Coverage of tribal natural resources is supported in part by Catena FoundationDespite being known by an entirely different name, the S’edav Va’aki Indian Market has been a Phoenix tradition for almost five decades.
Last week, the Pueblo Grande Museum got a new name. It’s now called the S’edav Va’aki Museum. And unlike most museums that ask you not to touch the artifacts, this one is a little different.Once a month, while weather allows, volunteers gather at S’edav Va’aki at 44th and Washington streets in Phoenix to throw mud at an over 800-year-old structure. It was built by a
Pueblo Grande Museum and Archaeological Park, a city-owned museum marking where Hohokam people settled, ran their irrigation system, and lived for more than a thousand years, has been renamed in Native language.The new name of the museum near 44th and Washington streets, S’edav Va’aki, is O’odham.Phoenix officials say the words refer to the large platform mound nearby, the