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The
Mesa Verde Association is a joint
membership program of the Mesa Verde
Museum Association and the Mesa Verde
Foundation. Your MVA membership supports
both of these 501(c)(3) nonprofit
organizations.
The Mesa Verde Museum Association
(tax ID 84-1404606) provides educational
and interpretive material to visitors
of Mesa Verde National Park through
an active publishing program and the
operation of retail bookstores online,
in the park, and in Cortez, CO. Our
services enhance the visitor experience
and promote stewardship of Mesa Verde's
world-renowned archeological resources
and natural landscapes. Proceeds from
all Association operations are donated
to the park's interpretive, research,
and education programs.
The Mesa Verde Foundation (tax ID
84-046967) funds capital improvements,
projects, and educational endeavors
for Mesa Verde National Park. Our
projects include construction of a
new Visitor and Research Center near
the park's entrance and remodeling
the existing Far View Visitor Center
into a Tribal Cultures Center to enhance
understanding of the connection between
the Ancestral Puebloans and contemporary
Native American tribes.
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Welcome to "Verde Views," the e-newsletter
for Mesa Verde Association members and friends.
This periodic publication will keep you
informed about Association news and events,
park happenings, new products and special
sales.
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Cyber
Monday - Mesa Verde Style
 We
hope you had a pleasant Thanksgiving!
And perhaps you spent last Friday battling
the hoards of people Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Boxing
Day gift shopping? If you’re already
tired of the crowds and the parking
hassles, we invite you to shop from
the comfort of your own computer or
notepad! The Mesa Verde Museum Association
has a broad selection of publications
and products that are sure to please
every Mesa Verde lover on your list
this holiday season. Proceeds from your
purchases support Mesa Verde National
Park too! And we’re offering FREE
SHIPPING on orders of $50 or more. As
always, current Mesa Verde Association
members receive a 20% discount when
you use your discount code. (If you
need that code, just call us at 1-800-305-6053
or 970-529-4445.) So pull on your favorite
stretchy sweat pants and fuzzy slippers,
and start or finish your holiday shopping
with us! Here is just a sampling of
what you’ll find at www.mesaverde.org.
JUST
RELEASED: “The Colorado Plateau
Challenge” Board Game
Developed by the same group who publishes
the award-winning Sojourns Magazine,
this board game takes you to many parks
and monuments on the Colorado Plateau--the
geologic formation that covers vast
tracts of Utah, Arizona, New Mexico,
and Colorado. Learn fascinating facts
and plot your future public lands visits
while you enjoy this finely-crafted
board game. No batteries or assembly
required. $29.99; member price $23.99.
Click here
to order yours today!
 Playing
cards, puppets, and Junior Ranger
items are sure to delight the children
on your gift list.
View our selection of finger puppets
here,
and our hand puppets here.
Playing cards offer hours of entertainment;
why not sneak a little learning into
the game? The Amazing
Places playing cards introduce
52 national parks and include fun
park facts.
For the Junior Rangers on your gift
list, the Mesa Verde Junior
Ranger Adventure Tool is 7 tools
in 1!
 We
also offer several styles of hats
that feature the colorful Mesa Verde
Junior Ranger logo: tThe Junior
Ranger Desert Hiker and the Junior
Ranger Baseball Cap.
And the engaging Night
Sounds Hear and There book
introduces bird and animal sounds
along with beautiful illustrations.
 
For the quilters
on your list, we have a number
of Mesa Verde-related quilt
blocks ready to be crafted
into tote bags, wall hangings,
pot holders and postcards.
The Prehistoric
Pottery Kit of the Southwest Region
will introduce you to ancient
pottery-making methods while you
form your own pot from natural
clay.
 Don’t
Die Out There playing cards
are a must for anyone who spends
time outdoors; from construction
of emergency shelters and evacuation
techniques to how to care for someone
with a fracture or construct a solar
still, your poker hand contains
basic survival tips that could prove
lifesaving!
Especially
for Book Lovers
Popular titles featuring stunning
photography and lavish illustrations
are perfect for you or the book
lover in your life!
 Mesa
Verde National Park: the First
100 Years. This book celebrates
Mesa Verde National Park as a
whole: from its surprising eighteenth-century
discovery to the establishment
of the park to the inspiration
it has sparked in authors and
artists. Beautifully illustrated
with historic and full-color photos
and filled with modern essays
and fascinating historic extracts,
this book is both a keepsake and
a wealth of information.
 Our
National Parks, by Ansel
Adams. In the century since the
establishment of the world's first
national park, no individual has
rivaled Ansel Adams in his unceasing
effort--through both his photographs
and writings--to support the philosophical
essence and practical evolution
of the "national park idea."
Here are his greatest images of
more than 40 national parks and
monuments.
 Native
American Portraits. Over
one hundred photographs from the
renowned Kurt Koegler collection
of Native American portraits taken
between the end of the Civil War
and the end of World War I are
featured in this powerful compendium
depicting a proud and defeated
people. This book presents a factual,
anecdotal, and visual history
of the evolving artistry and technology
of a century of photographers,
as well as of the tribes whose
vanishing trappings and traditions
they sought to capture with their
craft.
 Images
of America: Mesa Verde.
Mesa Verde National Park was America's
first cultural park and also the
world's first cultural heritage
park. Created in 1906, it preserves
the sites and materials of the
prehistoric Puebloan people. The
park's rich archeological history
was played out amid some of the
most ruggedly beautiful landscapes
in the West. The greater story
of the evolution of the park encompasses
the Ute people, Theodore Roosevelt,
novelist Willa Cather, and other
personalities. These remarkable
vintage photographs tell that
saga, which is as fascinating
as that of the Puebloans.
For
The Person Who Has (Almost) Everything
Not sure what
to get someone? How about
a gift membership in the Mesa
Verde Association! It’s
the gift that keeps on giving
all year long, with informative
e-newsletters, a special year-end
token of our appreciation,
and a 20% discount when you
shop in the Museum Association’s
stores in the park, online
at www.mesaverde.org,
and at the Colorado Welcome
Center in Cortez. Call the
MVMA office today at 1-800-305-6053
or 970-529-4445 to purchase
your gift memberships today.
Memberships start at just
$30 per year, and your dues
are tax-deductible to the
extent allowed by law.
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