12/03/2023
The Watchtower's lobby recalls a kiva, a circular ceremonial space found in Pueblo culture. Colter hired artists, including Hopi painter Fred Kabotie, to paint designs on the tower's interior. Ed Kabotie (Tewa/Hopi), Fred's grandson and an artist in his own right, was recently part of a team working to conserve paintings by his grandfather and others in the Watchtower. The effort was part of the Desert View Tribal Heritage Project, initiated in 2015 to make the Watchtower "a place to celebrate, share, and learn about inter-tribal cultural heritage", according to the National Park Service.