Honoring This Land
This beautiful San Luis Valley is home to so much life — plants and animals, as well as mountains, high desert, and all the waters that sustain us. This land holds us as we come together in community to share in the joy of music, which originates in nature.
ALMA is located on Indigenous land
This awe-inspiring place is regarded with deep reverence by Indigenous People, including the Nuchu (Utes), Abáachi (Jicarilla Apache), Numunu (Comanche), Ka’igwu (Kiowa), InunaIna (Arapahoe), Tsistsistas (Cheyenne), Diné (Navajo Nation), and Pueblo. Please join us in honoring the land on which we live.
The land on which we live is alive. She is breathing. She is sacred. She is Mother Earth.
As we gather together, understand, acknowledge, and remember that this is land stolen from Indigenous People, taken through colonization. ALMA believes that music heals and unites, and through this strives to create diverse musical events that nourish cultural expression and connection. Let us come together in celebration.
Information & Resources
Mount Blanca
In Diné cosmovision, Sisnaajini (White Shell Mountain) is the sacred mountain of the East. We all love and revere this beautiful mountain. If you are interested in supporting a Diné nonprofit working to heal people and the earth, please visit Utah Dine Bikeyah
Books & Publications
Forgotten Cuchareños of the Lower Valley
~ Virginia Sanchez (local author)
A Tortilla Is Like Life: Food and Culture in the San Luis Valley of Colorado ~Carole M. Counihan
The Problem, Practicality and Power of Land Acknowledgments
Organizations for Support & Discovery
Native Governance Center
Fort Garland Museum
The Fort Garland Museum and Cultural Center is situated in the historical nineteenth-century Fort Garland. The town itself is known as “the gateway to the San Luis Valley” as it’s the first town that travelers come to after driving through La Veta Pass on Highway 160.
Colorado Based Indigenous-Led Nonprofits
Spirit of the Sun is founded on the belief that effective and sustainable development work recognizes the intersections of culture, community, economy, and health, and that true success is only possible through collaboration.
A Native Arts and Culture Organization dedicated to inter-tribal arts and cultural revitalization
