"There are stories and stories...There are the songs, also, that are taught. Some are whimsical.
Some are very intense. Some are documentary...Everything I have known is through teachings, by word
have known is through teachings, by word of mouth, either by song or by legends.”
—Terrance Honvantewa, Hopi
Guiding Our Journey
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ALAN OSBORNE
Doors and hearts open when Alan Osborne meets the Indians of the Southwest. Alan is held in the highest regard by the tribal leaders and medicine people and is a dear and loved friend to them and their customs and ways.
A native of Oklahoma, Alan was educated at Oklahoma State University and completed his Master's coursework (UNM) in American Indian history and Spanish Colonial borderlands. His academic teaching and public lecturing specialties are American Indian history, Spanish Colonial borderlands frontier history, and Mexican-American territorial history.
Alan is the cofounder of Southwest Seminars (www.southwestseminars.org), a nonprofit cultural education organization which offers public lecture series in the fields of American Indian culture and history, Hispanic culture and history, Southwest archaeology, art and literature. He was the New Mexico State Director of Elderhostel for 12 years and cofounder of New Mexico Elderhostel, as well as founder of College of Santa Fe's Elderhostel program.
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He has lectured or toured for educational study travel groups sponsored by: The American Orient Express/American Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Travel Associates, Clipper, Special Expeditions, Saga Road Scholar/Tony Hillerman Program, Yale University Alumni Association, UCLA Alumni Association.
Alan has presented educational guest lectures for organizations such as the Western United States Attorneys General, Federal Administrative Law Judges, U.S. Senate-Canadian Parliament Bilateral Trade Commission, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. He has provided museum docent and educational training lectures for Museum of Indian Art and Culture, Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian and The Palace of the Governors.
For more information:
Call (1) 505 559 4632 or (44) 020 8133 4994
email: annie.tm@greatmystery.org
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