Crow Canyon People

Our people make us who we are.

Kathleen Fine-Dare

Fort Lewis College

Kathleen (Kathy) Fine-Dare is professor emeritus of anthropology and gender/women’s Studies at Fort Lewis College (FLC), in Durango, Colorado.

Lisa Nagaoka

Research Associate; University of North Texas

Lisa is a zooarchaeologist interested in archaeological method and theory,
philosophy of science, conservation biology, and biogeography.

Tessie Naranjo

Katie Richards

2019 Lister Fellow

Katie’s research centers on the social and political organization of the Fremont people and the relationship between the Fremont and Pueblo cultures.

Robin Lyle

Independent Researcher; Lab Volunteer

Robin is a poultry research scientist interested in ancient agriculture, turkey husbandry, and material cultures of the past.

Cathy Cameron

University of Colorado at Boulder

Sarah Seaberg

2019 Field Intern

Sarah is a recently graduated anthropology student, interested in traditional ecological knowledge and human-environment interactions over time.

Ricky R. Lightfoot

Chair of the Board; Research Institute Advisor

Ricky directed Crow Canyon’s excavations at the Duckfoot site and Castle Rock Pueblo and has published numerous books and articles on Southwestern archaeology. He joined the Board in 1998 and currently serves as its Chair. Ricky has played an important role in the leadership and vision of Crow Canyon since 1984. He lives in Mancos, Colorado.

Emerson McDaniel (they/them/theirs)

American Indian Initiatives Intern

Emerson graduated from the University of New Mexico in 2021, and since then has been focusing on building a career at the intersection of archaeology, linguistics, and uplifting Indigenous voices.

Davina Two Bears

Swarthmore College

Davina Two Bears is Diné (Navajo) originally from Birdsprings, Arizona on the Navajo reservation.

John Kantner

1997 Lister Fellow

John is interested in the interplay of cooperation and competition in human society, especially the role of these behaviors in the development of sociopolitical complexity and economic inequality, and in the application of neo-Darwinian evolutionary theory to these problems.

Jill Blumenthal

Mesa Verde National Park

Jill Blumenthal, Education Coordinator and Volunteer Program Manager, Mesa Verde National Park