grande region, and the formation of the different Pueblo communities along the Rio Grande that persist to this day.” —Mark Varien 38 For 40 years, we have been studying archaeobotanical evidence in the central Mesa Verde Region and have documented 850 years of domesticated and wild plant usage during the Basketmaker III (A.D. 500–750) period through the late Pueblo III (A.D. 1225–1280) period. This is one of the largest studies of consistently acquired, examined, and reported archaeological plant sample assemblages to assess stability and change in human-plant relationships over eight centuries of time.
39 In 2019, we developed a postdoctoral program to support students with their archaeo - logical research and careers, contribute to Crow Canyon’s ongoing research, and help develop qualified, competent researchers. Three postdoctoral scho- lars have been employed so far, with financial support from endowment funds. Going forward, postdoctoral scholars will focus on human-environ - mental relationship research. 40 The Research Institute at Crow Canyon continues under the leadership of Dr. Susan Ryan, who initiated the first permanent position of Environmental Archaeologist filled by Dr. Jonathan Dombrosky. The respon - sible use of 40 years of data will drive the future direction of the Institute’s projects and programs.
A significant area of study for our research over the past 40 years has been the relationship between humans and the environment in the ancient past. This is a vast area of research that encompasses a wide range of topics, from relationships with plants and animals to resource availability and climate change. Our research explores questions including ‘What effect do people have on the natural environment?’ and ‘How does a changing environment affect human societies?’ We believe it is important to study the relationships between humans and the environment because climate and overarching environmental conditions affect every aspect of human life, from access to sustainable food sources and clean drinking water to social inequality and climate-induced global migrations. By understanding how humans have responded to environmental change in the past we hope to inform discussions of environmental policy today. As we embark on our next 40 years of research and education, a guiding direction for our research is to further study human-environment relationships. Our staff scientists will design projects to answer questions about past interactions among humans and the environment based on key topics such as food, nutrition and subsistence, migration and population movement, settlement patterns, access to and use of natural resources, and community and social organization—aspects of human society and the natural landscape that remain relevant to today’s societies.
As we look forward to the next 40 years, Crow Canyon staff are energized by our passion for pursuing projects and programs that are impactful, relevant, and mutually beneficial to our Indigenous partners.
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YOUR 2023 SUPPORT
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Carol Delker Curtis Diers Arthur Dilley Kenneth Doeg* Dana Dutton
Daryl Phillips Diana Phillips
Elaine Franklin and Curt Wright Mary and Leonard Gallagher Molly and Harry Gamble Diane and Robert Greenlee Lanae and Dan Grieb Susan Grosser Robert Habermann Leila Hanson and
Jean and Howard Poe Elaine Pongratz and Michael DeMarco James Potter Barbara Pottgen and Gary Achziger Laurie and Steven Prentice-Dunn
Karen Eckhart Douglas Eldred Nancy Ellinghaus and Larry Utter
Joseph Wilson Christin Cleaver
