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View as a gridBorders and Baskets: How the Creation of Borders Changed Kumeyaay Life
KCET-TV (Burbank, CA)
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Artbound "The Art of Basket Weaving" is a KCETLink production in association with the Autry Museum of the American West and California Indian Basketweavers' Association. When Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo 's fleet first sailed into the San Diego harbor in 1542, the Kumeyaay were on hand to greet the strangers.
Will the Southwest U.S. Run Short of Water in 2019? * The Revelator
The Revelator
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Water managers say no, but Native American tribes are keeping careful watch on the "water that connects us." As the world watches the impending water-shortage crisis in Cape Town, South Africa - which could become the world's first major city to run out of water as early as this July - water wonks and customers alike are concerned that a similar situation may be approaching in the American Southwest as soon as 2019.
2018 Arizona Official State Visitor's Guide
nxtbook.com
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26 ways to experience Indian Country in Arizona.
Native Americans Are Pissed Off at Trump's Move to Slash Public Land
Vice
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The Valley of the Gods in Bears Ears National Monument Photo by Katherine Frey/The Washington Post via Getty Dismay. Anger. Surprise. Those are just some of the reactions from Native Americans across the US after President Donald Trump announced Monday he would slash the size of two national monuments that tribes had fought to have established.
Native Hidden Figures
Winds of Change Magazine, Fall 2017
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The 2016 film Hidden Figures depicts three female African-American
mathematicians whose work supported the success of the space
program. Despite their substantive contributions, these women
remained hidden behind the scenes because of prejudice against
people of color in the mid-20th century.
Native America has also had its share of female scientists whose
work has made the world a better place, but who are largely unknown.
Here’s the story of three of those indigenous “hidden figures.”
Ramona Farms Brings Back a Traditional Crop
Tribal Business Journal
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Ramona Button and her family revived an indigenous crop, and are building a prosperous business in their Arizona desert homeland.
It Takes Years to Create Chumash Regalia. Here's Why.
KCET-TV (Burbank, CA)
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Nature has long been the Chumash Indian's companion and co-creator. Using materials gathered from natural sources, the Chumash people - inhabitants of the Central California coast and Channel Islands for 10,000 or so years -have been creating intricate regalia that speak to their culture and also nature's own cycles.
Native American Solar Projects
Tribal Business Journal
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Tribal communities are turning to the sun to power their way to a sustainable future.
A Native Lands Sampler
2017 Official Arizona State Visitors Guide
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Twelve unique ways to experience Arizona tribal culture, including adventures ranging from the rustic to relaxing.
Confidence Builds Careers
Winds of Change - Fall 2016
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Digital Edition
Muhammad Ali funeral plans announced, last days revealed
New York Daily News
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Muhammad Ali, in death as in life, belongs to the world. As the fighter's family announced his June 10 funeral will air live around the planet, the global outpouring of love for Ali continued - from a gritty Brooklyn gym to the White House, from his Kentucky hometown to a Jordanian palace.
Honoring the Eagle
Winds of Change Magazine
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Scientists, tribes and agencies join forces to save a rare species in Arizona's Sonoran Desert.
2015 Arizona Official State Visitor Guide
Arizona Office of Toujrism
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Arizona’s 22 tribal communities boast many acclaimed artists who work in a variety of specialties from painting and pottery to sculpture and weaving. While many make very traditional pieces, some Native artists are breaking the boundaries that define “Native” art. They are merging millennia-old history and traditional technique with contemporary materials, imagery and tools to create unique art that speaks to a universal audience. Meet three Arizona Native artists who honor ancestral traditions with modern interpretations of their cultures.
Finding Authentic Hawaii
Group Tour Magazine
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Molokai offers authentic Hawaiian culture, great people, and many new adventures.
Problem-solving in the West
High Country News
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Lucy Moore has spent nearly 30 years in the Southwest working as a mediator and "problem-solver." She grew up in Seattle, graduated from Radcliffe with a degree in modern history and literature, and worked as a social worker in Cambridge, Mass. When Moore's then-husband, a freshly minted lawyer, landed a job with Navajo legal services, they moved to the Navajo Nation in 1968. There, she held a variety of jobs, ranging from car insurance sales and day care work to being justice of the peace. Her seven years there led indirectly to her career in mediation.
Economy, distrust complicate allocation of tribal settlement money
High Country News
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When the Obama administration announced in April that it would pay 41 tribes some $1 billion to settle a lawsuit over federal mismanagement of trust funds, many saw it as a sort of stimulus package for Indian Country -- a chance to invest in long-term development and infrastructure, such as schools, clinics and roads. "The seeds that we plant today will profit us in the future," Gary Hayes, chairman of southwestern Colorado's Ute Mountain Utes, told the Associated Press. "These agreements mark a new beginning, one of just reconciliation, better communication ... and strengthened management."
Beetle Decimating Environment in North America - Indian Country Media Network
indiancountrymedianetwork.com
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The emerald ash borer is surprisingly beautiful, as beetles go. It has a pleasingly streamlined bullet-shape, a bright, metallic emerald green shell, and a bright red, metallic dorsal surface. But you may be seeing it soon on "wanted" posters, because this tiny insect is the cause of a looming environmental and cultural disaster in the northeastern quarter of the North American continent.
Native American communities struggling to cope with Alzheimer's
Arizona Capitol Times
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Nobody who knew Helen Wiki Jackson would have described her as a passive person. Quite the opposite, in fact.
For much of her life, Jackson was as strong-willed as they come. She married right after high school, reared 10 children and left an abusive husband. Later, after a stint in California, she returned home and served as an elder in the Gila River Indian Community.
Her independent streak was put to the ultimate test, though, when Jackson started showing symptoms of Alzheimer's disease around the age of 80.
Cultural blight
High Country News
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Mary Larson Bishop gazes at the folds and peaks of the Santa Lucia Range with longing. "I used to go deep into the woods looking for herbs," says the Salinan tribal elder, who is known for her knowledge of medicinal plants such as yerba santa, traditionally used to heal skin inflammation. Now, she no longer roams the Central California coastal hills. "I'm afraid of bringing anything out of the woods that might spread to other trees," says Bishop. "I don't want to track that crud out of the hills." The "crud" is Phytophthora ramorum, a minuscule waterborne mold that weakens and kills many species of native trees and plants.
Native Americans have longest life expectancy
Arizona Capitol Times
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The Social Security Administration expects Indian men to live until 84 and Indian women to age 88, however, the tough part is getting to age 65 first. Frank and Janice Martinez, a married couple in their 60s, were preparing for battle on a warm spring day.
White Mountain Apache Tribe lost a lot in Rodeo-Chediski Fire, but has fought to recover
Arizona Republic
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WHITERIVER - In 2002, the Fort Apache Timber Co. employed about 400 members of the White Mountain Apache Tribe, sustainably harvesting ponderosa pine while maintaining habitat for the Mexican spotted owl and Apache trout.