Teens Take on Preservation Work at National Monuments

With the sun blazing overhead, the crew of Native American youth tries to work quickly. Their hands are covered with dry, cracked mud as they repair the stone walls that make up one of the more prominent cultural sites at Bandelier National Monument

This Tuesday, July 21, 2015 photo Vidal Gonzales, center, of Santa Clara Pueblo applies mortar while reconstructing one of the walls at Tyuonyi Pueblo at Bandelier National Monument near Los Alamos, N.M. AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan

AT THE BOTTOM OF FRIJOLES CANYON, N.M.—With the sun blazing overhead, the crew of Native American youth tries to work quickly. Their hands are covered with dry, cracked mud as they repair the stone walls that make up one of the more prominent cultural sites at Bandelier National Monument.

The teens spent most of the summer helping with a massive preservation project as part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s HOPE initiative, or Hands-On Preservation Experience.

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