Wayne Itano Anonymous
21 2023 ANNUAL REPORT
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MISSION SUPPORTERS CONTINUED
Those who gave $200 to $499 Continued
2023 OPERATING REVENUE & EXPENSES YOUR 2023 SUPPORT
Mark Farber James Faris Grayal Farr
“I’m a big believer that everyone who comes to a program at Crow Canyon leaves with a deeper sense of respect and understanding for the human past and Native cultures and the impor- tance of archaeological historic preservation.” —Colby Bartlett, High School Field School participant and intern, 1987 and 1988 Cerisa Reynolds Melody Reynolds Eileen Richey William Robinson Ross Rocklin Robert Rushforth Julie Sacksteder-Klosky and Peter Klosky Cynthia and Dickerman Sadler Cynthia Scalzo and Henry Brown Peggy Schaller Laura and John Ninnemann Dorothy and William Normark Tom and Renee O'Brien Mícheál ÓDrisceoil Jessica Ohly Kathleen O'Mara Mary Beth Kuderik Esther Langmack Anne Christner Rebecca Coalson Sally and Gary Conover Elizabeth and Samuel Crites Edward Cuellar Stephanie Glatt Alice Gomez Gail Goodrick Brian Gratton Tim Griffin Gretchen Hall Vicky Hall Debra and Kenneth Hamlett Claudia Newbold Lynne Newell Nan Newton Nancy York Mary Zulack Jerry and Jim Zurn Nancy Human Jeanne Irwin Clayton Jackson Karen and Keith Johnson Joanne Jones and Peter Lutken III John Karon Judith Karpen Nancy Human Jeanne Irwin Clayton Jackson Karen and Keith Johnson Joanne Jones and Peter Lutken III John Karon Judith Karpen Leslie O'Toole Richard Padilla Gabrielle Parker Theresa Pasqual Daniel Patterson Lorna Cwiak Philip Davis Ray Davis Cynthia Day William Dearholt Carolyn and Linda Delano Mary Doidge Anne Christner Rebecca Coalson Sally and Gary Conover Elizabeth and Samuel Crites Edward Cuellar Cynthia Hotujec-Kantner and John Kantner Trudy and Al Hughes Steve Petrakis Martha Pezrow Vicki and David Poe Rhonda and Dennis Polsfut Jon Powell Brian Price Barbara and William Quinnell Paula and Kevin Rand Patricia Rauscher Mary Reed Keith Hauer-Lowe Rebecca Hawkins Kelley Hays-Gilpin and Dennis Gilpin Sharon Heckel Barbara Hegarty Jayne and Jesse Hill Lorna Cwiak Philip Davis Ray Davis Cynthia Day William Dearholt Carolyn and Linda Delano Mary Doidge Barbara and Jim Rees Cheryl and Dan Reese Kaaren Hardy Susan Haskell Ann and Charles Haspels Joyce Howland Mark Howland Christopher Janzen Jan and Ben Juarez Kathleen and Todd Kearns Sarah Kennedy Heather Knight Lorna LaDage Heather and James Lavelle Cynthia Hotujec-Kantner and John Kantner Trudy and Al Hughes Ted Lawrence Gregory Leslie Mary Beth Kuderik Esther Langmack
Donna Glowacki Jeanne Goldmann Beverly Goodman
It was enough to be in one place, to feel the air move, the warming of the sun; to know rain, hear wind, listen to the bird songs; Alice Gomez Gail Goodrick Brian Gratton Tim Griffin Gretchen Hall Vicky Hall Debra and Kenneth Hamlett Sara and Harry Boadwee Heidi and Read Brugger Stephanie and Roger Cady Christine Caldarale Carol Caldwell Janet and Garry Cantley Barbara Chatterjee Anne Christner Rebecca Coalson Sally and Gary Conover Elizabeth and Samuel Crites Edward Cuellar Lorna Cwiak taste salt of sweat and cool of water, to smell sage, to touch the earth Kaaren Hardy Susan Haskell Ann and Charles Haspels It was enough to look at stars, the phases of the moon, Keith Hauer-Lowe Rebecca Hawkins Kelley Hays-Gilpin and Dennis follow the paths of planets through a night sky Courtney Dold Carol and Donald Eagle Glenna Eaves and Christopher Boebel Raymond Elliott Margot Ellis and Charles Adams Stephen Emerick Lillian and Steven Epstein Carrie Erickson and Charles Utermohle Curtis