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@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 11:57 AM

For #BlueSkyArtShow #Weather. The Red Rock Trail on the Jemez Pueblo Reservation in New Mexico, on the cusp of a cloudburst (2025). The air was electric with the coming rain. #landscape #landscapephotography #NewMexico #nature #desert #southwest #nativeamerica #pueblos #Jemez #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK

The photo captures a striking desert landscape featuring vibrant red rock formations under a cloudy sky. The lighting is diffused and soft due to the storm cloud cover, emphasizing the deep, rich tones of the red earth without harsh shadows.

@bureaucracytimes.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 1:03 PM

IHS tribal water eligibility rules can disqualify an entire household from a water line if even one resident isn't a tribal member. GAO found the rule is trapping families, and that IHS hasn't reviewed whether it still makes sense. #NativeAmerica #TribalWater #IndianHealthService…

@bureaucracytimes.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 1:02 PM

The Indian Health Service cap for home water and sewer projects hasn't changed since 1985. It's still $10,000 per home. A GAO report asks why. Nobody at IHS could answer. #IndianHealthService #NativeAmerica #TribalWater #GovernmentAccountability #GAO

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 11:47 AM

For #rockinTuesday. The stone sculptures at the Ciudadela among the Mexican ruins of Teotihuacán (1997, scan). #photography #Mexico #Teotihuacan #nativeamerica #ruins #AncientBlueSky #archaeology #travelphotography #mesoamerica #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK

The photo displays a detailed view of an ancient stone carving from the Temple of the Feathered Serpent at the Teotihuacan archaeological site in Mexico.

The Main Sculpture: A rectangular stone relief depicting the Mesoamerican rain god, Tlaloc, characterized by its large, goggled eyes and rectangular mouth structure.

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 20, 2026, 10:09 PM

For #stunday. Tsankawi, part of Bandelier National Monument in New Mexico (2025). On the edge of a cliff looking out. Amazing hike. #NewMexico #Bandelier #nature #photography #nativeamerica #desert #southwest #landscape #landscapephotogray #photographersofbluesky #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK

This photo was taken on the Tsankawi Trail in White Rock, New Mexico, United States, which is a detached section of Bandelier National Monument known for its ancient ancestral Pueblo homes and scenic mesa walks. A prominent light-colored rock formation stretches across the mid-ground, showing vertical erosion patterns and pockets where the soft rock has weathered away.

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 9:37 PM

Honoring New MEXICO. Another for #scape Friday, showing the landscape along New Mexico's Turquoise Trail (2024). #landscape #forestfriday #landscapephotography #NewMexico #nature #desert #southwest #nativeamerica #BlueSkyMonday #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK

This photo captures a sunny, high-desert landscape featuring a sloping hill capped by a prominent rocky ridge, located along the Turquoise Trail in New Mexico.

The foreground and middle ground show an arid hillside covered in sparse, sandy soil. The incline is dotted with numerous small green shrubs and desert juniper trees.

The peak of the hill is crowned with a jagged, rugged rock formation showing exposed layers of brown and reddish stone.

A vibrant blue sky fills the upper half of the image, streaked with wispy, sweeping cirrus clouds that add a sense of motion and openness to the scene.

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 4:46 PM

Honoring New MEXICO. For #ForestFriday, a pic of the Carson National Forest in New Mexico, along the High Road to Taos (2025). #landscape #scape #landscapephotography #NewMexico #nature #desert #southwest #nativeamerica #nps #nationalpark #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK

This photo captures a scenic high-desert mountain landscape, which according to the title, taken along the High Road to Taos in New Mexico. In the foreground, prominent patches of flowering rabbitbrush stand out with bright yellow blossoms next to low-growing sagebrush. Dense, low-lying green shrubs and pinon-juniper trees cover the distant mountain ridges.

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 3:43 PM

Honoring New MEXICO. More for #scape Friday. A Southwester landscape, just before the rains hit (2003). From Coronado Historic Site and the ancient Kuaua Pueblo near Bernalillo. #NewMexico #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #desert #southwest #nativeamerica #pueblos #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK

This photo captures a desert landscape under a dramatic, cloudy sky, centered on a cluster of spikey yucca plants growing amidst low desert scrub and sandy soil. Low wall remains of an ancient pueblo are visible in the center of the frame.

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 1:55 PM

Honoring New MEXICO. For #scape Friday. The ruins of the Spanish mission church at Pecos, New Mexico (2025). The mission Church was active 1717 - 1838. #newmexico #pecos #church #ruins #landscape #landscapephotography #nature #desert #southwest #nativeamerica #pueblos #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK

The image shows a large, adobe brick structure situated on a small hill, under a partly cloudy blue sky. This historic ruin is surrounded by a large field of green grasses, shrubs, and blooming yellow wildflowers.

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 12:27 PM

Honoring New MEXICO. For #scape Friday, this landscape from near Acoma Pueblo (2003). #NewMexico #landscape #photography #Acoma #nativeamerica #native #southwest #desert #pueblos #nature #Eastcoastkin #ECK #westcoastkin #WCK

shows a massive, layered sandstone cliff formation under a bright blue sky with patchy white clouds. The weathered, tan-and-cream colored bluff stretches across the horizon. It features distinct natural alcoves, shallow caves, and vertical cracks sculpted by wind and water erosion.

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 11, 2026, 11:48 AM

Honoring New MEXICO. For #scape Friday, a pic of the Red Rock Trail on the Jemez Pueblo Reservation in New Mexico, during a slight break in the rain (2025). #landscape #landscapephotography #NewMexico #nature #desert #southwest #nativeamerica #pueblos #Jemez #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK

This photo captures a scenic landscape featuring striking red rock formations set against vibrant green vegetation and a dynamic, cloudy blue sky. The image was taken along the Red Rocks Trail on the Jemez Pueblo Reservation in Cañon, New Mexico.

