The ONWARD Project

The ONWARD Project: Outreach

Multi-vocal storytelling will bring to life a historic time and place through first-hand accounts and images. The Onward Project focuses on outreach and collaboration with the many descendants of individuals involved in the Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition and engages with the different native communities of the Southwest.

Society of Southwest Archivists Publication

Allison Fischer-Olson, our Head of Research, published an article in The Southwestern Archivist, February 2020 newsletter, the publication of the Society of Southwest Archivists. Congratulations to Allison Hana Fischer-Olson for another successful publication! Click the link below to read it! https://societyofsouthwestarchivists.wildapricot.org/…

Navajo Times Article August 22, 2019

  Age-Old Connections, Project to map 1930’s expedition reveals people, culture By Krista Allen: Naatsis’aan, Arizona- Seventeen-year olds Sam Hasani and Shea Hueston are telling the story of the late Max Littlesalt’s life in the form of comics, a caricature that is recognizable to readers but true to their artistic style. “What they’re doing is […]

Navajo Nation Fair 2017

The ONWARD Project recently got back from our second year at theNavajo Nation Fair! We have many exciting moments to share with you over the next couple of weeks so stay tuned! Many thanks to the Navajo Nation Museum for once again offering The ONWARD Project a way to reach out to an estimated 20,000 attendees from […]

Eehaniih Pioneer Day at Navajo Mountain 2019

What a successful weekend at the Eehaniih Pioneer Day event at Navajo Mountain! We spoke with many new faces, had images identified, introduced our new website (we will be sharing more on this soon!) and tested out our virtual reality teaser. Thank you to everyone who gave us feedback and spent time with us at […]
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Latest in Outreach:

Native Artist Spotlight with Jeanne M. Salt

Jeanne Salt is the daughter of the Navajo guide and translator for RBMVExpedition, Max Littlesalt, and is aunt to Lithuania Denetso. She has been a long-time collaborator with The ONWARD Project, hosting us and sharing her art and stories.  Growing up Jeanne lived in the canyon lands of the Navajo Reservation in Northern Arizona in […]

Native Artist Spotlight: Carter Smallcanyon

Native Artist Spotlight: Dominic East

Hello I’m Dominic East Hopi artist from the village of walpi belonging to the corn clan. I’ve been an artist all my life starting from child to now. Art has always been a passion of mine as I grew up in a family of Hopi kachina doll carvers. From the youngest age I can remember […]

Native Artist Spotlight: Abel Nash

I started creating Art at a very young age. I remember always drawing as a young kid. Watching my great uncle Dalton painting and drawing. Then also watching my dad and grand father carving kachina dolls. I think I always wanted to sell my art work. I thought about this going to art shows with […]

Welcome Summer 2021 Interns!

Join us in welcoming our three 2021 summer interns! Ethan Kim and Carter Smallcanyon are two high school students who will bring their own skills and unique perspective to the creation of animation-based graphic pages based on themes and prompts originating in our historic content and the many stories related to the people and landscape […]

Native Artist Spotlight: Pamela J. Peters

I am a Diné multimedia documentarian from the Navajo Reservation. My art documents people, cultures and environments through still images, short film, video poems and essays in a unique, and distinctive creative style of digital storytelling. I utilize different media to tell Native American stories in the multifaceted ways they deserve to be told, in […]

Native Historian Spotlight: Corey Smallcanyon

We are thrilled to introduce you to our newest Spotlight… Corey Smallcanyon. He is an independent historian and genealogist who focuses on Native American research.  Much of his work deals with the Navajo history, land, and its people.  He is of the Navajo Nation coming from the Gallup, New Mexico area.  He currently resides in Utah. […]

Native Artist Spotlight: Dr. Darcie Little Badger

In our newest series, Native Artist Spotlight, we highlight Native American artists, writers, filmmakers, and historians from all over the U.S. These artists will share their stories and knowledge through their preferred medium and through their own lens. As a resource for Native American history and education, The ONWARD Project is dedicated to amplifying Native […]

Art in Progress with Hans Baumann

An Examination of the Legacy and Archives of the RBMVExpedition A note from Artist Hans Baumann… This project is the culmination of an approximately 18-month period in 2019 and 2020 studying the archives of the Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition (RBMVE). The project is structured around my interactions with this data and places in the present […]

Introducing The Stories Website

Visit the Stories Website now at: https://stories.onwardproject.org/#/ The ONWARD Project Stories Website is a tool developed to help identify and gather stories connected to people in photographs related to the historic 1930’s Rainbow Bridge-Monument Valley Expedition (RBMVE). After countless requests from different communities and individuals, The ONWARD Project has created a website that gives public access […]