Erpelding Cynthia and Benjamin Everitt Steve Appler Paula Atwood Ann Marie Aubry LaVera Ayers Deanna and Douglas Bagge Helen Fairley Franco Farina Hilary Farmer Kristina Felbeck Steve Appler Paula Atwood Ann Marie Aubry LaVera Ayers Deanna and Douglas Bagge Robert and Constance Ferenc Susan Fischer and Andy Butler Monica Fletcher Corey Folsom Kathryn Fortner and John Mayer Cynthia Friend Genevieve and Gregory Friesen Trudi and Alfred Ganz Stephanie Glatt Jesse Ballenger Monica Barnes Janet and Edwin Bartholomew J. Colby Bartlett Jesse Ballenger Monica Barnes Janet and Edwin Bartholomew J. Colby Bartlett Sally and Victor Bellerue Jane Blake Lauren Bloemsma and Todd Brown Rowenna Blum Steve Appler Paula Atwood Ann Marie Aubry LaVera Ayers Deanna and Douglas Bagge Jesse Ballenger Monica Barnes Janet and Edwin Bartholomew J. Colby Bartlett Ruth Van Dyke and Randall McGuire Sherrill Van Sickle Catherine and Donald Fowler Cassandra and Sanford Gaines Janice Galloway Salvador Garcia Marjorie Gatlin and Mark Varien Jeffrey West Robert O’Hea, Jr. Stephen Gibbens Bruce Gilkeson Mark Farber James Faris Grayal Farr Kathryn Adams Shirley Alvarez-Mohrman and Robert Mohrman Catherine and Donald Fowler Cassandra and Sanford Gaines Janice Galloway Salvador Garcia Marjorie Gatlin and Robert O’Hea, Jr. Stephen Gibbens Bruce Gilkeson
Gilpin Sharon Heckel Barbara Hegarty Jayne and Jesse Hill Sally and William White Lucy and Scott Wilson Linda and Richard Winslow Barbara Woods Kathleen Yarbrough Kathy Green Carol Grover Joann and James Hards Michael Hardy Christine Hastorf Alice Henry Casady Henry Wythe Holt Judy and Bob Horn Joyce Howland Mark Howland Kathy Green Carol Grover Joann and James Hards Michael Hardy Christine Hastorf Alice Henry Casady Henry Wythe Holt Judy and Bob Horn Christopher Janzen Jan and Ben Juarez Kathleen and Todd Kearns Sarah Kennedy Heather Knight Lorna LaDage Heather and James Lavelle Sara and Harry Boadwee Heidi and Read Brugger Stephanie and Roger Cady Christine Caldarale Carol Caldwell Janet and Garry Cantley Barbara Chatterjee Philip Davis Ray Davis Cynthia Day William Dearholt Carolyn and Linda Delano Mary Doidge Courtney Dold Carol and Donald Eagle Glenna Eaves and Christopher Boebel Raymond Elliott Margot Ellis and Charles Adams Stephen Emerick Lillian and Steven Epstein Ted Lawrence Gregory Leslie Dennis Levinski Anne Lonsdale Barbara Lucas Jeffrey Ludemann Cheryl Marceau and Scott Weaver Audrey and Stephen Marmon Linda Martin Frances Mathien Doyle McClure Patrick McCormick Sally and Victor Bellerue Jane Blake Lauren Bloemsma and Todd Brown Rowenna Blum Donna Glowacki Jeanne Goldmann Beverly Goodman
MISSION SUPPORTERS CONTINUED
OPERATING REVENUE Contributions
5% 1%
84%
9%
Those who gave $100 to $199 Continued Those who gave $200 to $499 Continued
Tuition Grants Other TOTAL REVENUE * $4,297,074
*Investment earnings excluded
Those who gave $100 to $199
MISSION SUPPORTERS CONTINUED
Programs Support Services* Fundraising TOTAL EXPENSE $4,273,385 OPERATING EXPENSE Those who gave $200 to $499 Continued Mark Farber James Faris Grayal Farr
70%
11%
$615,209 $ 1,979,482 Anne Christner Rebecca Coalson Sally and Gary Conover Elizabeth and Samuel Crites Edward Cuellar Thomas Root William Ross Leigh Ruscher Linda Sand Jeffrey Schleher Kim Shain Karen and William Shannon Sherill Spaar Marcia Sprules Michelle Stephens Ann and Tom Stoffel Kim Sturm Agnes Suazo Lorraine and Joseph Suina Donna Tang Joel Third Lorann and David Thomas Nadia and Chris Toya William Trimble Randall Turner and Dan Jones $ 29,586,715 $32,181,406 $7,499,235 $24,441,804 $31,941,039 Cynthia Hotujec-Kantner and John Kantner Trudy and Al Hughes Nancy Human Jeanne Irwin Clayton Jackson Karen and Keith Johnson Joanne Jones and Peter Lutken III John Karon Judith Karpen Mark Picus Peter Pilles Robert Preucel Charity Rankins Diane Rice Dorothy Rogers Mary Beth Kuderik Esther Langmack Lorna Cwiak Philip Davis Ray Davis Cynthia Day William Dearholt Carolyn and Linda Delano Mary Doidge