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 8:11 PM

Honoring New MEXICO. For #UrbanGaze, the classic view of Taos Pueblo in New Mexico, with its distinctive blue doors and incredibly blue skies, and the Cristo de Sangre mountains (2024). #nativeamerica #NewMexico #Taos #taospueblo #desert #southwest #nativeamerica #pueblos #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK

This photo displays a wide shot of Taos Pueblo, an ancient pueblo belonging to a Native American tribe of Puebloan people located in New Mexico, United States.

The image highlights multi-storied multi-family adobe dwellings made of reddish-brown mud brick. Blue wooden doors and traditional wooden ladders leaning against the exterior walls provide access to upper levels.

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 12:26 PM

Honoring New MEXICO. For #PalacesandGardens #PagesAndPalaces the Palace of the Governors in Santa Fe (2003). It was the seat of government from 1610 to 1901. Lew Wallace wrote "Ben-Hur" here while serving as governor in the 1870s. #NewMexico #SantaFe #southwest #nativeamerica #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK

This photo shows a wide, street-level view of the historic Palace of the Governors located on the Santa Fe Plaza in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with Native American artisans selling goods under the portal.

Lew Wallace wrote the final parts of his novel, "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ" in this building while serving as territorial governor in the late 1870s. He remembered later in life that it was at night, during a severe thunderstorm in the spring of 1879, after returning from a tense meeting with Billy the Kid in Lincoln County, when he wrote the climactic Crucifixion scenes of the novel.

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 PM

Honoring New MEXICO. For #HumansOfBlueSky, a pair of Zuni dancers performing the traditional Deer Dance (2023). #NewMexico #photography #nativeart #nativeamerica #Zuni #dance #PhotographersOfBluesky #southwest #pueblos #culture #heritage #indigenous #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK

The photo captures two Native American dancers performing a traditional Zuni dance outdoors at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

The foreground dancer is wearing a vibrant turquoise long-sleeve tunic adorned with extensive white beaded fringes, matching turquoise leggings, and ornate moccasins with fur trim. The background dancer is similarly clothed in black. They wear an elaborate antlered headpieces decorated with colorful feathers and patterns while holding two slender, blue-wrapped dance canes.

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 6:26 PM

For #WallsOnWednesday. An eagle soars over the ruins of Salinas Pueblo Missions, New Mexico (2023). San Gregorio de Abó Church was active 1623 - 1673. #NewMexico #photography #travel #churches #nativeamerica #indigenous #native #southwest #desert #pueblos #ruins #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK

The photo captures the red sandstone ruins of the San Gregorio de Abó Church, located within the Abó unit of the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument in New Mexico.

The image shows weathered, multi-tiered stone walls and foundations built from local reddish-brown bricks. Remnants of a circular underground structure, known as a kiva, can be seen integrated near the church ruins.

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 6:08 PM

Honoring New MEXICO. For #WallsOnWednesday. The ancient stone walls of Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, mirror the stone formation Fajada Butte in the distance (2024). #NewMexico #nature #photography #landscape #nps #nationalpark #nativeamerica #archaeology #chacocanyon #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK #ruins

This photograph captures the rugged desert landscape of Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, looking out from the ancient ruins of the Great House known as Una Vida.

In the foreground and mid-ground are the weathered, stacked-stone walls of the Ancestral Puebloan ruin. The masonry showcases the distinct architectural style of dry-stone layering characteristic of Chacoan great houses. Prominently framed in the background is the iconic sandstone formation known as Fajada Butte, rising sharply from the flat desert canyon floor under a partly cloudy sky

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 5:17 PM

Honoring New MEXICO. For #WallsOnWednesday, enjoying the adobe walls of San Geronimo Church in Taos (2024). Originally built 1726; remodeled in 1850. #NewMexico #Taos #photography #churches #southwest #pueblos #church #nativeamerica #culture #heritage #indigenous #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK

The image features a unique perspective framed through the cut-out opening of a weathered, white adobe wall in the foreground. Looking through this portal, the main church building is visible under a clear, bright blue sky. The church itself exhibits traditional Pueblo architecture with its distinct brown adobe walls, twin bell towers, and a small white cross at the top apex. The bright desert sunlight casts strong, defined shadows across the courtyard and the structures, highlighting the textures of the adobe surfaces.

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 3:06 PM

Honoring New MEXICO. For #WallsOnWednesday, The 900-year old ruins at (misnamed) Aztec Ruins National Park, in New Mexico (2021). It stood 4 stories, with 400 rooms and 30 kivas. #NewMexico #landscape #nps #nationalpark #nativeamerica #archaeology #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK #desert #southwest #ruins

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 2:45 PM

Honoring New MEXICO. For #WallsOnWednesday, the 1,000-year old ruins of Chaco Canyon. Here's the Great House of Kin Kletso, taken after hiking up to the cliffs above (2024). #NewMexico #photography #landscape #nps #nationalpark #nativeamerica #archaeology #chacocanyon #ruins #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK

@maskflowerprince.bsky.social Sep 9, 2026, 1:01 PM

Honoring New MEXICO. For #WindowsOnWednesday, this stained glass installation by Rose Simpson at Buffalo Thunder, at the Pueblo of Pojoaque near Santa Fe (2024). #NewMexico #pueblos #glassart #photography #nativeart #nativeamerica #PhotographersOfBluesky #indigenous #EastCoastKin #ECK #WCK

This image shows a stained glass art piece featuring three stylized figures with warm-toned geometric faces and dark hair, captured in an elegant art-deco or contemporary indigenous style. The artwork is composed of intricate glass panels. The figures are dressed in white patterned garments with detailed green, mosaic-like accents.