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  • Wood For Hopi And Navajo

    Forest, Tribal Partnership Supplies Firewood To Hopi And Navajo

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    August 6, 2020| A unique partnership is addressing a home heating crisis on the Navajo and Hopi Nations, by supplying hundreds of cords of firewood from forest restoration projects.

    Source: NPR Knau Public Radio • Ancestral Lands • Southwest Conservation Corps

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  • San Juan Composite2

    More Than a Wilderness: The San Juan’s Rich Human History

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    October 9, 2019 | There are moments on Utah’s San Juan River when conversations fall silent, the wind calms, and the only sound you can hear is the drip of water off the oars. And in mellow stretches when even rowing is unnecessary, the rafts can be left to twirl beneath towering limestone walls. Time stretches out and seems to come unwound until the piercing call of a peregrine falcon breaks through the silence.

    Source: OARS • Ancestral Lands

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    SCC's first year of archaeological monitoring activities, Flagstaff National Monuments

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    October 8, 2019 | This year was the first year working with the Southwest Conservation Corps (SCC). Five SCC members consisting of Hopi young adults assisted the FLAG NPS Archaeologists with site condition monitoring for about three months over the summer. Archaeological site monitoring occurs to assess the condition of archaeological sites and to see how these sites change over time. Monitoring took place at all three of the FLAG Monuments.

    Source: Friends of Flagstaff National Monuments Fall Newsletter • Ancestral Lands

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  • Nat Geo Al Blog Native Youth Congress

    Get Inspired and Challenged by Native Youth Congress

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    August 4, 2017 | As I watched the activity within this group, witnessing expanding connections between the inspired participants, I was reminded—yet again—of the reverence Indigenous people have for this Earth, and how it is typically instilled as soon as a small child begins to comprehend.

    Source: National Geographic Blog • Ancestral Lands

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