
OFPL hosts traveling exhibition about migration
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gallup had a population of almost 21,000 people in July 2022. Of that population, 25.6% of people are white; 1.5% are Black; 47.2% are Native American; and 31.7% are Hispanic/Latinx. People come from all over, and land in Gallup. But what brought them here? How did they end up here?
A new Octavia Fellin Public Library exhibit looks to answer those questions while taking a look at the topic of human migration.
OFPL was one of 15 libraries in the U.S. selected to host the traveling exhibition, World on the Move: 250,000 Years of Human Migration. The exhibit, developed by the American Anthropological...