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The Gadsden flag is a symbol. But whose? - High Country News
May 18, 2020 — The year was 2017, the month was August. America was 241 years old, and totems of its racist past were crumbling. One of the Northwest’s largest tributes to Confederate soldiers — an 8-foot ...
The Supreme Court’s attack on tribal sovereignty, explained
Jul 1, 2022 — As part of its recent precedent-breaking spree, the U.S. Supreme Court turned federal Indian law on its head this week on Wednesday, June 29. In the case of Oklahoma v.Castro-Huerta, a majority of ...
Do wilderness therapy programs really work? - High Country News
Jan 31, 2020 — A control group study on wilderness therapy that the OBH Center calls “ groundbreaking ” was published in 2018. The study’s lead author, Steven DeMille, is the executive director of a Utah ...
How, 150 years ago, the Homestead Act transformed the West
Dec 9, 2012 — This year marks the 150th anniversary of the fruit of Jefferson’s conviction — the 1862 Homestead Act. The federal law changed the West forever by providing a new start for urban emigrants ...
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Diverted, drained and dwindling: What’s the fate of New Mexico’s …
Jan 14, 2021 — In Las Cruces, the Rio Grande’s flow is diverted and drained, flooding into pecan orchards and feeding crops like onions, corn and famously peppery green chiles, for which the state is known ...
Revising the colonial history of the horse in the West
Apr 3, 2023 — Horses first evolved in the Americas around 4 million years ago. Then horses largely disappeared from the fossil record by about 10,000 years ago. However, archaeological finds from the Yukon to ...
Alaska’s Arctic waterways are turning orange, threatening drinking ...
Dec 13, 2022 — The Salmon River in the Brooks Range runs orange in the early fall of 2020. Credit: Courtesy of Roman Dial Posted in Articles Water Alaska’s Arctic waterways are turning orange, threatening ...
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.