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06/28/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/27/2024 22:08

Hubbell Trading Post Returns to Petroglyph National Monument

News Release Date:
June 28, 2024

Contact:Interpretation and Education Division, (505) 899-0205

ALBUQUERQUE, NM - Hubbell Trading Post is returning to Petroglyph National Monument for first time since 2017. The event will take place on Saturday, July 13 and Sunday, July 14 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm each day at the Information Center, outside on the patio.

Join Navajo trader Wallace James Jr. at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm daily for rug talks and enjoy weaving demonstrations from weaver Tonita Yazzie. At this event, visitors can shop hundreds of Navajo rugs and fine silver and turquoise jewelry from the oldest continuously operating trading post in the American Southwest.

Visitors will experience the culture and heritage of the Navajo people with hundreds of handcrafted Navajo rugs and jewelry straight from Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site, a Western National Parks Association (WNPA) partner park. Western National Parks Association is an official non-profit partner of the National Park Service dedicated to supporting the educational mission of Petroglyph National Monument.

Petroglyph National Monument protects one of the largest petroglyph sites in North America. The park provides opportunities for people to connect with and enjoy a diversity of cultural and natural resources, striking scenery, wildlife habitats, and remnants of a volcanic landscape.