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by Debra Denker
I conceived Weather Menders during a very hot summer visit to the UK in 2013. I had been looking forward to escaping the heat that in recent years has become characteristic of Santa Fe summers by going…
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by Sarah Abdelrahim
Indigenous peoples play a crucial role in protecting and advocating for global biodiversity. According to the United Nations, there are 370 million Indigenous peoples around the world — almost 5 percent…
Read more![Belonging to the Land, Part 3: We’re Still Here](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Belonging to the Land/Photo%209.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Zoe Krasney
Legal battles among Hopi, Navajo, government and private organizations over fragile natural resources now threaten to completely destroy the traditions of many people still living on the land near Black…
Read more![Belonging to the Land, Part 1: The Elders of Black Mesa](/assets/image-cache/images/features/Belonging to the Land/Photo%202.2f9bad62.jpg)
by Zoe Krasney
For decades, the struggle over traditional lands on the Navajo and Hopi reservations has unfolded, steeped in history, myth, prophecy and the inevitability of greed – indigenous peoples set against each…
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