Finding Smokey Bear

Thursday, November 17th, Taos Pueblo elder Adolf Samora told his story of being a young firefighter in the early days of the Taos Pueblo Snowballs, and the rescue of a baby bear from a wildfire who survived and would come to be known as the iconic Smokey Bear. Samora is one of the last remaining members of the Snowballs. This event was presented by the UNM-Taos Cultural Programing Department, Climate Change Corps, and Emerging Indigenous Ecologists.