New Mexico Magazine

Our Turquoise Shimmers with Meaning

orter Swentzell, tribal secretary for Santa Clara Pueblo and executive director of Kha’p’o Community School, admits that he isn’t an expert in turquoise. Some of Swentzell’s earliest memories are of watching members of the community earn a living by working in pottery and sculpture, not jewelry. He earned a doctorate in justice studies and served as assistant professor and department chair of Indigenous

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