Joshua Madalena’s collection of rare Jemez black-on-white pottery.
because of my background in archaeology,” says Madalena, who is also trained in archaeological law enforcement. “We were fighting against the looting of archaeological sites. “We were also trying to fight against the if we were successful in
black market. So,
bringing back Jemez black-on-white pottery the general public would be able to purchase it over the counter.” Madalena says that when he was growing
up he did a lot of reading, and discovered that a lot of the Jemez history wasn’t writ- ten. During his research he noted that a lot of information about the ancient Jemez villages wasn’t accurate. “It was usually non-Indian archaeolo-
gists who were documenting and identifying different information. That concerned me. I wanted to educate the general public that the Jemez people and the empire that our ancestors built in the Jemez Mountains were dignified,” he says. Madalena was awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Allan Houser Legacy
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Award at the Santa Fe Indian Market in 2012 for his contributions to the Native art world. In addition to his three one-year terms as Governor of Jemez Pueblo (in 2010, 2012 and 2014), he also served as Superintendent of the Jemez State Monument from 2005 to 2008. “We have these laws and legislation in
Congress that affect the indigenous way of life. We have laws in place today that protect archaeological sacred sites and places – places of worship that are still utilized today,” he says. “I believe that we as Native people have been very successful here in this region at establish- ing ourselves and holding federal agencies accountable of taking care of our land. We definitely have input.” Madalena’s public career and his artistic
work have been all of one piece. “One of the things that all pueblo leaders do,” he says, “is we try to fix the wrongs of the past.”X
Madalena’s new website is
www.ancientsart.com.
Harlan McKosato is a citizen of the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma. He is the director of NDN Productions, a multimedia company based in Albuquerque.
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