On Sunday, June 15, 2025, Superintendent Nancy Hendricks took us through the history of Petroglyph National Monument as we celebrate 35 years since the Congressional designation of the site.
Who made the petroglyphs? Why is the area important to the Indigenous people? What are the connections of early Spanish explorers and settlers to the site? Hendricks will discuss this and the ongoing challenges of protecting the irreplaceable and significant resources and cultural landscape of the Monument.
The program was be held at the Albuquerque Museum at 2000 Mountain Rd. NW in Old Town. Parking is free in the lot south of the Museum. Admission to the Museum and the AHS program is also free.
Nancy Hendricks, Superintendent at Petroglyph National Monument since September 2019, started her federal career as a park ranger with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Pittsburgh, PA in 1985. In 1988, Hendricks accepted a seasonal position with the National Park Service (NPS) at Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Hendricks and her husband, Kevin, who also was employed with the NPS, returned to Lake Mead in 1990 and continued to work there until 2004, first as an interpretive park ranger, and then with natural resource management. From 2004-2009, Hendricks was the lead environmental protection specialist at Olympic National Park, followed by over 10 years as Chief of Planning and Compliance at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Hendricks also had temporary assignments in Alaska, Washington D.C., and Hawaii. At Petroglyph, Hendricks is charged with protecting the cultural landscape of the area, including more than 20,000 petroglyphs and 350 archeological sites, along with the natural and geologic features. The petroglyphs and landscape of the monument hold profound spiritual significance for contemporary American Indians and for the descendants of the early Spanish settlers.
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