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🧱 We are the official nonprofit partner of Chaco Culture National Historical Park and Aztec Ruins National Monument.
🥾 Follow along for park highlights & cultural insights!

How do we put your donations to work? 🤔Here at the CCC, we ensure that every single donation goes towards our mission to...
06/18/2026

How do we put your donations to work? 🤔

Here at the CCC, we ensure that every single donation goes towards our mission to support Chaco Culture NHP and Aztec Ruins National Monument. But, what does that really mean?

Take a look at some of our current projects, and learn what your donation will help us accomplish in 2026:

⭐️ Strategic Planning - Planning sessions in Fall 2026 will ensure that we continue to strengthen the Conservancy.
⭐ New CCC onsite display - Get ready for new CCC displays at both park visitor centers! These spaces will help us connect with more supporters and grow our capacity to support the parks.
⭐ Park projects - As always, the CCC continues to support projects at both Chaco Culture NHP and Aztec Ruins NM.
⭐ Programs - Both online and in-person, we work to bring education and engagement to all of YOU!

Wow 😎 We are doing some exciting and impactful work, but it wouldn't be possible without you!

With YOUR support, we are strengthening the Conservancy so that we can make an even bigger impact in 2027 and beyond.

Wondering how to expand your support and help us reach our goals this year?

Make a donation today and ensure that this foundational work can continue 💪 Check our link in bio or the comments below to donate now!

Together, we can build a stronger Conservancy. Stronger Conservancy, Stronger Impact. ✨


Celebrate summer in style 😎To mark the 2026 Summer Solstice, we have launched SIX new designs in our bonfire store! You'...
06/16/2026

Celebrate summer in style 😎

To mark the 2026 Summer Solstice, we have launched SIX new designs in our bonfire store! You'll get to choose from:

🌞 Chaco Culture NHP - front logo or double sided logos
🌞 Aztec Ruins National Monument - front logo or double sided logos
🌞 Chaco Culture Conservancy - front logo or double sided logos

And now, we're offering some totally cool tie-dye options!

Don't wait, these designs are only available for a limited time. Check the comments or our link in bio to shop these summery designs before they're gone 👇👇

Every purchase directly supports our work at Chaco Culture National Historical Park and Aztec Ruins National Monument, helping us celebrate, preserve, and share these extraordinary cultural places.

Living heritage. Shared stories. Wear your support.

Here at the Chaco Culture Conservancy, we're all about strength 💪Together with YOU, our donors and supporters, we work t...
06/13/2026

Here at the Chaco Culture Conservancy, we're all about strength 💪

Together with YOU, our donors and supporters, we work tirelessly to strengthen our partner parks. And, we are always striving to strengthen our organization so that our impact can continue to grow.

Today, you can help strengthen our organization and our parks. Here's what we need:

🌟 Make your very first donation - donations of any size help!
🌟 Increase your monthly gift - Level up your support and help us plan for the future!
🌟 Come back - Haven't donated in awhile? We miss you! Make another donation today and we'll welcome you back with open arms!
🌟 Give another gift - If you're feeling extra generous, we're feeling extra appreciative!

The bottom line: Without your help, we cannot continue to support Chaco Culture National Historical Park and Aztec Ruins National Monument. We cannot fund programs, projects, and experiences in the parks and online. Without your support, we cannot meet our mission for these places that desperately need us now.

Today, we ask that you make a gift to help us grow. Together, we will ensure that these places are preserved and protected for generations to come 💚

Check the comments or visit our link in bio to make your gift.

Photo: Visitors dance with the Pueblo Enchantment Dancers in Pueblo Bonito /CCC

As the days get longer, we are quickly approaching the summer solstice 🌞Looking for a way to welcome the sun on June 21s...
06/09/2026

As the days get longer, we are quickly approaching the summer solstice 🌞

Looking for a way to welcome the sun on June 21st? Join us at Aztec Ruins National Monument for a sunrise observation and programs throughout the morning. NPS will host an interpretive presentation, music, and a lecture - and the CCC will be there, too!

Here's what you need to know:

⭐ Sunrise observation will take place at the north wall of the Aztec West great house at 5:53 a.m., June 21st - gates will open at 5:30 a.m.

⭐ Enjoy a short ranger talk before the sunrise - you'll learn more about the alignment and how the Ancestral Pueblo peoples used their knowledge of the sky to build it

⭐ After the sunrise observation, you'll get to enter into the great kiva to see a sliver of light appear through a doorway and travel across the west wall before it aligns with a wall niche

⭐ Experience the flute music performed by Travis Jensen inside the great kiva, then chat with Jensen about his instruments and the songs that he plays

⭐ At 10:30 a.m. join park staff and Shawn Price, from the Dine'Tah Navajo Cultural Program, for a lecture titled "Route 66: Travelers and Tribes 100 Years." This lecture will explore how the automobile and America's first interstate further opened the west, and how these innovations in travel impacted Tribal communities and created a crossroads of commerce for travelers on the Mother Road.

We can't wait to see you there! Stop by our table to learn more about the Conservancy and how you can support Aztec Ruins National Monument and Chaco Culture National Historical Park - and to get yourself a special event sticker!


