home to 19 Pueblos, the Jicarilla and Mescalero Apache reservations, and part of the Navajo Nation. Visitors are encouraged to learn about these Native communities, recognizing that they are visiting vibrant, sovereign homelands, not museum exhibits.

We respectfully acknowledge and honor that the lands we inhabit are the unceded, ancestral, and sovereign territories of Pueblo Nations including Tesuque, Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Ohkay Owingeh, Cochiti, Kewa, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Zia, and Jemez. For centuries, Indigenous governance, cultures, languages, and spiritual traditions in New Mexico have persevered despite colonial violence and erasure. We honor Indigenous Peoples as the original and continuing stewards of these lands, where we learn, work, and grow together.

Santa Fe, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the U.S., embodies a unique cultural blend rooted in Native American, Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo-American traditions. Native heritage is deeply woven into Santa Fe’s identity, alongside Spanish and Mexican influences in art, religion, and architecture, seen in landmarks like the San Miguel Chapel and community celebrations such as the Santa Fe Fiesta.

The city’s openness and respect for diverse traditions have also drawn a community of free-spirited individuals who honor Indigenous wisdom and embrace spiritual practices from Native American, Eastern, and New Age traditions, fostering an inclusive and vibrant cultural landscape.

We warmly welcome and honor people of all identities, backgrounds, and expressions. This includes individuals across the spectrums of gender, race, ethnicity, size, nationality, sexual orientation, ability, neurotype, religion, spiritual and philosophical beliefs, age, family structure, culture, subculture, political opinion, and self-identification. We celebrate activists, artists, musicians, readers, writers, ordinary people, extraordinary people, and everyone in between.