Donna Glowacki Jeanne Goldmann Beverly Goodman Trudy and Al Hughes Nancy Human Jeanne Irwin Clayton Jackson Karen and Keith Johnson Joanne Jones and Peter Lutken III John Karon Judith Karpen
19%
Those who gave $100 to $199
Catherine and Donald Fowler Cassandra and Sanford Gaines Janice Galloway Salvador Garcia Marjorie Gatlin and
NET ASSETS Donna and James Martin Edel and Thomas Mayer Glenn Mayer Linda Mayro and William Doelle Diane McBride Lorraine and Robert McCleary Katie and Rob Melich Zina Mirsky Shannon Mitchell Susan Montgomery Kathy Green Carol Grover Joann and James Hards Michael Hardy Christine Hastorf Alice Henry Casady Henry Wythe Holt Judy and Bob Horn Mary Beth Kuderik Esther Langmack Sally Lanyon Cristine and David Larson Joseph and Hilaree Levi Cheryl Klipp and Ray Lischner Susan Lowry Sally and Victor Bellerue Jane Blake Lauren Bloemsma and Todd Brown Rowenna Blum Sara and Harry Boadwee Heidi and Read Brugger Stephanie and Roger Cady Christine Caldarale Carol Caldwell Janet and Garry Cantley Barbara Chatterjee
It was enough to be loved by family and friends, to live in a village with others, to hear the laughter and songs, to learn the manner of animals, the art of hunting and planting, to know the harvest, the cycles, to read the forest, sleep until morning Ruth McElhinney Susan McIntosh Carol Meincke and Eric Russell Wendy Meoz A'ndrea Messer Carol Midford Robert Milhous David Miller Rosemary and Douglas Moore Nathan Moreng Vera Morgan Marie Mullarkey Robert and Constance Ferenc Susan Fischer and Andy Butler Monica Fletcher Corey Folsom Kathryn Fortner and John Mayer Cynthia Friend Genevieve and Gregory Friesen Trudi and Alfred Ganz It was enough. It is enough. Carrie Erickson and Charles Utermohle Curtis Erpelding Cynthia and Benjamin Everitt Sara and Harry Boadwee Heidi and Read Brugger Stephanie and Roger Cady Christine Caldarale Carol Caldwell Janet and Garry Cantley Barbara Chatterjee Sally and Victor Bellerue Jane Blake Lauren Bloemsma and Todd Brown Rowenna Blum Helen Fairley Franco Farina Hilary Farmer Kristina Felbeck
IT WAS ENOUGH By Michael DeMarco, Crow Canyon donor and program participant Kathryn Adams Shirley Alvarez-Mohrman and Robert Mohrman
*Support services are Finance, HR, IT, Executive Office
2023 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION Those who gave $100 to $199 Robert O’Hea, Jr. Stephen Gibbens Bruce Gilkeson
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ASSETS Cash and Equivalents Investments and Pledges Property and Equipment Net of Depreciation
LIABILITIES Accounts and Notes Payable Steve Appler Paula Atwood Ann Marie Aubry LaVera Ayers Deanna and Douglas Bagge Kathy Green Carol Grover Joann and James Hards Michael Hardy Christine Hastorf Alice Henry Casady Henry Wythe Holt Judy and Bob Horn Cynthia Hotujec-Kantner and John Kantner Accrued Liabilties Jesse Ballenger Monica Barnes Janet and Edwin Bartholomew J. Colby Bartlett TOTAL LIABILITIES Kathryn Adams Shirley Alvarez-Mohrman and Robert Mohrman Donna Glowacki Jeanne Goldmann Beverly Goodman
TOTAL ASSETS
23 2023 ANNUAL REPORT
$55,197 Without Donor Restrictions
$185,170 With Donor Restrictions
$240,367 TOTAL NET ASSETS
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