Photo: Travis Jensen playing flute in the great kiva. Patrick Christman.

Last week the National Trust For Historic Preservation placed the Great Chaco Cultural Landscape on its annual list of A...
05/27/2026

Last week the National Trust For Historic Preservation placed the Great Chaco Cultural Landscape on its annual list of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2026.

The inclusion of the Greater Chacoan Landscape on this list is a testament to its incredible importance and to the urgent need for public support of its preservation and protection.

The Chaco Culture Conservancy remains committed to our mission of supporting Chaco Culture National Historical Park and Aztec Ruins National Monument. Each of these National Park Service units protects an irreplaceable piece of the Greater Chacoan Landscape. We will continue to fight for their preservation, for past, present, and future generations.

Great houses are GREAT, but have you taken time to learn more about small houses? Within Chaco Culture National Historic...
05/22/2026

Great houses are GREAT, but have you taken time to learn more about small houses?

Within Chaco Culture National Historical Park, there are hundreds of small house sites...mostly placed on the south side of the canyon opposite the great houses. The ancestral peoples who built them grouped them together into what look like small communities. It is possible that each community was defined by a family group, and they may have been associated with individual great houses.

Scientists generally believe that small house sites were residences, which may answer the question "where did everyone live, if not in the great houses?"

Here are a few things to know about small houses:

✔ They predate the great houses, being built around late A.D. 700s - early 800s
✔ They are almost always single story, often built using single block wide masonry
✔ Smaller rooms than great houses
✔ Standard floor plans
✔ These communities were not typically built with an associated kiva, the exception being the Casa Rinconada community

Today, you can visit several excavated small house sites that are part of the Casa Rinconada community and are accessible via the 1/2 mile trail that surrounds the great kiva. Keep in mind, these are only a handful of the hundreds of small houses that exist in the canyon!


Information from: The Chaco Handbook - An Encyclopedic Guide by R. Gwinn Vivian and Bruce Hilpert

🚨Call for Board Members 🚨Are you looking for ways to create deeper engagement with the Chaco Culture Conservancy? Intere...
05/18/2026

🚨Call for Board Members 🚨

Are you looking for ways to create deeper engagement with the Chaco Culture Conservancy? Interested in nonprofit leadership and collaboration? Not afraid to get to work, be part of a team, and put in volunteer hours?

We might just be looking for you!

The Chaco Culture Conservancy is filling an application pool for additional board members to join our board in late 2026-early 2027.

A few things you should know:

⭐ Volunteer position - 4-8 hours/month expected engagement
⭐ Quarterly board meetings with mandatory attendance
⭐ Serve on a committee
⭐ Active participation in planning, development, & decision making
⭐ Contribute to donor cultivation and stewardship efforts

In particular, we are looking for people who:

💚 Will add to the perspectives of Pueblo and Tribal members on our board
💚 Have expertise in New Mexican law and government relations
💚 Have experience with the arts and donor communities in Santa Fe surrounding areas

Overall, the board welcomes applications from qualified candidates who are passionate about our mission and ready to contribute to our board's leadership.

For more information and how to apply, click the link in our bio or check the comments section below 👇

National parks are more than landscapes—they’re places of connection across generations, cultures, and communities.Celeb...
05/12/2026

National parks are more than landscapes—they’re places of connection across generations, cultures, and communities.

Celebrate the wonder of our shared lands at Out There: A National Parks Story.

We’re excited to be a sponsor for this one-night-only event in Albuquerque! Out There: A National Parks Story is playing at the historic KiMo Theatre on May 21, 2026. This award-winning film captures the power of our public lands through breathtaking cinematography, live music, and inspiring conversation.

And, the CCC will be there as well! Stop by our table and say hi 👋

Presented by Western National Parks. Get your tickets at the link in our bio or check the comments for a link👇




Western National Parks New Mexico True Visit Albuquerque Chaco Culture Conservancy

05/01/2026

Come spend the day with us as we take on Washington D.C.!

We're far from New Mexico but proud to be speaking with our Congressional delegation about the work that we do to support Chaco Culture National Historical Park and Aztec Ruins National Monument 💪

Thanks to the offices of , , , , and for taking the time to meet with us and for your continued support of our national parks. Thanks to for your work to bring this group to Capitol Hill!


Yesterday we joined the on Capitol Hill! We spent the day speaking with New Mexico congressional delegation staffers ab...
04/30/2026

Yesterday we joined the on Capitol Hill!

We spent the day speaking with New Mexico congressional delegation staffers about our parks, their unique needs, and the work that we do as a philanthropic partner organization.

It is our pleasure and our honor to share in the stewardship of these irreplaceable national park sites, and we were excited to bring our mission to D.C.

Huge thank you to the National Park Foundation for organizing this Hill Day and for inviting the Chaco Culture Conservancy and other partners to be a part of it. And, another huge thanks to the entire New Mexico delegation and their staffers for meeting with us and for their continued work to preserve and protect New Mexico's national parks!

Together, we can make a difference for our public lands 💚


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