Leigh Marymor "Western Message Petroglyphs: Enigmatic Rock-engraving Panels in Western US States"

Join us Wednesday, October 14 at 6pm for a presentation from Leigh Marymor, discussing "Western Message Petroglyphs: Enigmatic Rock-engraving Panels in Western US States." Carved across eight Western states between 1880 and 1930—during the era of Manifest Destiny and the early industrialization of the West—the Western Message Petroglyphs form a distinctive picture‑text tradition created by an author drawing on published Native American and pan‑world symbolic systems. This lecture introduces how Marymor approaches transliteration and translation, grounding each image in reliable ethnographic sources and tracing how narrative meaning emerges through sequence, repetition, and layout. Through vivid examples, the talk reveals a voice that ranges from humor and moral insight to reflections on injustice, offering audiences a rare window into the cultural tensions and human experiences of the late‑nineteenth‑ and early twentieth- century West. Brought to you free of charge by Bears Ears Partnership.