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Trump’s impact on Indian Country over four years
Dec 16, 2020 · HCN has covered the lands, wildlife and communities of the Western U.S. for more than 50 years. Get to know the West better by signing up to receive HCN’s on-the-ground reporting and ...
The ways Afro-Indigenous people are asked to navigate their …
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‘Smoke Signals’ was needed, but it doesn’t hold up
Oct 1, 2019 · When Smoke Signals hit theaters, Indigenous people were thirsty for representation. Hell, we’re still thirsty. The lack of understanding of what it means to be Indigenous still looms large in ...
7 questions about Freedmen answered - High Country News
Oct 11, 2021 · After more than a century of disenfranchisement, Freedmen are gaining ground. Earlier this week, journalist Allison Herrera reported that the Indian Health Service has decided that Seminole ...
How the Coachella Valley became known for its dates
Oct 2, 2023 · Dates have been grown in the Coachella Valley in Southern California for over 120 years, originally from imported seeds and suckers from Baghdad and Algiers, Pakistan and Egypt.
Diverted, drained and dwindling: What’s the fate of New Mexico’s …
Jan 14, 2021 · The Rio Grande used to provide water on a bell curve, with powerful floods in the spring and summer and lower and slower flows in the winter. Now the dams release about 20% of what naturally ...
The legend of the horned rabbit of the West - High Country News
Feb 24, 2022 · By my rough estimation, there are at least 1 million jackalope mounts in existence, many of which keep watch over local bars, tourist traps, junk shops, greasy spoon diners and dimly lit pool halls.